Women in Science
Women in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science Committee
The Women in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science Committee is in the process of being formed. The future committee will be mandated to review all internal practices and make recommendations for improvements supporting female students, staff and faculty member success in the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science. For more information, please contact Trudy Kavanagh.
featured researchers
Opportunities for students
Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Mentoring Program
To support the success of young women transitioning from their undergraduate education to a career in science or engineering, and to prepare and mentor them to remain in scientific careers.
UBCO Girls in Tech
UBCO student chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing.
Resources
At UBC
- UBC Bursaries for Graduate Students
- Women in Physics and Astronomy
- Diversity in Computer Science
- Jade Projects and Presentations
- Changing our World: Keynote by Maria Klawe at 2009 Jade Celebration
- UBC Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies policies and procedures on leaves
- Employee and Family Assistance Plan
- NSERC: Paid parental leave for students and PDFs
- Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT)
- Association for Women in Science
- Computer Science Online: CS Programs for Women
Canadian and International
- Canadian Women in Mathematics
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Computer Science and Engineering
- Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
- Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
- Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists
- Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical Society
- Committee to Encourage Women in Physics – Canadian Association of Physicists
- Women in Physics: American Institute of Physics
- Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology
- Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT)