Links

 

Resources Created by Jade Project Members:

Stories from the Jade Project (May 2009): A collection of stories and reports of Jade Project initiatives (pdf format)

Changing our World (May 2009): A video of Maria Klawe's keynote talk at the Jade Celebration (wmv format)

Building Communities: Designing a networking event for women in engineering in BC by Anja Lanz, Elizabeth Croft, Jennifer Pelletier, Bernadette Currie, and Erin Biddlecombe, CCWESTT Conference (June 2008)

Women in Engineering at UBC: A case for support of networking activities by Anja Lanz, Elizabeth Croft, and Susana Zoghbi, CCWESTT Conference (June 2008)

The Jade Bridges Project and Network by Yvonne Coady, Anne Condon, Anja Lanz Andy Law, Michele Ng, Karen Parrish, and Beth Simon, CCWESTT Conference (June 2008)

Improving the Working Climate in the Faculty of Science at UBC by Rachel Kuske, Carola Hibsch-Jetter, Simon Peacock and Anne Condon, CCWESTT Conference (June 2008)

Making the Transition from Graduate Student to Faculty Member (June 2006): Slides from a panel by Daniela Constantinescu, Elizabeth Croft, Donna Dykeman and Erin Young, at the 2006 CCWESTT Conference (pdf format)

Strategies for Recruiting and Retaining Women in Science and Engineering (October 2006): Slides from a talk given by Anne Condon at U. Saskatchewan

 

 
Organizations that support women in science and engineering:

crc logo ACM Career News
Articles concerning Women in IT in ACM Career News.

"" www.acm.org/careernews/

 
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CIPS: WIT
Women in IT Event for female high school students organized by CIPS and funded by the Jade Project.

"" www.womeninit.ca/acknowledge.asp

 
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CRA-W
CRA-W takes positive action to increase the number of women participating in computer science and computer engineering research and education at all levels.

"" www.cra.org/craw

 
discoverIT logo DiscoverIT
A Canadian site aimed at encouraging high school girls to be interested in IT.

"" www.discoverIT.org

 
daweg logo Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG)
The Division for the Advancement of Women in Engineering and Geoscience (DAWEG) is a division of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia (APEGBC). Its purpose is to implement programs which promote and encourage women in engineering and geoscience, and which increase and enhance the participation of women in these field.

"" http://batman.mech.ubc.ca/~daweg

 
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Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST)
The Society of Canadian Women in Science and Technology is a non-profit, voluntary association established in 1981 to promote, encourage, and empower women working in science and technology.

"" www.harbour.sfu.ca/scwist

 
wired women logo Wired Woman
The Wired Woman Society is Canada's largest women in technology group. It is focused on providing quality education, networking and support for women with a passion for technology.

"" www.wiredwoman.com

 

 
focus on women in computer science logo Women in Computer Science
Women Faculty Members in Computer Science at Canadian Universities.

"" http://www.cs.ubc.ca/local/FoWCS/faculty.shtml

 
women in computer science logo WICS at SFU
Women in Computer Science group at Simon Fraser University.

"" http://wics.cs.sfu.ca

 
women in computer science logo WCS at University of Victoria
Women in Computer Science group at University of Victoria.

"" http://wcs.csc.uvic.ca

 
women in engineering group logo WEG at SFU
Women in Engineering group at Simon Fraser University.

"" http://weg.ensc.sfu.ca/index.htm