To conclude the academic year, WICTO hosted a panel “Unseen Obstacles to a Science Career,” which was open to the entire University of Toronto STEM community. Four outstanding panelists were invited to provide their unique insights to the discussion about the unforeseen challenges when pursuing a...
Every year, WICTO is proud to host a variety of successful individuals from various backgrounds, from academia and industry to environmental policy. However, very rarely does one encounter a speaker who not only brings a wealth of experience from these fields, but also spent 10 months trekking acros...
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a day to celebrate the women who paved the way and the people who continue to fight for gender parity. This year’s theme for IWD was #PressforProgress since the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report indicates that gender parity is over 200 years aw...
In a room full of the next generation of scientists from the Department of Chemistry, there was one black sheep.
Eden Hennessey, a Social Psychology Ph.D. Candidate, was invited to the Women in Chemistry Initiative’s Wine and Cheese event to present her photo-research exhibits. Hennessey’s resea...
On the afternoon of February 8th, some 30 graduate students from the department participated in WICTO’s latest Professional Development Workshop, “Against Entropy: Building Resilience for an Uncertain Future”, hosted by communications expert Lil Blume.
The session was inspired by Lil’s previous...