ABOUT THIS EVENT
Although advocacy is strong and the business case for diversity and inclusion is known, women and gender diverse folks remain significantly underrepresented in STEM education programs and industries.
This event will explore:
- What are specific strategies and success stories implemented in post-secondary programs and in industry to better support gender diversity in STEM?
- How do we advance BCIT’s work in better supporting diversity in STEM?
- How can we help students in our BCIT programs succeed right now? e.g. curriculum factors, “program culture”, creating the right tone in term 1 and supporting throughout.
Panel Presenters
Moderator: Kate Viger, B.Eng. Mining student at BCIT, Canadian Mining Games Captain, BCIT Mining Engineering Club President, advocate through organizations such as Women in Male-Dominated Industries and MineralsEd.
Panelists:
- Simone Chiang, B.S. in Comp Sci, BCIT M.Eng. student in Smart Grid Systems and Technologies, and BCIT IEEE club chair, Chair of BCIT Pride
- Phyllis Chong, Civil Engineering Faculty at BCIT, A.Sc., P.Eng., Champion for Engineer Canada’s 30-by-30 Initiative, faculty advisor BCIT’s Women in Engineering (WiE) club
- Anna Lary, Project Lead at the ConnectHER Hub at BCIT, Instructor, and Master Electrician
- Bea Venzon, BCIT B.Eng. Electrical grad; Comp Sci Masters student; Senior Security Researcher at CrowdStrike, and volunteer with BlackHoodie
Table facilitators:
- Laurel Kinahan, B.Eng. Electrical grad (2024)
- Su Hyun Lee, B.Eng. Electrical student
- Nina Liu, ECET student and BCITSA School of Energy Chair
- Joanna Wallace, B.Eng. Electrical grad (2015)
Expectations for Behaviour
Diversity Circles, as part of the BCIT Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion (RDI) Office, has outlined the Expectations for Behaviour for our events and initiatives.
Diversity Circles has always benefitted from the empathy, sincerity, and respectful curiosity of our community, and this has helped create events and initiatives where we hold productive and authentic discussions, advancing our knowledge and utilization of equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
As our events and initiatives continue to reach out to diverse audiences which include BCIT employees, students, and partners (BCIT Student Association, BCIT Alumni Association, and industry guests), and as we have moved towards presenting events both in person and via teleconferencing platforms, we realize that having a set of expectations for behaviour will help maintain the accountable, respectful spaces our community has come to expect from Diversity Circles events and initiatives.
Please take the time to review our Expectations for Behaviour prior to your upcoming participation
ASL interpretation, light food, and refreshments will be provided.
If there are any needs you have to make this event more accessible and inclusive for you please reach out and let us know.
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