Featuring
a
keynote
presentation
by
Mary
Wells,
PhD,
Dean
of
Engineering
at
the
University
of
Waterloo,
the
workshop
will
follow
up
on
a
survey
distributed
to
University
of
Waterloo
graduate
students
during
Fall
2019
-
Winter
2020.
The
purpose
of
this
workshop
is
to
share
the
results
of
this
survey,
and
to
discuss
methods
and
next
steps
to
enhance
the
graduate
engineering
student
experience.
Breakout
groups
will
discuss
topics
such
as
student
support
and
resource
availability,
among
other
themes.
This workshop is hosted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Waterloo and York University. Our joint team has been investigating gender differences in engineering for the past few years, focusing on strategies for improving student retention.
If
you’re
interested
in
participating,
sign
up.
This
workshop
will
be
held
virtually
in
English
with
joining
instructions
provided
to
the
participants
closer
to
the
workshop
date
via
email.
The survey and this workshop were funded by a University of Waterloo Gender Equity Research Grant as part of the University of Waterloo’s HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative.