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Truth Values play coming to the University in September
A message from the Faculty of Mathematics.
Gioia De Cari's play Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze tells the story of what it’s like to be a professional woman in a field dominated by men. Based on a true story, De Cari takes her audience on a humorous, insightful, and uplifting adventure as she shares her experience.
Inspired by the controversial statements by President of Harvard University Larry Summers suggesting that women in science, technology, engineering and math fields (STEM) are not as competent as their male counterparts. De Cari took her experience as a mathematics PhD candidate and turned it into an award-winning show which originally premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival and won an Overall Excellence Award for Best Solo Show.
Gioia De Cari started out as a mathematician until she left that life behind to chase her dream as an artist. In an episode of the The Story Collider podcast, De Cari discusses her relationship with STEM and what she did after leaving the world of mathematics. It was a tough decision for her to leave a field where she spent years studying, but De Cari found her true calling and the path she became dedicated to pursuing. “Little by little, I came to realize that in leaving math I had joined a very significant group of women who get to a certain point in STEM fields and then disappear or stay and struggle” she explains. “Woman after woman would come up to me after the show with tears in their eyes saying, ‘You're telling my story.’”
Despite De Cari promising to never return to the world of mathematics and academia, her experience in STEM and as a writer changed her life and the lives of many others.
Her play, Truth Values, aims to create a supportive environment for those in STEM and help break down barriers for entry into these professionals, while also encouraging retention for those who do. Despite women making up half of the bachelor-level graduates in the sciences, a majority of the representation in academics and industry are men. De Cari’s project sparks an important conversation to the diversity in STEM and especially encourages women to shine in their field.
This show, which takes place on Saturday, September 24 at 7:30 p.m., is free and open to all UWaterloo students, staff and faculty.
Truth Values is organized by the Women in Mathematics (WiM) in partnership with the Faculty of Mathematics and the Faculty of Engineering.
Visit the event website. Register in advance to attend and don’t miss this great performance.
New alumni podcast: from co-op student to VP
By Megan Vander Woude.
Jeff LeJeune (BMath '96) studied Computer Science at Waterloo, and got his first full-time job through a co-op term. After graduation, he worked in network management for a telecom company. He's been working in the Canadian tech sector ever since.
But over time, his career took him further from the actual tech and more entrenched with the people who build it. Today, he's the VP of Engineering at Magnet Forensics, where he leads a team building software to help investigate cyberattacks and digital crime. That team includes a number of co-op students. And just like Jeff, they often return as full-time team members after graduation.
Listen to this episode to hear about Jeff's career journey, his advice for aspiring managers, and why Magnet Forensics hires so many co-op students.
One watch party to rule them all: Games Institute hosts Rings of Power series
A message from the Games Institute.
Join University of Waterloo professor and Tolkien expert Dr. Neil Randall for a weekly Rings of Power (RoP) watch party and discussion group in the Collaboration Space at the Games Institute (GI).
Beginning weekly on September 9, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. we will watch (or rewatch) that week's episode of RoP. From 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. we will discuss the episode from a critical perspective.
No previous Lord of the Rings or media studies experience is needed.
Coffee will be provided by the GI, but we encourage you to bring your own mugs and RoP watching snacks.
If you have never been to the Games Institute before, enter the doors at the front of EC1, enter the door on your left and follow the signs to the end of the hall to find the GI entrance on your right.
If you are a GI guest please sign in using the clipboard at the front table.
The watch party will run weekly from September 9 to October 28.
Faculty of Arts Distinguished Lecture in Economics set for September 20
This article was originally published on the Faculty of Arts news site.
Please join the 2022 Faculty of Arts Distinguished Lecture in Economics with Paul Beaudry, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, on Pandemic macroeconomics: What we’ve learned, and what may lie ahead.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented shocks on the Canadian and global economies, and the speed at which these shocks unfolded pushed policymakers to learn lessons and course-correct in real time. Although we are still living through an extraordinary period, we can start to reflect on what this episode may have taught us about how the macroeconomy works in times of crisis, what important questions this experience has raised and what may lie ahead as we continue to face challenges like stubbornly high inflation.
About the speaker
Paul Beaudry became Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2019. In this role, he oversees the Bank’s financial system activities and shares responsibility for setting monetary policy. Since 2021, he also oversees the Bank’s analysis of international economic developments in support of monetary policy decisions—serving as the Bank’s G7 and G20 Deputy.
Before coming to the Bank, Mr. Beaudry spent 25 years as a professor at the University of British Columbia. He has also held academic positions at Oxford University, Boston University and Université de Montréal and was a visiting professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Pantheon-Sorbonne University and Université de Toulouse. Mr. Beaudry held a Canada Research Chair in economics from 2000 to 2015 and is a two-time recipient of the Bank of Canada’s Research Fellowship Award.
Born in Montréal, Mr. Beaudry holds a BA in Economics from Laval University, an MA in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and a PhD in Economics from Princeton University.
A reception with Mr. Beaudry will follow the lecture at 4:45 p.m. Register for the lecture only, the lecture and reception, or to attend online.