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WATERLOO, Ont. – Go ENG Girl/GÉNiales, les filles is a free event that encourages girls in grades 7 though 10 to have fun as they learn about current programs of study and careers in engineering. Hands-on workshops allow participants to experience the creativity, imagination and teamwork involved in engineering design. Parents and guardians are encouraged to attend and talk to students, faculty and alumna. The event takes place on Saturday, October 18th at the University of Waterloo.  

WATERLOO, Ont. – Girls in high school are getting a head start in the world of startup businesses with a new camp from the University of Waterloo, Google and the Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region.

A new ambassador and role model for women in engineering has joined the illustrious list of Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation scholarship recipients. The Foundation is proud to announce that Clarisse Schneider, a second year Software Engineer at the University of Waterloo, has been named the inaugural 2014 Allstream Information and Communication Technology Engineering Scholarship Winner.

Alison Scott, a chemical engineering MASc candidate, has been awarded the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation's Vale Scholarship. Each year the prestigious scholarship of $10,000 is awarded to one woman enrolled full-time in an engineering master’s program at a Canadian university.

Scott, who graduated with her BASc in chemical engineering from Waterloo in 2013, is described as a great ambassador for engineering by Mary Wells, engineering's associate dean, outreach.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Educating girls about engineering

As a young girl, Jennifer Howcroft loved science as much as she loved helping people so she always assumed she’d become a medical doctor.

But when she heard about biomedical engineering in her teens, Howcroft knew she had found her true calling.  Biomedical engineering allowed Howcroft, now a doctoral student in Waterloo’s Department of Systems Design Engineering, to blend her passion for creating and building with her drive to improve the lives of people.

The Women in Engineering Committee is proud to announce that we received this year’s Equity and Inclusivity Award

This award was presented by the Status of Women and Equity Committee at University of Waterloo in recognition of our ongoing contribution to inclusivity and equity and to honour the faculty, staff, students and alumni who serve and have served on the committee.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

WiE Week Alumni Speaker

Stephanie Rozek (class of '00) shared her advice and experience as a female engineer with University of Waterloo students during WiE week. Her talk entitled “Notes to a Young Female Engineer” tied together statistics, personal experience and guidance for young engineering students in an engaging and inspiring 40 minutes.