The Waterloo Women Leading Academia (WWLA) faculty advisory council for 2020-21 consists of women faculty members from various departments across the University of Waterloo. The Advisory Council helps shape the direction of the WWLA mentorship programme and advises on new initiatives or events that should be added to enhance the community's mentorship experience.
Marie-Claire Cordonier-Segger
Professor Cordonier-Segger brings her unique set of expertise and international experience from the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Centre for International Sustainable Development Law. She is currently the Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor at the University of Cambridge and Executive Secretary of the Climate Law and Governance Initiative with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and focuses on international law and governance of sustainability challenges related to trade, finance, climate mitigation and adaptation.
Goretty Dias
Professor Dias brings her unique set of experiences from the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) as well as from her time at the University of Guelph. She brings with her the passion to mentor graduate students in academia to excel, as well as her work experiences outside the academic life as an environmental consultant. She is currently an Associate Professor in SEED and focuses her research on sustainability and life cycle assessment of agriculture and food systems. She has over 30 years’ experience in collaborating with and supporting diverse communities and in leading cultural and gender sensitivity workshops.
Sarah Wolfe
Professor Wolfe brings her unique set of expertise and experiences from School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) and is currently a Visiting Professor at the Royal Roads University, Victoria, B.C. She is a 'water person' to the core and is a thoroughly interdisciplinary scholar that looks to address relevant issues around environmental psychology, governance and gender. She also runs her own website and Sarah Wolfe's blog that details her research interests as well as her experiences around creating a work-life balance as a woman in academia.
Kirsten Müller
Professor Müller is a Professor of Biology and currently an Assistant Vice President of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs at the University of Waterloo. As of January 2021, she will take on the role of Chair of Biology at the University of Waterloo. In 2019, Kirsten was chosen to be part of Homeward Bound, a yearlong leadership initiative for women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). The purpose of this program is to advance the influence and impact of women in significant decision making for our communities and planet and culminated in the largest female expedition to Antarctica. Currently, she is also a science advisor for Sedna Epic Expeditions and will be a participant in that leadership program in 2021 that aims to bring the “ocean to eye level” that includes indigenous women from Greenland, Norway and Canada and other women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as well as artists. As a woman in STEM, Kirsten is passionate about being a role model and advocating for increasing undergraduate and graduate student diversity in STEM fields and engaging with those who share her goals in addressing mentorship, equity and diversity, and science communication.