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BE-STEMM Conference Public Plenaries
Day 1 Jan 30th:
Dr. Love-Ese Chile: Bold Strides Forward: A scientist’s perspective on sustainable futures. [Français]
Day 2 Jan 31st:
Dr. Denice Lewis & Dr. Watson-Creed: Black Health equity & Curriculum.
Day 3 Feb 1st:
CBSN: Science & Effecting Change
Final Day Feb 2nd:
Closing remarks, Awards and Celebrations. With Remarks from Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau
February 2nd
Final Day: Leadership Summit: Inclusion and Belonging
BE-STEMM Conference Awards and Closing Remarks
Closing remarks, awards and Celebrations. With Remarks from Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau
The Event has Ended
The Canadian Black Scientists Network is pleased to host you for a rich, four day virtual program featuring outstanding research, career & recruitment opportunities, and facilitated connections across sectors. Throughout our program, we will engage Canadians from across the country to focus on action to remove barriers to attracting and retaining Black Canadians in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine & Health (STEMM).
The conference has ended and was a major success! Please Join us in our mission and offer your support however you can! The conference site is still available where you can learn more about our speakers and contact our sponsors through the career fair.
Le Réseau Canadien des Scientifiques Noirs est fier de vous accueillir avec un programme virtuel étoffé de quatre jours qui met en valeur des recherches exceptionnelles et des possibilités d’emploi et de recrutement et qui encourage la création de liens dans différents secteurs. Tout au long de l’événement, nous discuterons avec des Canadiens des quatre coins du pays pour réfléchir aux mesures nécessaires pour éliminer les obstacles à l’inclusion et à la rétention de Canadiens Noirs en sciences, technologie, génie, mathématiques, médecine et santé (STIMM).
La conférence est maintenant terminée et fut un grand succès. Veuillez-vous joindre à notre mission et offrez nous votre support! Le site de la conférence est toujours disponible. Vous pouvez en apprendre plus sur nos panelistes et connecter avec nos commanditaires à travers le salon de l’emploi.
Member Spotlight
Prof. Kevin Hewitt
Dalhousie University
CBSN Steering committee Partnership Lead, Academic governance innovator, and NSERC Science Promotion Award winner for his work fostering interest in STEM among young people of African descent in Nova Scotia.
Dr. Emily Choy
McGill University
Named a Fellow and Explorer in Residence for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. As an NSERC and L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Research Excellence Post-doctoral Fellow at McGill University and Environment and Climate Change Canada, she is studying the direct and indirect effects of climate change on Arctic seabirds as sentinels of marine ecosystem health in northern Hudson Bay.
Professor Jennifer D. Adams
University of Calgary
Canada Research Chair in Creativity and STEM and Black in STEM inclusion expert. Awarded a grant from the US-Mission to Canada to support a year of virtual engagements of leaders in K-12 pathway programs on both sides of the border. In partnership with the CBSN, this effort will focus on the sharing of promising practices and innovative programs.
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USask sponsors inaugural Canadian Black Scientists Network BE-STEMM Conference
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The Canadian Black Scientists Network (CBSN) is hosting the first annual Black Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Health (BE-STEMM) conference, to be held virtua...
This is a relief. But disappointed to see the completely partisan outcome of the vote. Human rights are not a political issue. That is why equity programs are protected in the 🇨🇦 Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and in the human rights code of every province. https://twitter.com/HoCChamber/status/1532093934096330753
Vote result: The @BlocQuebecois #OppositionMotion (Canada Research Chairs Program) was defeated. #cdnpoli
Yeas: 148 ✅
Nays: 178❌
Excellence lives in every population group. And in fact, diverse science teams produce highly innovative work. Even if it is often ignored by the 'mainstream'. Excellent. But ignored. That is why we need equity programs in science. 5/5 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1915378117