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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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📢#BESTEMM2022 is fortunate to have our closing ceremony anchored by the
‼️ amazing Dr. El Jones‼️ spoken-word poet, activist, professor #eljones
Conference agenda now available. Something for everyone, have a look!
agenda pdf: https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/1551030-61ec25ac142cf.pdf
https://be-stemm.blackscientists.ca/
Important to know this? A fact to share when people tell me racism is a thing of the past? But now I need some joy surfing to expunge the horror. https://twitter.com/denisemassar/status/1484315588079939584
My people! Since this is doing crazy numbers, I want to raise awareness: Some adoption agencies price their services based on the child’s skin color. Black babies cost less to adopt than any other race. Let’s end this practice. I wrote about it here: https://aninjusticemag.com/black-babies-cost-less-to-adopt-b8836e71607e