The BE-STEMM 2023 conference platform is now LIVE! Go in, navigate around the site, and check out the full conference agenda. There are many exciting keynotes and academic talks to choose from! Don’t forget to visit the Career Fair where many of our 20+ exhibitors are offering opportunities of interest, and plan to ‘meet live’ with representatives during the conference at ... Read More
Join us as Dr. Maydianne Andrade, FRCGS, President of the Canadian Black Scientists Network welcomes you to the second annual Black Excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine & Health conference and discusses why this opportunity to share our science with Canada is so important. We are honoured to share welcoming remarks from the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science ... Read More
Dr. Rita Orji is a Canada Research Chair in Persuasive Technology and a Computer Science Professor at Dalhousie University, Canada where she directs the Persuasive Computing Lab. Moderator: Jeffrey Webster MEnvSc To join this session, log in to the conference website and enter Sessions > 'Main Stage' via the navigation bar, or go to the conference agenda after logging on and ... Read More
Dr. Moiya McTier is an astrophysicist and folklorist who was the first black woman to graduate from Columbia's astronomy PhD program. She is an author and sought-after public speaker who blends the Arts and STEMM into STEAMM! Moderator: Dr. Toyib Olan Olaniyan To join this session, log in to the conference website and enter Sessions > 'Main Stage' via the ... Read More
Log on and visit the conference agenda then click on the session you wish to join: Cancer Research, Biochemistry & Physics, Ecology and Environmental Science Feb 1 Talk Schedule Click here for Abstracts Each session includes a set of talks with live Q&A followed by several Lightning talks. Lightning talks are also available as 'On Demand' content. Plan to join the ... Read More
The Career Fair is open all day on every day of the conference! Many booths have repressentatives ready to Meet live right now. Visit the Career fair page and click on a virtual booth to see the opportunities being offered by over 20 exhibitors! Leave your resume Set up an appointment Note the 'Meet Live' schedule for each booth to ... Read More
This panel will highlight the importance of understanding the history and accomplishments of Black people and scholars in Canada, and the ways in which the Arts can shape and inspire new ways to image Black histories and futures in STEMM and how inspiration, innovation, and resistance is a thread that runs through Black accomplishments in STEMM as elsewhere. Introduction to ... Read More
