Become a Member!
Are you a Black-identifying Canadian pursuing a career path in STEMM?
Are you seeking community, support, and access to opportunities for professional development, career growth, networking and mentorship?
Do you sometimes feel isolated as ‘the lonely only’ in your home institution, corporation, department or division?
If so, join our nation-wide network to connect with others who share a common goal of elevating and connecting Black STEMM Canadians, while also increasing the flow of Black youth into STEMM-related learning opportunities and career paths.
Nominate an Ally
Are you a leader engaged in actions to increase the inclusion of Black Canadians in STEMM fields?
Are you looking for additional opportunities for anti-racist actions by connecting with a national, Black-led organization?
If so, connect with our Lead Ally to learn how to connect with us.
Are you a member who wishes to nominate a leader as an Ally?
Mentorship Program
The CBSN Mentorship Program aims to connect members to mentors/mentees/peers who can relate to the experiences of Black-identifying individuals possessing or pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM), whether living in Canada or abroad. Through this program, we hope to facilitate the development of supportive relationships that will contribute to the growth and professional development of Black STEMM professionals in Canada.
The Network is currently working with external partners to develop mentorship programs that will link members to undergraduate and high school students. Pilot programs are in progress, watch this space for more information!
If you are the organizer of a community, outreach, or enrichment program that supports Black-identifying undergraduate or high school students in STEMM, contact us to discuss possible partnerships.
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The CBSN is pursuing a range of programs that align with our core Values and Mission. We are a volunteer organization with a strong foundation and ambitious aspirations. We will flourish and continue to grow with the support of Canadians across communities.
Black Excellence in STEMM across the Canada/US Border Virtual Workshops
Join this important initiative to set agendas for advancing Black success and racial equity in STEMM in Canada and more broadly!
Funded by the US Embassy to Canada this project is aimed at addressing racial inequity in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM). We invite you to join a working group where US and Canadian scholars will engage in cross-border dialogues that will compare and contrast policy environments in the United States and Canada, synthesize best practices and policy recommendations and establish a timeline and milestone activities for achieving racial equity. The program will promote increased understanding of U.S. policy and perspectives and produce a base model for addressing systemic barriers that detrimentally impact the STEMM experiences of Black and other racialized people in Canada with corresponding white papers to inform research agendas and policies aimed at attenuating these barriers.
Click here to express interest.
Black-in-STEMM research project
A new Black-in-STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine) research project has been launched by Lead Ally and NSERC Chair for Women in Science & Engineering Tamara Franz-Odendaal, together with Co-PI Jennifer D. Adams (again!)
and collaborators from the CBSN steering committee (Juliet Daniel, Loydie Jerome-Majewska and
Maydianne Andrade). This project will seek data on the experiences of Black trainees in STEMM in
Canada. If you are an undergraduate, graduate student or post-doc, please consider participating using this link.