ֱ News - women in science /channels/news_feeds/all/term/women%20in%20science/rss en Experts: International Women's Day | March 8 /channels/channels/news/experts-international-womens-day-march-8-329261 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This year, the theme for the International Women’s Day, “<i>Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world</i>,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the gaps that remain. Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes, and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1219617228.jpg?itok=1-_HoP8t" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:30:34 +0000 webfull 168683 at /channels Experts: International Women's Day | March 8 /channels/channels/news/experts-international-womens-day-march-8-320977 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day of recognition celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and girls, and raising awareness of the work left to be done. (<a href="https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/iwd-jif/index-en.html">Status of Women Canada</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ֱ that can provide comment on this issue:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1012405368.jpg?itok=sApUxMYI" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2020</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:42:54 +0000 webfull 159357 at /channels Neuro XXceptional: Celebrating exceptional women /channels/channels/news/neuro-xxceptional-celebrating-exceptional-women-285695 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Women scientists and clinicians are creators and changemakers, expanding the boundaries of human knowledge</h2> <p> </p> <p>The Neuro has launched Neuro XXceptional - an exciting new year-long video series featuring women who tell us what drove them to become scientists and clinicians, and what they love about their work. At The Neuro, these exceptional professionals are improving the lives of patients, helping us understand how the brain works and how to treat neurological disease.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/montage_final_final_with_title_800x647.jpg?itok=ifY0wxJp" width="160" height="129" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:56:33 +0000 webfull 136211 at /channels Tal Arbel Challenges Gender Stereotypes /channels/channels/news/tal-arbel-challenges-gender-stereotypes-282903 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Tal Arbel - pioneering researcher challenges gender stereotypes, as reported by the <a href="http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2017/11/tal-arbel-pioneering-researcher-challenges-gender-stereotypes/">ֱ Reporter</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">18 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:28:59 +0000 webfull 132898 at /channels The lack of women in science: 'A wicked problem,' ֱ's Elena Bennett says /channels/news/lack-women-science-wicked-problem-mcgills-elena-bennett-says-259134 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>"The discussion started at my book club, but it might as well have started with Adam and Eve. We read The Awakening, a 1899 novel by Kate Chopin that describes the fight by a young woman, Edna Pontellier, for independence against the conventions of the time. We are all married working mothers. No matter how far society has come from Edna’s, most of us find the bulk of child care and the more banal duties of running a household fall to us. We felt for Edna.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">17 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:09:52 +0000 webfull 116781 at /channels