Welcome to WWEST! Our summer camps are up and atom;) Be sure to check them out!

Day 2 Part 1 of STEM Mash Up!! Today we learnt about the environment, ecosystems, and animal adaptations 🦫🍀🐿🍄🧪🌲🍄🌍🪵🦜

Day 2 Part 2 of STEM Mash Up!! Today we learnt about the environment, ecosystems, and animal adaptations 🦫🍀🐿🍄🧪🌲🍄🌍🪵🦜

STEM Mashup day 3- making planes, fossils, and uncanny portraits of our staff🪨🦕🐚✈️🐦🦋 #fossils #sciencecamp #oldrocks #summercamp #planes

This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Natalia Bussard -- the program manager SFU Science Co-op program, helping students find paid work experience in various scientific fields. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by responding to the question of the week.

AND that’s a wrap on Week 1 of STEM SUMMER CAMPS! Today was full of fun challenges, including : tallest tower competition, pH indicators, rock making and Edison robots! 🤖🪨🧪🗼

This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Bridget Cassidy, the owner at CCM Construction Ltd. She organizes lunches for Women Engineers & Geoscientists in Victoria. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week.

This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Alexis Armstrong, the founder of Peggy Workwear, creating technical workwear for women & the creator of The Smoko Podcast. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's question.

New ep. of the Best of the WWEST podcast is now up on our website and wherever you get your podcasts! Dr. Ingrid Waldron, founder of the ENRICH project tells us about how her sociology background helped her become a highly influential figure in Canada’s environmental sector.

This week's #ThursdayThrought is by Dr. Ingrid Waldron, professor at McMaster University & the founder of the ENRICH project, which focuses on environmental racism & injustices. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the week's question.

Day 4 with Med School 101, we completed a DNA neuron code, q-tip skeleton, using ozobots to understand neuron structures and learning all about blood!

This week's #ThursdayThrought is brought to you by Nicole Vieira. She is the manager for Student Programs at Science World and Tinkering Space Curator. Be sure to watch until the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week!

This week's #ThursdayThrought is brought to you by Dr. Diane Srivastava, ecology professor University of British Columbia and director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution. Be sure to watch until the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week!

Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Damineh Akhavan, a senior Engineer at De Havilland Aircraft of Canada and founder of Global Women in STEM. Watch 'til the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!

Have you checked out the latest episode of the Best of the WWEST podcast yet? In this episode, we hear from professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and the director of the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Diane Srivastava.

Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Jessica Vandenberghe, Assistant Dean - Community and Culture UniversityOfVictoria, mentor and EDI + Truth Reconciliation influencer. Watch 'til the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!

Application open now! (September 7-15, 2024)

We are pleased to announce that WWEST has launched an open call for proposals to become a WWEST Associate Chair or WWEST Hub for 2024-2025. Please visit our website wwest-cwse.ca for more details.

Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Katrina Ingram, founder and CEO of Ethically Aligned AI. Watch 'til the end and join in the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week! #womeninstem #womenintechnology #artificialintelligence

Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Hallee Fried, the co-owner of Farmstrong Cider Company in Armstrong, British Columbia. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!