Welcome to a new academic year everyone! WICTO will be hosting our AGM & a pub night (featuring trivia & free drinks!) on September 21. This is a great event for anyone who is interested in learning more about WICTO, meeting other grad students, or joining us as general members.

Starting off our first seminar for the academic year with Professor Christine Le from York University on Tuesday, October 24th 2023. Her talk is titled, "Probing reaction mechanisms and atomic process for new reaction discovery". More info here: wicto.ca/events/wicto-l…

Calling all Toronto graduate and undergraduate students: join us for the WICTO Connecting Through Chemistry Symposium in January 2024 at UofT! We're so excited to bring the chemistry community together to learn, network, and share research 🤩

Tomorrow is the last day to order stickers and magnets! We really appreciate everyone’s support so far 🫶

Huge THANK YOU to everyone who supported our sticker campaign this year. We received a record $2500 in sales! Half of the profits of the campaign will be donated to EWOC EastCan & AISES! Stickers/Magnets will be mailed out this week. For pickup option, please check your inbox.

Our 2nd ANNUAL Symposium registration has been EXTENDED to January 8th! Limited spots are available so sign up today! It'll be a great day filled with professional development opportunities, networking and research communication. For more info check out: eventbrite.ca/e/2nd-annual-w…

We’re having so much fun with Working towards Inclusivity in Chemistry Toronto at today’s Connecting through Chemistry Symposium! A big shout out to all YorkU - Chemistry community members here 🌟 Check out our Instagram (WICYU) to follow along!

Finally, a big thank you to the Working towards Inclusivity in Chemistry Toronto team for putting together a lovely conference. We loved meeting, chatting, and learning with you! 🤩🌟✨

Mark your calendars! WICTO has tons of events planned for this February. For more details, check out the link in our bio!

To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, this Collection from Communications Chemistry celebrates women in chemistry, including articles focused on promoting gender equality in STEM. #February11 go.nature.com/42yct2O

Very fun opportunity to organize networking events in your cities! Specifically looking for students/post-docs/professors/industry professionals in Ontario and Atlantic provinces!

Last month, two TMU Molecular Science graduate students participated in the annual Working towards Inclusivity in Chemistry Toronto Symposium to learn about applying EDI in science while sharing their research and building professional relationships with the local science community. Read more: torontomu.ca/science/news-e…

Great opportunity to highlight diverse chemists in Canada. Applications now open!!

Chemistry Students PoWER up for the first Polymer Women Empowerment & Research Conference, co-organized by Helen Tran. Olivia Mann-Delany, Sofia Michailovich and Angela Awada share their thoughts on women in STEM and the research they hope to present. uoft.me/PoWER2024

Excited to share our latest perspective on designing degradable pi-conjugated polymers!

WICTO is excited to host a Writing a Diversity Statement workshop on Monday, May 6th. This will be lead by Emil Marmol from the Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (UTM). Everyone is welcome, and coffee + snacks will be provided!

🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏽‍♂️ WICTO is currently holding elections for positions on our 2024/2025 executive team. ✨ If you have any events/initiatives that you’d like to help bring to our chemistry community, please nominate yourself for a position!

Interested in sharing your research to the Toronto Chemistry community? Sign up to give a research poster presentation at the 3rd Annual WICTO Symposium! Sign up by December 28th here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…