Winter Meet n' Greet

We are back from the winter break and ready to hit the winter semester running! Join us at Mike's Place to learn more about what we do, to meet other CU-WISE member and of course, have a little snack! Feel free to drop by between 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.. We'll be showing off our new t-shirts... you won't be able to miss us!

Women In Research 2013

CU-WISE is continuing with its mandate to inspired and be inspired by presenting our third annual Women In Research. This event invites High School girls from the Ottawa are to hear first-hand from leading female researchers at Carleton about what inspired them to go into science and engineering. Women In Research takes place on December 13th in Loeb C246 (tunnel level) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will feature talks from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank, Biology Professor Dr. Angela Crawley and Electronics Professor Dr. Winnie Ye as well as our very own CU-WISE Co-Chair and Environmental Engineering PhD student Natalie Linklater. The event will close off with an opportunity for our invited guests to ask everything and anything to a panel of current science and engineering students in a session we like to call "Everything University" featuring the CU-WISE Officers.

Dr. Angela Crawley

Dr. Cynthia Cruickshank

Dr. Winnie Ye

Natalie Linklater

Click to enlarge the agenda of the day

Ottawa-WISE, CU-WISE and UofO-WISE Meet n' Greet - November 28

Come share some refreshments and snacks, get to know your peers and celebrate your network of like-minded women with WISE Ottawa, CU-WISE and uOttawa-WISE. All women and students in science and engineering fields are invited!

As part of our evening, representatives of each WISE group will spend a few minutes to give us their insights on where women in science and engineering are today and how we can be there for each other tomorrow.

Date and Time: November 28, 2013; 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Location: SITE 5084, 800 King Edward Ave., University of Ottawa Campus.
RSVP: Please RSVP to ariadni@kymalaw.com.
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wiseott/
There is no admission fee!

Movie Night - Friday November 22

Apply to Present at This year's CU-WISE Women In Research

*EDIT1: Due to scheduling issues the date of the event has been moved to Friday December 13*
** EDIT2: Applications are now closed.**

On December 13th 2013 CU-WISE is proud to be hosting the third annual Women In Research at Carleton University. Women in Research aims to showcase Carleton's top female science and engineering researchers as a means to inspire female high school students from the Ottawa area to pursue science and engineering at University.

We are currently looking for senior undergraduate, graduate and faculty who are interested in showcasing their work via presentation, demonstration or hands-on activity. If you are interested or know someone who is please see our application form below! Deadline to apply is November 24th, 2013.

Career Panel Discussoin

Ever wondered what other non-academic careers are out there beside P.Eng, MD and DDS etc.? WISE is hosting a career panel discussion with four fabulous Carleton alumni! Join us on Oct 2nd from 6-8pm in PA 133! To RSVP visit the Events Page.

Go ENG Girl

Go ENG Girl will be taking place on Saturday October 19th - CU-WISE will once again be helping girls in grades 7-10 discover engineering at Carleton with fun hands-on activities. If you want to volunteer to help during this super fun day you can do so by signing up here.