Innovation - The most frustrating and rewarding experience you will EVER have

The process of seeing a problem as an opportunity, gaining a fundamental understanding of the nature of the problem/opportunity, having an idea for a better solution, and then building a business that will deliver that solution is fraught with great challenges and rewards. It is not for everyone. It will always require persistence, creativity, and openness to learning new things regardless of how many times you do it. And it is completely worth it. Successful innovations impact lives. There are ways to understand the value of opportunities and increase the likelihood of success. We will talk about the innovation process and some examples and how to increase your chances of a successful career in innovation.

Speaker: Lynn Leger
After completing a degree in Chemistry and an MBA, Lynn joined DuPont’s Automotive Coatings business where she held a variety of business, marketing and technical positions. Lynn then changed market focus and led new initiatives in Food Safety for DuPont including responsibility for leading major R&D initiatives in breakthrough disinfection technology. Lynn joined GreenCentre Canada in 2010 as a Director of Commercial Development and worked with universities across Canada to commercialize greener technologies. Lynn is a named inventor on 13 patent applications in technologies representing each of the different businesses with which she has been associated. She is a frequent speaker on innovation and green chemistry and will be chairing a session on commercialization of Green Chemistry at the American Chemical Society’s Green Chemistry Institute meeting this summer. Lynn is currently starting a new business, ALCERECO, that will develop and commercialize new Advanced Materials in a number of markets.


Date and Time: March 14, 2013; 4:30-6:30 PM
Location: Boardroom MC 2014, Minto Building, Carleton University Campus
RSVP: banu_ormeci@carleton.ca
This is an Ottawa-WISE event.

Navigating Career Success

The Ottawa Chapter of WISE is proud to present an excellent event for young scientists and engineers that are going into the job market. The 2013 Event Series: Navigating Career Success is a discussion of four professional women who will share their advice and experiences as well as take questions from the audience to help them as they enter the job market. The event is Thursday January 17 from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. and I highly recommend it! 

Panel Speakers:
Margaret McKay, M.Sc., LL.B., National Research Council of Canada
Josephine Davidson, Environment Canada
Mia Batchelor, Environment Canada
Michelle Illing, Ph. D., Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Date and Time: January 17, 2013; 5:30 – 7:30 PM
Location: Boardroom MC 2014, Minto Building, Carleton University Campus.
RSVP: Please RSVP to banu_ormeci@carleton.ca.
There is no admission fee!

CU-WISE Women in Research

CU-WISE cordially invites you to the upcoming CU-WISE Women in Research event that is set to take place on December 6th, 2012 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in room C264 of the Loeb building at Carleton! This event aim’s to highlight the diverse research that the female undergraduate, graduate and faculty of Carleton University are actively involved in, in the hopes of inspiring a budding scientist or engineer. 

The event is open to high school students, undergraduate students and anyone else who might be interested. A schedule of the speakers is soon to come! If you would like to attend, please let us know by filling our our RSVP form by clicking here. 

Tentative Schedule for CU-WISE Women in Research

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in honour of Ada Lovelace Day

The Wikimedia Foundation and the Royal Society in the UK are holding a Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon in honour of Ada Lovelace Day and have invited CUWISE to join in remotely.

Ada Lovelace is frequently cited as having been the first computer programmer, even though there were no computers during her lifetime (1815-1852), because she was a mathematician and worked with algorithms which have since been recognized as computer programs. Ada Lovelace day is an annual event to raise the profile of women in science, technology, engineering, and math. So as a tribute to past scientists, mathematicians, and engineers, we will be dusting off the Wikipedia editing skills we learned last month and putting them to work again.

Both new and experienced editors are welcome.
Please bring a laptop (if you have one).

Date: Friday, October 19
Time: 1:30-3 pm
Location: 3444 ME

For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women%27s_History/Royal_Society#Online_participants

Go ENG Girl

Go ENG Girl is a half day event for Grade 7-10 girls across Ontario to visit their local university to learn about the wonderful world of engineering: "A Caring Profession." Go ENG Girl is scheduled for Saturday October 13, 2012 at Carleton University.

To sign up as a volunteer please click here.

For more information about Go ENG Girl, including a list of participating universities please visit www.ospe.on.ca/gognggirl.

CU-WISE Kick-Off at Oliver's

CU-WISE wants start off the shiny-brand-new academic year off right and you're invited! The CU-WISE Kick-Off at Oliver's is a great way to chat with fellow female science and engineering students, to learn more about the exciting events that CU-WISE has planed and to volunteer to share your passion for science and engineering with others! This event is set to take place on Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Oliver's Pub and Patio. We'll provide snacks and light refreshments at no cost to attendees. Graduate, undergraduate, faculty and staff are all welcome! 

CU-WISE Kick-Off at Oliver's
Date: Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Time: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: Oliver’s Pub and Patio (1st floor Uni Center)

Cost: Free! 

Light refreshments will be served

CU-WISE Presents: Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon

CU-WISE presents an event like no other. The Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon is an evening dedicated to learning how to edit Wikipedia and increase the content about female scientists to the list of notable historical figures. The Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon is set to take place on Thursday September 20th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m in room 5301 of the Canal Building. We will provide the instructions required to learn how to edit Wikipedia as well as research material about female scientists. The event is free but feel free to bring a snack to share!

Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon

Date: Thursday, September 20th, 2012
Time: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Canal Building 5301

RSVP: Space is limited. Please reserve a spot by clicking here.