Mentorship Program Deadline Extended!

The WISE NL Mentorship Program is a new initiative developed in 2015. Mentors will have the opportunity to provide advice to a young woman on her post-secondary education or career path. Mentees will benefit from being connected to a network of professional women who can provide valuable insight to help form their education and career choices. Applications for both […]

2015 Aboriginal Youth Conference held in Corner Brook

The 2015 Aboriginal Youth Conference was held in Corner Brook from November 12th-15th 2015, this 2 day conference brought together high school students from  across Newfoundland and Labrador to learn more about careers and educational opportunities available in Science and Engineering. Students were able to tour 3 of the post-secondary campuses in Corner Brook, visit […]

Speaker Series: Our current understanding of young sudden cardiac death in NL: the story of a multidisciplinary team of researchers, clinicians and families

The November WISE NL-Statoil Speaker Series lecture features Dr. Kathy Hodgkinson, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University. A core team of scientists and clinicins has been working together since 1996 on genetic causes of young sudden cardiac death in Newfoundland and Labrador. The team has been extremely successful, finding a hitherto unknown gene and mutation […]

Charting your career outside of academia

  The October WISE NL – Statoil Speaker Series event focuses on careers for women is science and engineering outside academia. Dr. Maryam Etezad (Northern Radar) and Dr. Jennifer Campbell (Avalon Holographics) will talk about their careers and reflect on the transition from academia to the private sector. They will share their lessons learned and thoughts about the opportunities for […]