April 21, 2006 Source: :
http://www.brocku.ca/webnews/displaystory.phtml?TEMPLATE=template.html&sid=1475 Scientifically Yours celebrates women in science, engineering and technology Scientifically Yours, a three-day program for Grade 11 girls where participants live on campus and experience the sciences hands on, will welcome more than 100 high school students to Brock University from May 1 to 3. The program offers workshops designed to encourage young women to pursue studies in science and mathematics. Among the 20 workshops and projects offered, students will have the opportunity to learn how to clarify drinking water, monitor brain activity during sleep and discover what coffee cups, DNA and slime all have in common. They will also have the chance to follow an ant as it discovers a whole new world in the fourth dimension or investigate a heinous crime and identify the perpetrator as a member of C.S.I. Brock. During the annual conference, now in its 17th year, students will stay on campus in the University's residences. They will have the occasion to participate in various recreational activities, and they will meet and dine with working women in the medical, industrial and academic fields of science and mathematics. Over the years, the event has attracted a number of distinguished women as guest speakers. This year's keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Susan Tighe, a registered professional engineer, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Waterloo. The program first began with 50 students and has grown to accommodate double that number thanks to a three-year, $15,000 grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and $8,000 from the Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) Conference held at Brock two years ago. Additional funding is provided in kind by local sponsors: Vincor International Inc., Walker Industries Holdings Ltd., Vine Floral, Zehrs Markets and Staples Business Depot. Scientifically Yours is co-ordinated by the Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences' Scientifically Yours Committee. For more information, please visit the Scientifically Yours website For more information, please contact Diane Eaton, Scientifically Yours Co-ordinator, at 905-688 -5550, ext. 3395/3397; e-mail: deaton@brocku.ca
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