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Experts: International Women's Day | March 8

webfull — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:30:34 +0000

This year, the theme for the International Women’s Day, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world,” celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights the gaps that remain. Women of the world want and deserve an equal future free from stigma, stereotypes, and violence; a future that’s sustainable, peaceful, with equal rights and opportunities for all.

Published: 5 March 2021

Experts: International Women's Day | March 8

webfull — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:42:54 +0000

March 8 is International Women's Day, a global day of recognition celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and girls, and raising awareness of the work left to be done. (Status of Women Canada)

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Published: 3 March 2020

Neuro XXceptional: Celebrating exceptional women

webfull — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:56:33 +0000

Women scientists and clinicians are creators and changemakers, expanding the boundaries of human knowledge

The Neuro has launched Neuro XXceptional - an exciting new year-long video series featuring women who tell us what drove them to become scientists and clinicians, and what they love about their work. At The Neuro, these exceptional professionals are improving the lives of patients, helping us understand how the brain works and how to treat neurological disease.

Published: 8 March 2018

Tal Arbel Challenges Gender Stereotypes

webfull — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 00:28:59 +0000

Tal Arbel - pioneering researcher challenges gender stereotypes, as reported by the McGill Reporter

Published: 18 November 2017

The lack of women in science: 'A wicked problem,' McGill's Elena Bennett says

webfull — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 19:09:52 +0000

"The discussion started at my book club, but it might as well have started with Adam and Eve. We read The Awakening, a 1899 novel by Kate Chopin that describes the fight by a young woman, Edna Pontellier, for independence against the conventions of the time. We are all married working mothers. No matter how far society has come from Edna’s, most of us find the bulk of child care and the more banal duties of running a household fall to us. We felt for Edna.

Published: 17 February 2016