Today is International Women’s Day, which “celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.” The theme for International Women’s Day 2017 is #BeBoldForChange. There is a worldwide call “to help forge a better working world- a more inclusive, gender equal world.” To forge a better working world, we must care to break down remaining […]
Honoring my Mother on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day. I am honored and grateful to blog about the woman who has been my greatest inspiration, my mother who will be 80 years old this summer and has been a widow for 54 years! I have always been inspired by women who sought rightful justice, who were pioneers, who were […]
On Being WISE Women – and Men
Last week, I had the great pleasure of speaking to a group of science and engineering students from the Lassonde School of Engineering at my alma mater, York University. Called “W.I.S.E.” (Women In Science and Engineering), the two-month-old club was established to be an empowering support group. This group knows there aren’t as many women as men in […]