The ACTEW Blog

The Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) conference ran May 27 and 28 in Guelph, Ontario. ACTEW attended the Saturday sessions. Highlights of the day included:

• CCWESTT's "Welcoming Women into Trades and Technology Workplace" workshops and resources for employers which was piloted with great success in Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. Let's hope these resources will soon be available in Ontario. For more information, contact Carolyn Emerson at carolyn.emerson@earthlink.net
  
  
• "Women Unlimited" -- a program co-sponsored by the WEE Society and the Hypatia Association in partnership Nova Scotia Community College, in which diverse women access training in non-traditional fields while employers develop strategies to ensure that their workplaces are women-friendly.
  
  
• Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists launched their new program, GoTechGirl, which promotes careers in technology to girls and young women. For more info, contact Rick Tachuk at 613-293-5250, or rtachuk@cctt.ca.
  
  
• The Honourable Deb Matthews described politics as another non-traditional workplace during her keynote luncheon presentation. She urged the audience to consider joining politics and spoke on the perspective women bring to governance.

For more full presentations, view the conference proceedings on the CCWESTT web site.

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