Welcome to IWIS!

Welcome to our blog site for the Immigrating Women in Science (IWIS) program of the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST). Through this site, we are hoping to foster a community of internationally trained female professionals who can support each other to settle in Canada and find employment in their professional fields. Here you can find announcements, reports, and pictures of our events as well as  newsletters and resources packed with information relevant to female immigrants in Science, Engineering, Trades, and Technology (SETT). We will also post volunteer positions at IWIS as they become available. We would like to hear from you and know what kind of information and experience you are hoping to gain from IWIS. Check back often!

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IWIS March 5th, 2012 Event (CIHR Cafe Scientifique)

IWIS March 5th, 2012 Event (CIHR Cafe Scientifique)

Please join us for the upcoming exciting IWIS event:

CIHR Café Scientifique

Have you ever wondered what happens to amputated legs, removed kidneys or even tumors? Do you own your organs after them being removed from your body?

If these are some of the questions that keep you awake at night, or if you just want to meet some of the world’s renowned experts in the field of medical ethics and science, please join us Monday March 5th at Wicklow pub from 6pm to 9pm.

Please don’t forget to RSVP to this event as the space is limited and we are expecting a lot of curious and enthusiastic audience.

IWIS continues to bring you interesting topics and speakers this year too. Stay tuned for the event announcements. Our successful cooperation with CIHR continues and we will also continue to organize job search related events.

Don’t forget to check SCWIST events too as these events are the great opportunity to network with the successful women. You can read more about networking here.

I always keep an eye on the interesting articles regarding career advancement, job market changes and inspirational stories. Read this inspirational article about the success of an underdog. I hope it will inspire you the same way it inspired me.

The main points of the article:

1. Believe in yourself when no one else does.

2. Seize the opportunity when it comes up.

3. Your family will always be there for you, so be there for them.

4. Find the system that works for your style.

5. Don’t overlook talent that might exist around you today on your team.

6. People will love you for being an original, not trying to be someone else.

7. Stay humble.

8. When you make others around you look good, they will love you forever.

9. Never forget about the importance of luck or fate in life.

10. Work your butt off.

IWIS Newsletter – January 2012

In IWIS Newsletter January 2012:

• we review the 2011 IWIS events, and
• Ms. Annette Tushabomwe, an immigrant from Uganda and UBC Master of Arts student, shares her experience of going back to school in Canada.

Have a good read!