2018 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2018

Session

W2-6 Inclusive Science Education (Part 1) (DPE/CEWIP) I Éducation scientifique inclusive (1ère partie) (DEP/CEFEP)

W2-6

13 Jun 2018, 11:30

Dalhousie University

Conveners

W2-6 Inclusive Science Education (Part 1) (DPE/CEWIP) I Éducation scientifique inclusive (1ère partie) (DEP/CEFEP)

• Patricia Mitchler

2279. Fostering Physics Identity to Support Young Women in Physics Education (I)

Ms Lindsay Mainhood (Queens University)

13/06/2018, 11:30

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

This talk presents a study that qualitatively investigated how young women in Ontario experience barriers in their high school physics education. The basis of the research is the long-standing issue of underrepresentation of women in physics in Canada and around the world. The study asked questions aimed at better understanding this issue: What barriers do young women in high school physics...

2149. How to keep more students in physics: Ideas from the literature (G)*

Laura Stiles-Clarke (St. Francis Xavier University)

13/06/2018, 12:00

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral Competition (Graduate Student) / Compétition orale (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

Many physics professors and departments are concerned about the number of students who complete their degree programs, and the often much larger number of students who leave. This has been an ongoing concern in physics, other sciences, and engineering for several decades, especially for female students and students from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. What can physics professors,...

2240. Report on the 2018 Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) and evolution of an APS-CAP partnership

Brigitte Vachon (McGill University (CA))

13/06/2018, 12:15

Women in Physics / Femmes en physique (CEWIP-CEFEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

The fifth edition of the Canadian Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) series was held at Queen's University on 12-14 January 2018. A conference report for this 2018 edition will be presented. The second part of this talk will report on the evolution of a partnership between CAP and the US American Physical Society (APS) as part of the organization of this conference series.