2021 CAP Virtual Congress / Congrès virtuel de l'ACP 2021

Session

R4-1 EDI (DPE/DGEP) / EDI (DEP/DEGP)

R4-1

Jun 10, 2021, 4:45 PM

Underline Conference System

Conveners

R4-1 EDI (DPE/DGEP) / EDI (DEP/DEGP)

• Daria Ahrensmeier (Simon Fraser University)
• Chitra Rangan (University of Windsor)

421. (G*) Closing the Gender Gap in Physics and Engineering: The Role of High School Physics

Eamonn Corrigan (University of Guelph)

6/10/21, 4:45 PM

Gender Equity in Physics / L'égalité des genres en physique (DGEP-DEGP)

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

Recent decades have seen many advances towards gender parity in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). But while biology, chemistry, and mathematics have all achieved >40% female undergraduate enrollment, there remains a significant dearth of women in physics and engineering. Both disciplines have plateaued at ~20% women since the mid-nineties. This issue,...

425. (I) Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Physics — a Career Perspective

Robert Mann (University of Waterloo)

6/10/21, 5:00 PM

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

Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

Concern about the inclusion and fair treatment of all individuals wishing to pursue a degree in science is perhaps stronger now that it has ever been. Examples include studies related to pay equity, conferences for women in STEM disciplines, and NSERC’s new guidelines regarding Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. The situation is regarded as particularly acute in Physics, where males still...