International Women's Day Archives

January 27, 2025

Harnessing the Imposter Complex: Helping Women in STEM to Thrive

If you can name it, you can tame it. This was the theme of the Faculty of Engineering and Design’s Workshop Day, where over 100 women students in engineering and information technology gathered on Saturday, Jan.... More

November 25, 2022

Creating Accessible Physical Activity for Survivors of Family and Gender-Based Violence

Francine Darroch, a professor in Carleton’s Department of Health Sciences, is helping survivors of family and gender-based violence access physical activity.

March 7, 2022

Inspiring Student Leaders Making a Difference in Their Communities

On International Women’s Day, Carleton University honours women throughout the world and encourages everyone to work to #BreaktheBias so that we can all live in a more equitable society. From leaders in STEM to disability... More

March 4, 2022

Student-Designed Digital Platform Aims to Inspire Girls to Enter STEM

What do a graduate computer science student and an undergraduate economics student have in common? The desire to close the gender gap in STEM. Coming from two different fields and stages in their academic careers,... More

March 4, 2022

Putting Race at the Forefront of Conversation

As a critical race scholar and activist whose work centres around the lived experience of Canada’s racialized and Indigenous girls and women, Carleton University Prof. Manjeet Birk is looking for new ways to make the... More