Redrawing Perceptions: The fine lines that women in STEM experience
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017 · 12:37pm - 2:00pm
Redrawing Perceptions: The fine lines that women in STEM experience
Presenter: Dr. Lesley Rigg
Date: March 22, 2017
Time: 12 - 1pm
Location: Nexen Theatre (plus 15 level),
801 - 7th Ave SW, Calgary AB (Detailed directions provided below)
Webinar: https://albertabiology.adobeconnect.com/women-in-stem/
CCP: This presentation entitles ASPB members to earn 1 Professional Development Hour
Registration is not required for this event
*Please be aware the location has changed from our usual location. Directions provided below*
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Biography:
Dr. Lesley Rigg became Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2015. She is an internationally recognized scholar with more than 25 years of experience working in postsecondary education.
Before coming to the University of Calgary, she was vice-president for research and innovation partnerships at Northern Illinois University (NIU). During her time at NIU, Lesley had been Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Professor in the Department of Geography, a faculty associate in the Department of Biological Sciences and an active faculty associate in Women’s Studies.
Lesley is a forest ecologist, earning a bachelor’s degree in geography and environmental studies from York University in Toronto, a master’s degree in geography from the University of Colorado and a doctorate degree in geography and environmental studies from the University of Melbourne in Australia.
She has written and contributed to dozens of peer-reviewed journals, facilitated international workshops, and participated in a variety of panels.
A running theme in her research and teaching has been inclusivity. With several collaborators, she recently published a paper in the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, outlining the roles of gender and discipline in academic career satisfaction in which they found that respect and equity in the sciences is crucial for career satisfaction.
She is dedicated to student mentorship and graduate student excellence in research and in 2009, she won the student-generated campus Excellence Teaching award. In 2015 and 2014, she received honorable mentions for NIU’s Women Who Make a Difference Award and in 2009, won the Wilma D. Stricklin Award for enhancing the climate on campus for women. Ultimately, she believes the way we enhance the learning environment is through inclusive and diverse modes of instruction, careful attention to the vocabulary we use, and how we treat the people in the room.
Currently, Lesley is the Co-Chair of the Sexual Violence Implementation Committee at the University of Calgary
The ASPB is not responsible for the content of this presentation; the information and views expressed by the presenter(s) are their own.
Directions to BBL:
- Enter the Nexen building on the ground level from the corner of 7th avenue and 7 street SW.
- Go to the +15 level using the elevator near the security desk to your right as you walk in.
- Follow the +15 walk way the crosses back over the c-train line (7th avenue)
- The Annex Conference Centre entrance is across from the theatre entrance, on your right and up the stairs as you enter the building across 7th avenue.