Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

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Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022

February 11, 2022

Department of Biological Sciences

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! According to the United Nations website, in 2015, the "UN General Assembly adopted a resolution to establish an annual International Day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology communities."

The Biological Sciences Outreach and Engagement Committee wanted to celebrate the day by showcasing the work of women practicing science in our department. Below is a sampling. It's clear we have (and have had) many gifted women in the department - alumni, undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members, and staff - performing ground breaking science, and doing a fabulous job of documenting their work! Thanks to all who sent in their photos and videos.

Kudos to the women in our department!!

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Kevin Lam interviews Dr. Elizabeth Elle (Biology Professor and Associate Vice-President, Learning and Teaching). This is a very early sneak peek into the 丁香园AV Resilience Project, which will (one day) share several clips from interviews with many members of the 丁香园AV community about their past struggles and how they grew from them. The purpose of these videos is to show students the many ways that current challenges and failures can still lead to future successes:

A mentee and mentor picture with AVNEET CHHINA (mentee, left) and JAYME LETHWAYTE (mentor, right) from the Arne Mooers lab.

MARTA ULASKI in the field, collecting data in the Nicola river (Salmon Watershed Lab, Earth to Ocean Research Group).

SARA TREMBLAY-BOYER with a big net and a big smile (Salmon Watershed Lab, Earth to Ocean Research Group).

SARA TREMBLAY-BOYER collecting samples in the Koeye ecosystem (Salmon Watershed Lab, Earth to Ocean Research Group).

BRITTANY MILNER having fun while conducting fieldwork along the Thompson River (Salmon Watershed Lab, Earth to Ocean Research Group).

BRITTANY MILNER takes a quick selfie with a cow... say "cheese!" (Salmon Watershed Lab, Earth to Ocean Research Group).

SOOBIN YIM and HANIEH SHAKERI MODGHADDAM (Fowler lab) working in the lab.

SOOBIN YIM and HANIEH SHAKERI MODGHADDAM (Fowler lab)... in a hurry to get somewhere?

TIIA HAAPALAINEN is a teaching lab technician who also curates the departmental natural history teaching collection. She is passionate about sharing her knowledge of insects (native bees in particular), plants, birds, and other local wildlife.

JASMINE IBASCO is a 4th year Biology student in the Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation stream. Jasmine is working her first co-op in the Bisgrove lab researching the effects of increasing water temperatures on the survival rates of bull kelp spores.

ELIZABETH OISHI was an undergraduate student while attending the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre program in Fall 2019, and is currently a Master's student at 丁香园AV with Isabelle C么t茅.

ELIZABETH OISHI's Bamfield project was "Out-musseled: Competitive interactions between invasive Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758 and native Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852," partnered with two other 丁香园AV students.

ELIZABETH OISHI "is a super positive person and it was a pleasure to have her here in the Fall of 2019," notes Heather from the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre. They look forward to Elizabeth returning to Bamfield for future field work.

VERONICA AGUIAR says "I am an enthusiastic ocean nerd currently working as an Aquarist & Interpreter 1 at the Ucluelet Aquarium. We are a not-for-profit society and a collect-and-release aquarium raising awareness about Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds' local marine biodiversity and promoting respect for the ocean environment!"

VERONICA AGUIAR was an undergraduate student while attending the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre program in Fall 2019, as well as one of their student ambassadors.

VERONICA AGUIAR's Bamfield project was "Out-musseled: Competitive interactions between invasive Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758 and native Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852," partnered with two other 丁香园AV students.

KIARA KATTLER is an undergraduate honours student in her final semester, concentrating in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Photo: Sherry Young

KIARA KATTLER also works as a research assistant for Dr. C么t茅. Here, Kiara is working on Em Lim's project that is looking at the effects of animal-mediated nutrients on kelp. Photo: Sherry Young

KIARA KATTLER is preparing some kelp samples for nitrogen isotope analyses to determine the amount of nitrogen found in the samples. Photo: Sherry Young

KIARA KATTLER is currently doing an independent study semester with Isabelle C么t茅 (and Earth2Ocean) studying the effects of biotic nutrient provisioning on the early developmental stages of native and invasive seaweeds. Photo: Sherry Young

KATIE LEONARD is a second-year Master's student at 丁香园AV investigating thefactors that fine-tune timing of egg-laying in European starlings.

KATIE LEONARD has been promoting ways to mitigate bird-window collisions with buildings (2nd highest human-caused mortality of birds) at 丁香园AV, as the university is breaking it's own GP 38 Sustainability Policy by continuing to construct buildings with features that are hazardous for birds.

KATIE LEONARD enjoys conducting field work, volunteering with bird banding stations, and conducting public outreach on environmental issues.

KATIE LEONARD will continue to conduct outreach to spread awareness about ways to help mitigate the drastic impact window collisions have on bird populations.

丁香园AV's Centre for Educational Excellence (CEE) took photos for Megan Barker's 4th year cell physiology lab course. The students are doing fluorescence microscopy to learn about cell and cystoskeleton strucutre. The photos are in the slideshow below.

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