Featuring a keynote presentation by Mary Wells, PhD, Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo, this workshop will follow up on a survey distributed to UWaterloo graduate students during Fall 2019 - Winter 2020. The purpose of this workshop is to share the results of this survey, and to discuss methods and next steps to enhance the graduate engineering student experience at the University of Waterloo. Breakout groups will discuss topics such as student support and resource availability, among other themes.

This workshop is hosted by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Waterloo and York University. Our joint team has been investigating gender differences in engineering for the past few years, focusing on strategies for improving student retention.

This workshop will be held virtually in English with joining instructions provided to the participants closer to the workshop date via email. Please note that this workshop will also be recorded, for note-taking purposes. No personally identifying information from the recording will be shared or uploaded publicly and will only be used by the organizers to verify their notes.

The survey and this workshop were funded by a University of Waterloo Gender Equity Research Grant as part of UW’s HeForShe IMPACT 10x10x10 initiative.

Schedule

1:00-1:05pm Introduction

1:05-1:25pm Keynote - Mary Wells, PhD (Waterloo Dean of Engineering)

1:25-1:45pm Presentation on Survey Results

1:45-1:55pm Break

1:55-3:00pm Discussion in Break Out Groups Round 1

3:00-3:10pm Break

3:10-4:00pm Discussion in Break Out Groups Round 2

4:00-4:20pm Break Out Results Summary

4:20-4:30pm Wrap-up

Registrations are closed

Gender Differences in Waterloo Graduate Engineering Student Experiences