2014
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<tab name="2014"> SPEAKER:Dr. Karen TonsoDr. Karen Tonso, Wayne State University (Michigan): A presentation that includes some background information on the challenges that affect underrepresented and excluded groups in engineering (women, queer people, people with disabilities, Indigenous people). The presentation might also discuss how these identities intersect with race and will open for a discussion about how to make changes.
PANELISTS
:Charmaine Lyn Director of Medical Admission, Faculty of Medicine: :Prof Tal Arbel Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: :Sara Houshmand , PhD student :doing research on coping and responding to microaggression, and recipient of the McGill University’s inaugural Award for Equity and Community Building.:Loréane GomaMy name is Loreane Goma and I am a , third year mining engineering student at McGill university. :Cameroonian and Congolese from my parents, I was born and raised in France before moving to Montreal for my studies. I have been a member of POWE since my second year in university and now hold the position of vice president outreach in this club. My responsibilities include managing the EM(ePOWE)R mentoring program, organizing General engineering panels as well as high school visits and presentations.</tab>
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2015
In 2015 Fall forum, the keynote speaker was Brie code and the panelists were Adeola Odusanya, Prof Gaskin and Tynan Jarrett.
SPEAKER
:Brie Code
:Brie Code has been a programmer in the video game industry for almost 13 years. Until recently, she was working at Ubisoft Montreal, where she led programming teams on Child of Light, Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed II. Before that, she wrote code at Relic for Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. She was also a founding member of the Ubidiversity Team at Ubisoft Montreal, volunteers with Pixelles, and is part of the advisory committee for YES Montreal's Advancing Women in STEM through Mentorship Project. Her ambition is to make games for her friends who don't play games.
PANELISTS
:Adeola Odusanya
:Adeola was born in Nigeria and lived there until moving to Canada when she was 11 years old. Currently, she is completing her degree in Chemical Engineering here at McGill. She is very involved in the Engineering Undergraduate Society, whether as a member of one of the design teams, Frosh coordinator or President of NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) McGill chapter. She truly has enjoyed her almost 4.5 years as a McGill engineer, she has learned a lot in terms of her formal and social education. She hopes to apply what she has learned in the Renewable Energy industry in higher education and eventually, the workplace.