The UNI-ETC points interested parties to the following programme:
This intense week-long interdisciplinary course for Master and PhD students will support and qualify graduate students of all disciplines (engineering and computer science, natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, etc.)
- who are interested in doing research on gender and diversity in STEM, and/or
- who would like to include principles of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in
their own STEM research and proposal writing.
Each day will involve lectures and workshops from a roster of both Concordia and external professors.
Topics include:
- Biases in algorithms and artificial intelligence
- Indigenous STEM, pedagogies and methodologies
- Intersectional analysis of STEM careers
- Decolonizing STEM knowledge and research
- Human rights approach applied on STEM
- EDI in funding and research applications
Highlights:
- Field trip to Mohawks Territory of Kahnawá:ke to learn and experience Indigenous STEM pedagogy
- Workshop with representatives from the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC) on the latest EDI activities
Credits: 3 units
Grade: PASS or FAIL
Apply here: https://www.concordia.ca/sgs/summer-institute/application.html
For further information about the topic please contact:
Dr. Tanja Tajmel, Centre for Engineering in Society
Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science
Telephone: 514-848-2424 x 5982
tanja.tajmel@concordia.ca