PROFILE: Robin Aguilar, genome sciences Ph.D. candidate
My name is Robin Aguilar and I’m a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle. I’m from...
Ontario Premier announces $1.5m toward Black families, youth after denying systemic racism in Canada
PHOTO CREDIT: THE CITY OF TORONTO/WIKIPEDIA/SKEEZIX100. EDITED BY WE REP STEM. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has acknowledged the presence of systemic racism in the...
EXPLAINER: Understanding systemic racism
This article was originally written by Mary Frances O’Dowd, CQ University Australia, for theconversation.com. At the 2020 BAFTA awards, Joaquin Phoenix called out systemic...
Learn this rich history: 8 Black STEM trailblazers
Black scientists have made enormous contributions to humanity. With so much saddness and horror going on, we wanted to celebrate people who made the...
Here’s how you can support people protesting anti-Black racism and police brutality
Photo credit: Black Lives Matter. “I can’t breathe.” On May 25, 2020, the world watched in horror when a video of George Floyd went...
PROFILE: Dr. Alison Wright, post-doctoral researcher, Institute for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine
My name is Alison Wright and I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Munich, based out...
Chika Oriuwa, the only Black medical student in a class of 259, graduates as valedictorian
Photo courtesy: The University of Toronto In April, soon-to-be Dr. Chika Oriuwa, 26, completed her studies at the University of Toronto’s (U of T)...
PROFILE: Elise Gallois, Ph.D. student, University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences
Elise Gallois is a Ph.D. student (E4 DTP NERC) at the University of Edinburgh School of GeoSciences. Elise studies tundra ecosystem change across microclimates and...
The world is not colour-blind. Pretending it is is dangerous and irresponsible.
This article was originally written for theconversation.com by Meghan L Mills, Birmingham-Southern College , for theconversation.com. Some dated information has been removed. Read the...
Survey of 681 employers suggests working remotely is “here to stay”
We’re not sure what the post-pandemic world will look like, but the current situation has already made significant shifts in the way we live,...