Despite performing better, only 38% of job ads use gender-neutral language
... This isn't the first analysis to examine the relationship between language use and career outcomes.
Happy National Women Physicians Day!
February 3 is National Women Physicians Day, an initiative that honours the contributions women doctors have made in the U.S.
February is LGBTQ History Month in the UK: Here’s how some places are celebrating
February is a busy month for spreading love and inclusivity. In Canada and the U.S., it's Black History Month and in the UK, it's LGBTQ History Month.
Black History Month: 17 notable scientists
February is Black History Month. We’ve got a lot of coverage lined up over the next few weeks, but thought we would kick things...
We all lose from anti-Black racism on Canadian university campuses
Two books published this year explore how anti-Blackness on Canadian university campuses shapes higher education for Black students.
Valuable 500 announces new investment, partners committed to expanding disability inclusion in business
According to the World Economic Forum, approximately 15 per cent of the population — or 1 in 7 people — live with some form of disability. And while a large portion of this group can work, it remains an underemployed segment.
PROFILE: Siew-Yit Yong, Senior Software Engineer, Bioinformatics
"I always wanted to be an engineer. Like many others, I used to take stuff apart at home growing up, not always able to put them back together. I am fascinated by how things work."
Report: Structural racism persists in bioscience federal funding from National Institutes of Health
"Put simply, this is unacceptable."
COVID has left Australia’s biomedical research sector gasping for air
"This disruption disproportionately affects early- and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) and laboratory-based scientists, especially women (who typically shoulder the bulk of caring and home-schooling responsibilities)."
Survey: 2 in 5 respondents considering resigning due to how their company handled pandemic
Some of the biggest issues identified by employees were training, which 52 per cent of non-executives felt they didn't receive enough of, and uncertainty.