WWEST UBCO @WWEST_UBCO
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Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Hallee Fried, the co-owner of Farmstrong Cider Company in Armstrong, British Columbia. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!
Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Katrina Ingram, founder and CEO of Ethically Aligned AI. Watch 'til the end and join in the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week! #womeninstem #womenintechnology #artificialintelligence
We are pleased to announce that WWEST has launched an open call for proposals to become a WWEST Associate Chair or WWEST Hub for 2024-2025. Please visit our website wwest-cwse.ca for more details.
Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Jessica Vandenberghe, Assistant Dean - Community and Culture @uvic, mentor and EDI + Truth Reconciliation influencer. Watch 'til the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!
Have you checked out the latest episode of the Best of the WWEST podcast yet? In this episode, we hear from professor of Zoology at the University of British Columbia and the director of the Canadian Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Dr. Diane Srivastava.
Our #ThursdayThought this week is brought to you by Damineh Akhavan, a senior Engineer at De Havilland Aircraft of Canada and founder of Global Women in STEM. Watch 'til the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's Question of the Week!
This week's #ThursdayThrought is brought to you by Dr. Diane Srivastava, ecology professor @UBC and director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution. Be sure to watch until the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week!
This week's #ThursdayThrought is brought to you by Nicole Vieira. She is the manager for Student Programs at Science World and Tinkering Space Curator. Be sure to watch until the end and join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week!
Day 4 with Med School 101, we completed a DNA neuron code, q-tip skeleton, using ozobots to understand neuron structures and learning all about blood!
This week's #ThursdayThrought is by Dr. Ingrid Waldron, professor at McMaster University & the founder of the ENRICH project, which focuses on environmental racism & injustices. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the week's question.
New ep. of the Best of the WWEST podcast is now up on our website and wherever you get your podcasts! Dr. Ingrid Waldron, founder of the ENRICH project tells us about how her sociology background helped her become a highly influential figure in Canada’s environmental sector.
This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Alexis Armstrong, the founder of @peggyworkwear, creating technical workwear for women & the creator of The Smoko Podcast. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering this week's question.
This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Bridget Cassidy, the owner at CCM Construction Ltd. She organizes lunches for Women Engineers & Geoscientists in Victoria. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by leaving a comment answering the question of the week.
AND that’s a wrap on Week 1 of STEM SUMMER CAMPS! Today was full of fun challenges, including : tallest tower competition, pH indicators, rock making and Edison robots! 🤖🪨🧪🗼
This week's #ThursdayThought is brought to you by Natalia Bussard -- the program manager @SFU_Science Co-op program, helping students find paid work experience in various scientific fields. Watch 'til the end & join the conversation by responding to the question of the week.
STEM Mashup day 3- making planes, fossils, and uncanny portraits of our staff🪨🦕🐚✈️🐦🦋 #fossils #sciencecamp #oldrocks #summercamp #planes
Day 2 Part 2 of STEM Mash Up!! Today we learnt about the environment, ecosystems, and animal adaptations 🦫🍀🐿🍄🧪🌲🍄🌍🪵🦜
Day 2 Part 1 of STEM Mash Up!! Today we learnt about the environment, ecosystems, and animal adaptations 🦫🍀🐿🍄🧪🌲🍄🌍🪵🦜

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Nikita Lad @niki_lad00
502 Followers 5K Following BSc,MSc| PhD student in Engineering (Chemical) interested in #biomaterials #tissueengineering #regenerativemedicine #medicaldevice #stemcelltherapies #T1D
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Castanet @CastanetNews
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Binnie @BuildwithBinnie
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AWASI ROVERS ACADEMY @AWASIROVERS
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Sandy Eix, Ph.D. @sandyeix
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Catherine McKenzie @Catherine_Mkz
153 Followers 330 Following Project Coordinator, Canadian Association for Girls in Science
NIMBL @NIMBL_UBCO
124 Followers 83 Following The Neuroplasticity, Imagery, and Motor Behaviour Laboratory University of British Columbia - Okanagan @ubcokanagan @fass_ubco Lab-run account; opinions our own
Westrek Geotechnical ... @WestrekGeotech
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VIU @VIUniversity
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Nanaimo Local @NanaimoLocal
518 Followers 2K Following Amplifying, mapping & connecting the cool sh*t going on in #Nanaimo! The people, places & events from Yellow Point - Deep Bay. #AssetBasedCommunityDevelopment
Dr. Karis Shearer @how2speakpoetry
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Bonnie D. @Bonnie_Danger
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Paul van Donkelaar @DrvanDonkelaar
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UBC Studios @StudiosUbc
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FASS UBCO @fass_ubco
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UBC Okanagan Library @UBCOLibrary
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HealthyLivingUBC @IHLCDP
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Interior Savings @interiorsavings
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