BE-STEMM will feature three Leadership Summits
Inclusion and Belonging
will foster national conversations with and for Black Canadians in STEMM, facilitate networking, and highlight internships, fellowships, and career opportunities. It will comprise of 90-minute concurrent panels and feature partners from academia, industries, government ministries, healthcare professionals and funding bodies.
Intersections of Blackness and Indigeneity will focus on approaches to inclusion that can be made in solidarity with Indigenous peoples, while acknowledging the complex identities and relationships that have existed historically and continue to inform our collective responses to our current context.
AfroFutures in STEMM will focus on the flow of Black youth into STEMM fields and sharing of insights and successes across siloed programs. Panellists from the United States and Canada will be featured in this sector.
Leadership Keynotes
Dr. Malinda Smith
Vice Provost (Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion)
Associate Vice-President Research-EDI
Professor, Political Science
Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
University of Calgary
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Dr. Bryan Gaensler
Professor of Astronomy
Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Toronto
Dr. Julie I. Johnson
Program Director
Division on Research and Learning at the National Science Foundation
New Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Victoria Kyeyune
Policy Advisor, Portfolio Coordination Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Dr. Kelly Mack
Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education
Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope, AAC&U
Case Western Reserve University
Dr. Terrell R. Morton
Assistant Professor
Identity and Justice in STEM Education
University of Missouri-Columbia
Dr. Christopher Mpofu
Clinical Associate Pediatric Oncology
The University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Emmanuel Osei
Assistant Professor in the department of Biology, University of British Columbia – Okanagan
Ms. Bibiana Pulido
Researcher
Ph. D. Candidate
Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT)
University of Montreal
Dr. Stephen M. Robbins
Director, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research Jewish General Hospital, Professor, Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology at McGill University
Mr. Ziad Shadid
Assistant Chief Statistician and Chief Financial Officer
Corporate Strategy and Management Field
Statistics Canada
Dr. Cécile Siewe
Director General
Industrial Sectors & Chemicals Directorate
Environmental Protection Branch
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Ms. Angelin Soosaipillai
Vice President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) at Mitacs.
Dr. Christine Williams
Executive Vice President and Head of Implementation Science, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) ICR Institute Advisory Board Member
Dr. Lisa Willis
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Pathways: Connecting K-12 to postsecondary STEMM
Dr. Marlene Ruck Simmonds
Executive Director, African Canadian Services Branch, Nova Scotia's Education Department
Moderators
Dr. Jennifer D. Adams
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Bintou Ahidjo
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Dr. Juliet Daniel
Professor, McMaster University
Dr. Kevin Hewitt
Professor, Dalhousie University
Dr. Chonnettia Jones
Vice President, Research, Michael Smith Health Research BC
Dr. Erique Lukong
Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Erick D. McNair
Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Tagnon Missihoun
Assistant Professor, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Dr. Toyib (Olan) Olaniyan
Environmental Epidemiologist, Statistics Canada
Dr. Nicole Woods
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Kim Tallbear
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment, University of Alberta
Ingrid R.G. Waldron
Professor & HOPE Chair in Peace & Health, Global Peace & Social Justice Program
Department of History, Faculty of Humanities
Moderators
Prof. Maydianne Andrade
Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough
Erica Violet Lee
Moderators
Dr. Jennifer D. Adams
Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Kevin Hewitt
Professor Dalhousie University