BE-STEMM Organizing Committee
The organizing committee is pleased to welcome you to BE-STEMM 2023.
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Prof. Maydianne Andrade
President
University of Toronto
Prof. Kevin Hewitt
Partnership Lead
Dalhousie University
Tamara Franz Odendaal
Lead Ally
Mt. St. Vincent University
Prof. Kiven Erique Lukong
Vice-President
University of Saskatchewan
Prof. Juliet Daniel
Treasurer
McMaster University
Prof. Loydie Jerome-Majewska
Academic Program Officer
McGill University
Dr. Kimberley Gauthier
Academic Program Officer
McGill University
Prof. Jennifer Adams
STEMM Education Lead
University of Calgary
Dr. Olivier Leogane
Francophone liason
École de technologie supérieure
Dr. Toyib (Olan) Olaniyan
Statistics Canada Liaison
Statistics Canada
Ingrid Um Nlend
Communications Officer
Director of Research & Innovation
Prof. Jude Kong
Regional Node Lead
York University
The organizing committee thanks the following people for their work with different aspects of the conference:
BE-STEMM Beyond Borders (Leadership summit)
Working group Co-Chairs:
Trevor Charles (Leadership panel)
Chinyere Eunice Nwafor-Okoli (Leadership panel)
Karine Morin (Policy Panel)
Michelle McFarlane (Policy Panel)
Anuli Ndubuisi (Post-secondary Panel)
Tasha Zephirin (Post-secondary Panel)
Darren Butler (Post-secondary Panel)
Glory Ovie (Post-secondary Panel)
D’Andre Wilson-Ihejirika (Post-secondary Panel)
Ti’Era Worsley (K-12 Pathways Panel)
Haley Matthews (K-12 Pathways Panel)
Timi Idris (K-12 Pathways Panel)
David Bailey (K-12 Pathways Panel)
Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko (K-12 Pathways Panel) Lisa Cole (K-12 Pathways Panel)
Karen Hudson (K-12 Pathways Panel)
Black Engineers of Canada (Career Fair, Fundraising)
Ayo Abiola
Vice President, Black Engineers of Canada
Yomi Ojutalayo
Director of Partnerships, Black Engineers of Canada
Scientific Program Committee
Kimberley Gauthier, Co-Chair
Jeffrey Webster, Member
Eddia Solas, Member
Patricia Edem, Member
Loydie Jerome-Majewska, Co-Chair
Jennifer Adams, Member, Leadership Summit Chair