{"id":16608,"date":"2012-05-25T10:36:43","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=16608"},"modified":"2012-05-25T10:41:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:41:34","slug":"annual-science-conference-for-young-girls-inspires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2012\/05\/annual-science-conference-for-young-girls-inspires\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual science conference for young girls inspires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_16612\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16612\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16612  \" title=\"sy2012-two\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/sy2012-two-1024x665.jpg\" alt=\"Participants take part in the \u201cYeast Crime\u201d activity organized by the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at this years Scientifically Yours conference.    \" width=\"499\" height=\"323\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants take part in the \u201cYeast Crime\u201d activity organized by the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute at this years Scientifically Yours conference.    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this month the Faculty of Mathematics and Science welcomed 80 scientifically-minded grade 11 girls from across Ontario to campus for its 22nd-annual <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/mathematics-science\/scientificallyyours\">Scientifically Yours<\/a> conference.<\/p>\n<p>The young women took part in a number of hands-on projects that included exploring laser holography, transferring data by light and measuring brain function.<\/p>\n<p>This year also saw the addition of an ecology project, developed by Liette Vasseur, professor of Biological Sciences and secretary general of International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists.<\/p>\n<p>Vasseur guided the girls on a walk along the Bruce Trail and Niagara Escarpment to identify plant species and learn ethno-botanical facts. The group also collected flowers to press and dry for Mother&#8217;s Day cards.<\/p>\n<p>The young women also benefitted from interacting with current students and alumni who shared advice and career experiences.<\/p>\n<p>The conference opened with alumna Nancy Doubleday who delivered a plenary talk, entitled &#8220;Arctic Ecohealth: Linking Local and Global &#8230; with lessons for peace from Dr. Seuss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And on the final day of the two-day event, participants attended a dinner with scientific mentors. The mentors &#8211; all women in scientific professions &#8211; included Brock alumnae Holly Falsetti, Risk Modeling Analyst, TD Bank, and Elly Jenkyns, Naturopathic Doctor, PURE Natural Health &amp; Wellness, along with 13 other women from various science-related professions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16620\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16620\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16620\" title=\"fungus-project-shot12\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/fungus-project-shot12-1023x878.jpg\" alt=\"   \" width=\"504\" height=\"432\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">   <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month the Faculty of Mathematics and Science welcomed 80 scientifically-minded grade 11 girls from across Ontario to campus for its 22nd-annual Scientifically Yours conference. . . . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3328],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16608"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16627,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16608\/revisions\/16627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}