The term ‘intersectionality’ was coined in 1989 by American scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw, now a professor at Columbia Law School, to explain the specific experiences of oppression of African-American women. She…
It’s election time! Canada’s Federal Election will be taking place on October 21, 2019. OSPE will be hosting a Federal Election Roundtable on October 9, at Parkview Manor in North…
Microaggressions in the workplace: the uncomfortable sensation women and other equity-seeking groups experience all too often “Your name is really hard to pronounce; can I just call you Jay?” “Wow…
On June 18th 2019, over 300 individuals from the government, academia, the engineering sector, students, and those outside of the engineering profession gathered together to attend the 17th Annual Claudette…
On Friday, March 29, astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were set to make history by completing the first all female spacewalk. However, the spacewalk was cancelled. CNN released an…
Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), a time when we celebrate the amazing women in our lives and come together to work towards a common goal – gender equality in…
The 16th annual Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Fall Forum, presented by OSPE’s Women in Engineering Advocacy Champions Task Force (WE ACT), brought together over 800 enthusiastic engineers, engineering graduates, students, public figures,…
Claudette MacKay-Lassonde and a History of Women in Engineering in Canada --- The following blog post was prepared by Valerie Davidson, P.Eng., former OSPE Board Director, past Chair and current…
A 30 by 30 Campaign Update from some of our Champions --- This piece was written by Anna Gkalimani, EIT and OSPE Women in Engineering Advocacy Champions Task Force (WE…
Throughout history, Canadian women have not always received the attention and recognition that they deserve for their contributions to this nation. To address this, the federal government designated October as…
