Events

UCalgary CIDE is pleased to invite you to our event "What to do After You've Graduated? A Career Guidance Panel Discussion"

Zoom link and passcode will be provided upon registration. Registration either using QR code in the poster or by the following link -  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-to-do-after-youve-graduated-a-career-discussion-panel-discussion-tickets-142299496625

For more information feel free to contact leonie.osullivan@ucalgary.ca or    milanpreet.kaur1@ucalgary.ca

February is Black History Month and UCalgary CIDE (Chemists for Inclusivity, Diversity, and Equity) will be hosting an email event where each week, we will spotlight one black chemist that has made a significant contribution to the field. We are also running a trivia competition that will encourage us to explore work currently being done by black chemists today.  Here are the first week’s bio and a trivia question.

Join us for the Global Women's Breakfast #GWB2021 @IUPAC "Empowering Diversity in Science".
This year we will be meeting virtually with students, colleagues and friends on Feb 9th from 8:00- 9:30 AM (MT). Link for the registration - https://iupac.org/gwb/2021/chem-yyc-iupac-breakfast/If you have any queries, feel free to DM us. Looking forward to meeting you all (virtually). #GWB_2021 #GWB_UofC_2021

Here is another amazing event organized for you!

Join us at a new virtual event where 5 speakers share their research in a single PowerPoint slide. This an informal event aimed at students and postdocs.

Meeting info:
 https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/96909823373
Meeting ID: 969 0982 3373
 Passcode: CIDE

The conference presenting research carried out by graduate students at the University of Calgary, one of the top 10 research universities in Canada, is now going ONLINE on February 25 and 26.
For more information click here.

Write to a Calgary middle school student to share your experience and passion for science! Letters are exchanged on a monthly basis between a UofC student and a middle school student between grades 7-9. Letter exchange begins in February. 

Register before January 23th by Email. 

An exciting event organized by ucalgary's graduate student association is coming up!

They are hosting the Peer Beyond Graduate Research Symposium at the end of February 2021. Click here to go to their website for details and registration. 

UCalgary CIDE (Chemists for Inclusion Diversity and Equity) would like to invite you to share your exciting research updates with your peers. The presentation will be only one PowerPoint slide. The first meeting will be on the last week of January via zoom. If you’re interested to present please let me know by 15th, January 2021 (amarasinghesenadeera@ucalgary.ca). If you are interested, but January doesn't work, please state it in your email. We can have you in our next session.

The Graduate College, in partnership with Chemists for Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (CIDE), is pleased to present a screening of the documentary “Picture a Scientist” (https://www.pictureascientist.com/). We are also hosting a panel discussion with scientists from UCalgary and industry, who will talk about their experiences. Our panellists are:

Dr. Kristen Burford (Senior Scientist, Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc)
Dr. Constance Finney (Assoc. Prof, Biological Sciences, UCalgary)
Dr. Susana Kimura-Hara(Assist. Prof, Chemistry, UCalgary)
Dr. William Yimbo (Education Specialist, Officer of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, UCalgary).
Participants will be able to stream the documentary in their own time. A link will be provided on December 9th and is valid for 72 hours. The panel discussion will be held on December 11th, 14:00-15:30 MST, on Zoom.

Due to screening restrictions, this event is limited to UCalgary students, postdocs, staff and faculty. For more information and registration please go to www.ucalgary.ca/gradcollege and click on the event.

If you have questions, please email diba.mohebzadeh@ucalgary.ca or milanpreet.kaur1@ucalgary.ca

Our Chapter got mentioned in the latest edition of the University of Calgary's independent student newspaper, 'The Gauntlet'!
Check out the following link to read about the phone interview between Milanpreet Kaur and Gauntlet's news editor (Nikayla).

https://thegauntlet.ca/2020/10/14/ucalgary-chemists-for-inclusion-diversity-and-equity-up-and-running-on-campus/