Women Entrepreneurs Walk an Historic Path in Canada
by Lee Rickwood
Seen as trailblazers and innovators today, and rightly so, female entrepreneurs have in fact been leading corporate development in Canada for hundreds of years.
Category: Women & Tech
Kids and Learning: Is Technology Helping Them?
It’s amazing how the life of a student has changed. In just one generation , I see a world that has profoundly changed the attitudes and behaviours of kids. The speed and accessibility of information, the plethora of opinion blogs,…
Wired Woman Society Mentorship Program Receives MicroSkills Partnership Excellence Award
by Yasmin Ranade
I’m thrilled to announce that Community MicroSkills Development Centre is honouring Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) and its Wired Woman Mentorship Program with its MicroSkills Partnership Excellence Award. MicroSkills, a multi-cultural,non-profit, community-based organization committed to assisting the unemployed, wired_woman_logois recognizing Wired Woman members for their dedication to mentoring women in its Information Technology programs and sustainable results.
Technology needs more Women
By Karen Bennet Many studies have shown a steep decline of girls entering the technology fields especially computer science and engineering at the university and college level. These studies have also identified that the main issues for retaining and interesting…
BlackBerry Scholars Program offering 4-year scholarships to women interested in science and technology
By Ted Kritsonis
BlackBerry and musician Alicia Keys are making a final push together for the BlackBerry Scholars Program, an initiative offering four-year scholarships to women entering their first year of university or college this fall.
A Career in Tech: A Road You Can Travel
By Tanya Bennet FUTURE… a six letter word that when combined with “your” seems to pack a punch greater then Mike Tyson. So why is it that when uttered, these words make the average person stop dead in their tracks…
Sex Ed App Unveiled by Canadian Women Promotes Health, Safety and New Business Opportunities
The fact that the app deals with sometimes delicate issues of sexual education was just one of the challenges that co-founders Mary Roka and Jennifer Weidemann encountered.
by Lee Rickwood
Canadian Women in Technology Expanding into Digital Media, Bidding Adieu to Association President
Two leading tech industry associations are combining forces to support women as they build their careers in Canada’s media, communications, technology and social media sectors.
by Lee Rickwood