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      Campus
      Women
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women
      in
      engineering:
     
     
      More
      than
      just
      numbers
     
     
      "University
      Affairs"
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Participants
      at
      a
      _
      national
     
     
      conference
      on
      women
      in
     
     
      engineering
      have
      recommended
     
     
      that
      all
      efforts
      to
      recruit
     
     
      women
      into
      engineering’
      be
     
     
      parallelled
      by
      the
      creation
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      welcoming
      environments
      in
     
     
      engineering
      faculties
      and
     
     
      development
      of
      promotion
     
    
   
   
    
     
      strategies
      and
      family-friendly
     
     
      policies
      for
      female
      engineers
     
     
      on
      the
      workplace.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      About
      240
      individuals
      from
     
     
      across
      Canada
      attended
      the
     
     
      conference
      organized
      be
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Committee
      on
      Women
      in
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Engineering.
      Held
      at
      the
     
     
      University
      of
      New
      Brunswick
      in
     
     
      Fredericton,
      the
      latest
     
     
      research
      on
      the
      under-
     
     
      presentation
      on
      women
      in
     
     
      engineering.
      Conference
     
    
   
   
    
     
      participants
      were
      asked
      to
     
     
      examine
      and
     
     
      recommendations
      emerging
      from
     
     
      research
      and
      briefs
      presented
     
     
      in
      six
      public
      forums
      over
      the
     
     
      past
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      opening
      the
      conference,
      CCWE
     
     
      chair
      Monique
      Frize
      explained
     
     
      the
      aptness
      of
      the
      conference
     
     
      title
      'Women
      in
      Engineering:
     
     
      More
      That
      Just
      Numbers.'
      "We
     
     
      want
      more
      women
      in
      engineering.
     
     
      That's
      the
      numbers
      part.
      But
     
     
      we
      want
      more
      that
      just
      numbers.
     
     
      It
      is
      crucial
      that
      we
      make
      the
     
     
      environments
      in
      our
     
     
      universities
      and
      our
      workplaces
     
     
      welcome
      to
      female
      engineers."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Conference
      participants,
      one-
     
     
      third
      of
      whom
      were
      men,
      came
     
    
   
   
    
     
      from
      every
      Canadian
      province,
     
     
      the
      Northwest
      Territories
      and
     
    
   
   
    
     
      England.
      They
      represented
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI[
      X-PRESS
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      review
      CCWE:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      17.
      1991-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      every
      professional
      engineering
     
    
   
   
    
     
      association
      and
      large
     
     
      engineering
      faculty
      in
      Canada
     
     
      as
      well
      as
      several
      major
     
     
      employers
      on
      engineers.
      Also
     
     
      attending
      were
      individuals
      from
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      primary
      and
      secondary
     
     
      school
      and
      government
      sectors.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      the
      opening
      address
      the
     
     
      participants
      were
      told
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      women
      won't
      seriously
      consider
     
    
   
   
    
     
      engineering
      as
      a
      career
      until
     
     
      the
      profession
      truly
      welcomes
     
     
      then.
      Kate
      Viscardi
      of
      the
     
     
      Women
      in
      Engineering
      Centre
      at
     
     
      South
      Bank
      Polytechnic
      in
     
     
      London,
      England,
      said
      men
      must
     
     
      believe
      in
      the
      need
      to
      recruit
     
     
      women
      before
      progress
      can
      be
     
     
      made.
      "real
      change
      in
      a
     
     
      company,
      aS
      opposed
      to
      lip
     
     
      service,
      can
      only
      come
      about
     
     
      with
      the
      commitment
      of
      senior
     
     
      management."
      She
      said
      it
      is
     
     
      not
      good
      enough
      for
      senior
     
     
      management
      just
      to
      announce
      a
     
     
      policy.
      "That's
      because
      the
     
     
      people
      who
      are
      at
      the
      sharp
      end
     
     
      of
      workforce
      relations,
      the
     
     
      supervisors
      and
      junior
     
     
      managers,
      understand
      that
      they
     
     
      have
      a
      policy,
      but
      they
      don't
     
     
      really
      understand
      why
      there
      is
     
     
      a
      policy."
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Major
      recommendations
      emerging
     
     
      from
      conference
      workshops
      in
     
     
      the
      primary
      and
      secondary
     
     
      school
      sector
      included
     
     
      enhancing
      the
      mathematics
      and
     
     
      science
      learning
      experiences
      of
     
     
      female
      and
      male
      students
      by
     
     
      making
      curricula
      more
      relevant
     
     
      and
      providing
      teachers
      with
     
     
      special
      training
      to.
      ensure
     
     
      gender
      equity
      in
      the
      classroon.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Participants
      in
      workshops
     
     
      examining
      the
      university
     
     
      environment
      called
      for
     
    
   
   
    
     
      faculties
      of
      engineering
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
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