[Students converse at the GAC International Girls and ITC Day event in Ottawa] Global Affairs Canada hosted the first annual International Girls in ITC Day event on April 26. Peter Szyszlo, AIMS-NEI Senior Program Coordinator, attended with AIMS alumni in Canada’s capital Ottawa. “This was an exceptional event to showcase programs like AIMS that are empowering women […]
Peter Szyszlo, coordonnateur principal du African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), a rencontré des professeurs, des praticiens et des étudiants dans le cadre de la conférence de la semaine internationale du développement de l’Université d’Ottawa [https://www.facebook.com/IDW.SDI/] le 10 février. «Le partenariat avec l’Université d’Ottawa est un élément clé du succès de AIMS», déclare M. Szyszlo. […]
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Canada’s senior program coordinator Peter Szyszlo met with professors, practitioners and students as part of the University of Ottawa’s International Development Week conference [https://www.facebook.com/IDW.SDI/] on 10 February. “AIMS partnerships with the University of Ottawa has been a key ingredient to AIMS’s success,” Szyszlo said. “There are numerous ways that […]
AIMS a l’Afrique du Sud a organisé un atelier sur les mathématiques discrètes et ses applications présentant des femmes et leurs recherches en théorie des graphes, combinatoire et optimisation discrète. C’était le deuxième point important work shop présentant des femmes dans les sciences en autant de mois. Les luminaires assemblés à partir de janv. 24 […]
AIMS South Africa hosted a workshop on discrete mathematics and its applications featuring women and their research in graph theory, combinatorics, and discrete optimization. This was the second important work shop featuring women in science in as many months. The luminaries assembled from Jan. 24 to 26. The top goals were to develop a […]
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences – Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), welcomed back Canadian High Commissioner Sara Hradecky for an industry summit in Kigali on Jan. 12. “AIMS centres of excellence, including the one here in Kigali, contribute to building Africa’s human capital,” said High Commissioner Hradecky. The event was supported by the Government of […]
AIMS Canada has had a busy quarter influencing several public engagement events on gender equity. Karen Craggs-Milne, Head of AIMS Canada and Global Group Director of Gender Equality, Inclusion and Business Development, delivered a keynote speech on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) and its targets for achieving Gender Equality during the Peace […]
A girl in Ethiopia could grow up to engineer a new method for improving agricultural yields, if only she could meet the right mentor. A young woman in Malawi has ideas for new cancer treatments, but will never apply them if she is pushed out of school. And a girl in Rwanda has all the […]
Five AIMS Senegal students went to the second edition of its Women’s Mathematics Workshop in Abidjan by the Association des Jeunes Femmes et Mathématiques (AJFM) and the Université Houphouët Boigny on Dec. 4. The workshop was a pan-African platform allowing young mathematicians to meet with role models and women innovators in academia, engineering, medicine and molecular research. “Ce séjour en […]
AIMS South Africa hosted a regional workshop on the gender gap in science on Dec. 1 and 2. The event, A Global Approach to the Gender Gap in Mathematical and Natural Sciences: How to Measure It, How to Reduce It? emphasized AIMS commitment to encouraging more women to pursue science as a career. Gender equality […]
