Conference

 Immigrant Women in STEM Conference

TGC’s Immigrant Women in STEM Conference was first hosted in January of 2023. Stay tuned for the next conference in 2024.

Conference Details

On January 24, 2023, TGC hosted Canada’s immigrant women in STEM, researchers, policy makers, academics, and representatives from government, immigrant settlement agencies, NGOs, and business associations for a day of knowledge-sharing that highlighted the untapped economic potential of immigrant women in STEM. Presentations discussed:

  • What we know about the talent pool of Immigrant Women in STEM and the challenges they face

  • Why all sectors in Canada can benefit from improving the labour market integration of these highly-skilled women

TGC’s Role

The results of TGC’s pan-Canadian, participatory research work on the labour market challenges faced by immigrant women in STEM have highlighted persistent cross-sectoral gaps in supports that could help them find appropriate jobs to alleviate a significant part of the longstanding talent shortage in Canada’s burgeoning STEM sectors.

The pandemic has further underscored the urgent need for their expertise in our economy.

TGC’s Immigrant Women in STEM Conference aims to create a space for interested organizations to present the latest data and explore ideas that can enable this highly-skilled talent pool to contribute meaningfully to Canada’s innovation economy and boost our global competitiveness.

2023 Conference Video Recordings and Presentation Materials

  • Speaker Bio: Saadia Muzaffar, Founder and President of TechGirls Canada

    Click here to view the recording or view the presentation slides.

  • Speaker Bio: Katherine Wall, Analyst at Statistics Canada

    Click here to view the recording or view the presentation slides.

  • Speaker Bio: Marley Finley, Consultant at Boston Consulting Group

    Click here to view the recording or view the presentation slides.

    This session was based on the United Nations Migration report, Migration Matters: A Human Cause with a $20 Trillion Business Case, developed as a collaboration between the Boston Consulting Group and the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM).

  • Speaker Bios: Ganiyat Bukola-Shittu, Product Manger at Financial Technology; Walaa Sabih, Cancer Control & Prevention M.D.; Monica Romero-Arce, Environmental Microbiologist at Acadian Seaplants Limited; Vasundra Srinivasan, Senior Solutions Architect at Enterprise Software

    Click here to view the recording.

  • Speaker Bios: Iona Santos-Fresnoza, Project Manager at Immigrant Employment Council of BC; Sabina Michael, Associate Director of the Intercultural Skills Lab at Rotman School of Management University of Toronto; Sara Asalya, Executive Director of Newcomer Women’s Services

    Click here to view the recording.

  • Speaker Bios: Clotilde Ribaut, Co-Leader of Ottawa Chapter and Chair of the External Relations Committe of the Immigrant & International Women in Science Network; Romina Barreto, PhD Candidate at Universite Laval

    Click here to view the recording or view the presentation slides.

    This session is based on Immigrant and International Women in Science (IWS) Network's 2021 survey report, available here.

Please direct any questions or comments to community@techgirls.ca.