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Thursday, 25 June 2020

Hop on the STEM train! Women in STEM

A Human Living Library Event

Interested in Science?

Enjoy Mathematics?

Unsure what electives to choose?

See yourself in a lab coat?

Join us for an evening with women accomplished in

Science Technology Engineering Mathematics.

Borrow a ‘book’ and discuss their interesting careers in the STEM field.

Get insights into the excitement and rewards of pursing a STEM career.

* When: Wednesday 11^th February 2020

* Time: 6pm - 8pm

* Where: Pearl Cove Library (Pearl Room) 55 Book St Pearl Cove

* Cost: $5 per person

* Bookings: Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com.au/

Light refreshments created by Pearl Cove High School Food Tech students will be provided.

Our guest speakers (books) are:

Karlie Noon
Karlie is a Gamilaraay woman and is the first
Aboriginal person on the East Coast of Australia to graduate
with a combined Bachelor of Mathematics and Science.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Yassmin was born in Sudan and migrated to Australia
at the age of two. She holds a Bachelor of
Mechanical Engineering with First Class Honours.

Dharmica Mistry
Dharmica was born in England to Indian parents
and moved to Australia when she was six.
She holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours
and has completed a PhD in Medicine.

Emma Johnston
Emma is the Dean of Science at UNSW and
President of Science & Technology Australia.
She is an authority in marine biology and
a former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at UNSW.

More information about the UNSW Women in STEM program can be found here: https://www.science.unsw.edu.au/engagement/women-stem-ambassador-program

For further information please contact Loubna Khalil on 9553-1525

Wednesday, 24 June 2020

Supercharge your future with STEM!

February 11 is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Join us at Pearl Cove Library for a special Human Living Libraries event.

Human Living Libraries give you the chance to speak to people you wouldn't otherwise meet about topics that don't often come up.

Women have made great strides in the fields of science, technology and engineering in recent years and perceptions of women’s contributions to science changing. But there is still a long way ahead.

According to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, in 2016, only 14% of STEM professors were women and only 12% of engineers were women.

Our “books” will help you understand the challenges women and girls face in trying to enter and advance careers in the fields of science and engineering.

Come pick a book and have a chance to ask all the questions you have about women in STEM.

Our books:

Annie Slattery, the co-founder and CEO of ConX, a company that makes software to bring tradies online
Taylah Griffin, an indigenous Gangulu STEM student and Boeing Defence Australia STEM ambassador
Professor Renae Ryan, the academic director of Science in Australia Gender Equity
Karlie Noon, an indigenous Gomeroi astrophysicist

Details

Tuesday, 11 February

5:30 for 6 PM

The Pearl Room at Pearl Cove Library

RSVP on Eventbrite by 4 February.

For further enquiries, call the library's front desk at 029 555 555.

(Faranaaz Parker)

Saturday, 16 June 2018

Bioscience: Breaking barriers

Pearl Cove Library is celebrating National Science Week with a Human Living Library event. Human Living Libraries facilitate one-on-one conversation between "Readers" and "Books." Books are real people from the local or wider community who share their personal stories, experiences and knowledge.

The theme for this years national science week is Game Changers and Change Makers. Some of the greatest scientific game changers of recent decades have come from the field of bioscience - the science of life. It's an area that is rapidly developing exciting new technologies and discoveries that will shape our future, from innovations in health and disease, to saving threatened plant and animal species. Our Living Books are breaking down the barriers of traditional science to encourage more open, collaborative and accessible science.

Some of the Living Books who will be available to borrow for a 20 minute chat include:

Dr. Alice Williamson: Open Source Scientist, University of Sydney
Open source scientists publish their work online, in real time, allowing their research to be freely accessed by anyone in the world. As well as lecturing at the University of Sydney and presenting on ABC radio, Dr. Williamson has been working with high school students to develop an open source anti-malarial drug.

Symeon Marou: Indigenous ranger working in native species recovery
Symeon works together with conservation scientists and other indigenous rangers, who use their unique knowledge of the land to collect data on pests and native animals.

Charlotte Lawrence-Slater: Cancer survivor and advocate for genetic sequencing in disease treatment
In 2014, Charlotte was diagnosed with an aggressive form of adrenal cancer and given less than a year to live. She was faced with a lack of treatment options until her genome was sequenced by the Garvan Institute in only 10 days, allowing for identification of a specific gene mutation which could be treated with drugs originally used to target an unrelated form of cancer.

Karlie Noon: Indigenous science graduate
Karlie grew up in a poor household in rural Australia. She became the first person in her family to study at university and is currently completing her PhD, alongside working with the CSIRO's Indigenous STEM education Project through which she mentors indigenous students.

When?

Saturday 18th of August 2018
Where?
Pearl Cove Library - Cove Meeting Room
Bookings:
Not required. Living Books can be borrowed and reserved on the day.
Further information
Pearl Cove Library: Contact Us

National Science Week

Human Living Libraries

Image credits
Heads on bookshelf

Dr. Alice Williamson

Symeon Marou

Charlotte Lawrence-Slater

Karlie Noon

By Ekaterina Jephtha