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

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)