Headlines for Aug. 16, 2017
CTV
Can Waterloo’s women-only residence help close the engineering gap?
About 50 of the women starting Waterloo engineering will live together in this optional women-only residence.
CTV
A Killam Prize winner’s top 5 ideas for getting more women in STEM
Molly Shoichet, an engineering superstar who oversees more than two dozen people at a University of Toronto lab, offers advice for boosting female enrolment in STEM.
Globe and Mail
Opinion: Is Ontario facing a shortage of skills, or lack of investment?
“If employers care enough about their own operations, they should invest in training their work force in firm-specific skills,” Jeffrey Boggs writes.
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