To all members of CFUW:
The CFUWCT Board is pleased to invite you to our annual AGM. These meetings are very brief, about half an hour, and this year it is to be on October 22 at 11:30. It is followed by a speaker – one of our past Fellowship winners – Casey Oliver. She is speaking on an issue that has long been an interest of CFUW: sexual violence. She is scheduled for 1:30.
Here is the presentation given by Raafia Shaaid, winner of the Dr. Alice E. Wilson Award, speaking at the CFUW Charitable Trust Brunch about challenges facing racialized immigrant women in Canada.
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021Time: 1:00-3:00 PM EasternPresentation Abstracts:Dr. Chubbs will talk about her path to pursuing a career in psychiatry, the structure of her residency program, current research, and future career plans.Caitilin will give an overview of her topic on psychosocial care and her research plans. She will also share insights from her preliminary fieldwork carried out virtually this summer with humanitarian organizations delivering psychosocial care in Canada, Denmark, Liberia, and Cyprus.
Virtual Brunch Date: Saturday, June 26, 2021 Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern Speaker Information Speaker: Priye Iworima CFUW 1989 École Polytechnique Commemorative (Ph.D.) Awardee 2019 for research in Biomedical Engineering at UBC Title: Cell replacement therapy as a potential treatment for diabetes using differentiated stem cells Presentation Abstract: Diabetes is characterized by chronic high blood sugar due to a deficiency of insulin from the pancreatic islets. Islet transplantation reverses high blood sugar; however, its widespread use as a form of insulin replacement therapy is limited by the scarcity of cadaveric donor islets. We are exploring stem cells as an unlimited source […]
MY JOURNEY AS A NEUROSCIENTIST FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2020 1:30 pm –2:15 pm EST Diane won the CFUW Dr. Alice E. Wilson Award almost 20 years ago. At the time, she realized she loved going into the research lab everyday in order to understand more about the brain. This presentation takes you through her journey, the ups and downs, from her days in graduate school days at Dalhousie University to becoming a Professor at the University of Ottawa. She will share her passion and research findings in regenerative medicine and stroke recovery, as well as the synergies she finds within […]
CFUW Fellowship Luncheon 2016 – In June of 2016 at the CFUW Fellowship luncheon our guest speaker was Jennifer McWhirter, a past recipient of the Ruth Binnie Fellowship. She is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Guelph in the Department of Population Medicine. Her topic for the luncheon was See It, Be It: Mass Media, Visual Communications, and Women’s Health and Well-being. Her presentation was very well received by those present and her PowerPoint outline is available here.
