International Women's Day: #ChoosetoChallenge
International Women's Day is coming up and this year's theme is #ChooseToChallenge. Here at WWEST we decided to tell you why we choose to challenge sexism in the workplace.

Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Nyota Domonique of "Saturn's Child" by Nichelle Nichols
February is Black History Month! For this installment of our Depictions of Women in STEM series, we're focusing on a Black woman who paved the way for Black women's portrayal in science fiction: Nichelle Nichols. Published in 1995, "Saturn’s Child" is Nichelle Nichols’ debut novel.

Dr. Anne Innis Dagg: The Jane Goodall of Giraffes
Dr. Anne Innis Dagg is a Canadian zoologist who is known for studying giraffes. She was born in 1933 in Toronto. Dr. Innis Dagg wrote a memoir in 2006 about her trip to Africa to study giraffes in the 50s called Pursuing Giraffe: a 1950s Adventure. In 2018, a documentary was made about her called The Woman Who Loved Giraffes.

The UN's International Day of Women and Girls in Science
On December 22, 2015, the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to establish an annual international day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. Read all about it in this post.

Supporting Coding Careers for BIPOC, Women and Non-Binary People- Lighthouse Labs’ New BC Reskilling Project
In this blog post we talk to Lighthouse Labs Director of Government Relations Stephanie Wilson about the new BC Reskilling Project, full scholarships for BIPOC and marginalized genders, and how coding programs can get folks into tech and back into the workplace post COVID-19 job loss.