By Cheng Lin Christine Pu graduated from McGill’s Chemical Engineering program this past May and is now pursuing her Master’s at Stanford University. Christine was involved with a handful of organizations during her time at McGill, namely Engineers Without Borders and a chemical engineering research lab. The Ledger sat down with Christine to talk about…
Women in Engineering
By Julie Elson If you’re a young woman looking to work as an engineer upon graduation, the stats are staggering. According to Engineers Canada’s National Membership Report, less than 13 percent of licenced, practicing engineers are women. It’s a continuous cycle. Not enough representation deters women from entering the engineering field, which leads to underrepresentation.…
emPOWEring the youth
Engineers without Borders (EWB) and Promoting Opportunities for Women in Engineering (POWE) are two of McGill’s first engineering student clubs. Both clubs are trying to change the face and perception of engineering, and trying to break the mold on engineering has brought these two clubs together to work on a common goal. EWB and POWE…
It’s a Small World After All
If you had google mapped where I was at that moment, it would appear that I was in the absolute middle of nowhere in rural Malawi surrounded by vast lands and the one red dirt road that cut through. I was on my way to the field office when the motorbike came to an unnervingly…