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Science Riot Grrls is an after school science program for girls aged 6-12 years old.

Toronto
Joined June 2014
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โ€œFacebook will be able to harvest huge amounts of data about children and create invasive profiles that can last the rest of their lives." See @amnesty's response to reports #Facebook is building a separate version of #Instagram for children under 13 ๐Ÿ‘‡ amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2โ€ฆ
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Women continue to shoulder the brunt of this pandemic. 12x as many mothers have left their jobs to care for toddlers & school-aged children New (scary) findings by my colleagues @DawnDesjardins & Carrie Freestone of @RBC Economics in advance of #IWD2021 thoughtleadership.rbc.com/coโ€ฆ
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Dr. Strickland has said โ€œwe need to celebrate women physicists.โ€ Well today, Canadians are celebrating you โ€“ congratulations on your remarkable accomplishments.
Congratulations to Dr. Donna Strickland, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at #UWaterloo, is one of three scientists to win this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. She is the first woman to receive this award in 55 years. #NobelPrize #UWaterlooProud
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Tokyo Medical School Apologizes For Test Scoring Practices To Keep Women Out n.pr/2MsiLZZ
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Toronto, get your advance tickets to BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY. Join us Sunday at 6:30pm for Q&A with filmmaker ALEXANDRA DEAN @alexhaggiagdean @HotDocsCinema ow.ly/yqGD30gJ5I
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This thoughtful article about how boys and girls handle new or challenging material differently provides excellent tips to help encourage perseverance and confidence. bit.ly/2j3k2Jq
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Want to see more women in #engineering ? Address bias against #STEM early in education buff.ly/2zFu8um via @globeandmail c @GirlsInSTEMEAC
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Canadaโ€™s 29th Governor General, @GGJuliePayette, was installed today and her coat of arms was unveiled #ThroughHardshipToTheStars #GG29 nitter.gq/RideauHall/status/9148โ€ฆ
Here are #GGDJuliePayetteโ€™s coat of arms! Discover its symbolism.
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Colette Benko's story is inspiring and competing in @biogeniusCA competition on her life journey! #insoired #STEM #yyc #awesomesauce nitter.gq/metrocalgary/status/85โ€ฆ โ€“ at Cochrane, Alberta
Calgary teen making waves with her oncology research competing in Sanofi Biogenius Canada competition Thursday ow.ly/DVL130aOLjt
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9/12/1897 โ€” b. Irรจne Joliot-Curie, French chemist, physicist, author. Discoverer of radium; two Nobel Prizes; 54 books on science #STEMfem
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Why Men Donโ€™t Believe the Data on Gender Bias in Science wired.com/story/why-men-dontโ€ฆ via @WIRED
10 Women Scientists & Mathematicians That Are Changing the World feministfocus.tumblr.com/posโ€ฆ
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Kids are not "the future", we are here now. We are not going to change the world "someday" we are already doing it.
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Kids learn about #solar #eclipse with #braille book created by @NASA bit.ly/2hb4T9n
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57 yrs ago, 13 highly skilled female pilots trained to go into space โ€“but never made it into orbit๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿš€ bbc.com/future/story/2015020โ€ฆ @sarahcruddas
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Have you watched our full interview with Margaret Hamilton? Watch her share her story about putting man on the moon: bit.ly/MargaretHamiltonMAKERโ€ฆ
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Get to know @Astro_Jenni, one of Canadaโ€™s new #astronauts ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿš€ow.ly/ttW330dMin4 #CdnSpace
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Margaret Hamilton. That's why I always say human spaceflight. Women have been integral every "step" of the way! link.makers.com/view/52f56a8โ€ฆ
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Fall #NatureClub registration is OPEN. Get kids #outside to explore, learn & have fun in #nature! Info: ow.ly/hvhA30cTCB8 #HighPark
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Maryam Mirzakhani could be private, but she was also indomitable and energetic, especially at the blackboard.ย nyer.cm/aj4Is4u
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