Summer Research Program
Supervisors
Who: Principal investigators, graduate and PhD students, lab assistants
When: July 5 - August 16, 2023
What: Each year WISEST invites research labs on campus to supervise a WISEST student researcher for 6 weeks. This is an opportunity for you to share your passion for research and your scientific know-how with young women and gender-diverse students in grade 11, who want to explore diverse fields of study in science, engineering and technology. Students are paid research assistants who are supervised by a principal investigator or by a member of a research team while contributing to a research project in the lab or in the field.
Deadline to apply: Proposals will open on March 6, 2023, and will close on April 14, 2023.
Once you submit a proposal, WISEST will contact you to discuss details about the project and the Summer Research Program.
Each year WISEST invites research labs on campus to supervise a WISEST student researcher for 6 weeks. This is an opportunity for you to share your passion for research and your scientific know-how with young women and gender-diverse students in grade 11 who want to explore diverse fields of study in science, engineering and technology. Students are paid research assistants who are supervised by a principal investigator or by a member of a research team while contributing to a research project in the lab or in the field.
PIs and Supervisors are asked to consider how their project would translate into a virtual project. If you have questions, please contact wisest@ualberta.ca.
Deadline to apply: Proposals will open on March 6, 2023, and will close on April 14, 2023.
Role Models and Mentorship
What: Share your career and life experiences as a woman, ally, or gender-diverse person in your field of science, engineering or technology and help students to discover the range of diverse careers possible in these fields by volunteering to be a Role Model. The students often tell us that these events are one of their favourite experiences because they engage in discussions with Role Models about how these professionals have approached their careers and lives.
Who: Women, strong allies, and gender-diverse professionals in science, engineering or technology fields or women and gender-diverse students pursuing graduate or Ph.D. studies.
Networking Fair
When:
- Networking Mixer (in-person): July 28th, 2023, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
TELUS International Centre Atrium
Networking Mixer: Role Models engage with Summer Research Program participants in our annual Networking Fair to share their educational and career experiences. This is an opportunity for students to learn about diverse careers in STEM and to meet with professionals who work in these fields. This event consists of a panel discussion followed by an informal networking mixer.
Virtual Role Model Panels
When:
- Virtual Role Model Panel: Monday, July 17th, 2023 12:00-1:00PM or Monday, July 24th, 2023 12:00-1:00PM
Virtual Role Model Panel: These one-hour sessions will involve you and a few other role models as panellists, answering questions from a small group of students.
Targeted Role Model Panels: We are also offering the opportunity to participate in role model panel discussions specifically for members of underrepresented communities. i.e. A ‘queer-in-STEM’ panel, a panel for racialized folks, among others.
Lab/Industry Tours
Who: Principal investigators, graduate and Ph.D. students, lab assistants, researchers in the industry
Dates: Wednesday, July 19, 2023, 12-1:00 PM and/or Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 12:00-1:00 PM
What: If you are currently conducting some cool and cutting-edge research in your lab, then WISEST would love for you to share it with our student researchers! Each year we offer students the opportunity to tour different research labs and facilities on campus. This exposes students to a diverse range of research and opens their eyes to the numerous potential educational and career pathways that are available to them.
Alumni Connections
Who: Summer Research Program Alumni
What: Are you a former SRP Student who wants to give back to the community? Do you want to help aspiring young scientists and engineers? Would you have liked to have had a connection with someone who had completed the program when you were in the SRP? Are you willing to provide encouragement, advice or a listening ear to this year's SRP cohort?
We are looking for SRP alumni who would be willing to provide ~10-15 hours of volunteer time as an Alumni Connection for this year's students.
Expectations:
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Be partnered with 3-5 students from this year's cohort (depending on the number of volunteers).
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Connect with your students one-on-one 2-3 times throughout the program. Ideally, once, face-to-face or virtually, and then emails can suffice.
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Be willing to share some of your STEM journey and experience with the SRP.
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Be a safe person for the student to share their program experience.
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Provide a listening ear, advice, and encouragement when appropriate and celebrate your student's wins with them.
We'd like to partner students, where possible, with alumni connections with similar lived experiences, whether that be similar SRP placements, rural backgrounds, students who are part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community or racialized students (among others).
Additionally, we are looking for WISEST Alumni from the past 4 years to sit on the WISEST 101 panel on July 5, 2023, from 12:30-3:30. Please email wisest.events@ualberta.ca if interested in this panel opportunity.
Industry Tours Off-Campus
Who: Any industry partner in the community
When: August 14, 2023
What: If you would like to invite students to tour your facility and see what STEM careers look like in action, we would love for you to contact us. Each year we offer students the opportunity to tour different research labs and facilities off-campus. This exposes students to a diverse range of research and opens their eyes to the numerous potential educational and career pathways that are available to them. If interested, please email wisest.events@ualberta.ca.