Mentor Step Usask

Please join us on April 29th at NOON for a USask screening of the documentary "Picture a Scientist". A discussion panel will follow. If you've not viewed this documentary, it's powerful, absorbing, and such an important part of our university's goals of equity, diversity and inclusion. You may register for the event on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/150653016227

A Research Assistant position to consider!

Research Assistant Position alert!

Please contact Manuela Valle-Castro for more information: [email protected]

So this happened today! Wow!

Both Industry partners and USask faculty are welcome to apply for a summer 2021 MentorSTEP internship. Are you an Indigenous woman in STEM at USask? We might be able to match you with a fantastic summer opportunity! Details found here under Summer Internships 2021: https://vpresearch.usask.ca/students/undergraduate/mentorstep/mentorstep.php

MentorSTEP - Office of the Vice President Research - Research - University of Saskatchewan MentorSTEP supports Indigenous women and girls at the University of Saskatchewan and Saskatoon Tribal Council regional high schools who are interested in science, technology, engineering, math and related business, health, and environmental studies. It builds connections between Canada's mining indu...

https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2020/a-world-of-difference-shining-a-light-on-indigenous-women-in-science.php

A world of difference: Shining a light on Indigenous women in science The MentorSTEP program at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), co-led by the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) and funded by the International Minerals Innovation Institute (iMii), supports Indigenous women who are interested in careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

MentorSTEP student intern Samantha Moore chats about her summer of research with Dr. Heather Foulds in Kinesiology .

Embracing My Background - Office of the Vice President Research - Research - University of Saskatchewan MentorSTEP chat with Samantha Moore

Some great ideas. Also: Add an email app (Outlook is the university's standard) to your phone and hook your University email to that app. Set the notifications high, so you respond. You can also use the same app for appointments -- put your class schedules, due dates and other items into the appointment calendar. Email is how university and the larger world functions; get good, right off the bat, at email.

10 items to check off your to-do list before school starts Attention students: Prepare for the upcoming academic year with this handy list of items that will help make your experience at USask awesome.

Loving the great story from MentorSTEP student intern Sydney Kuppenbender: Stay Deadly: https://vpresearch.usask.ca/students/undergraduate/mentorstep/stay-deadly-sydney-kuppenbender.php

Stay Deadly: Sydney Kuppenbender - Office of the Vice President Research - Research - University of Saskatchewan Sydney Kuppenbender has been with MentorSTEP since fall 2019 and this summer is working with Dr. MJ Barrett of SENS at a MentorSTEP summer intern. Sydney shares her thoughts on being an Indigenous woman in STEM.

A panel on issues faced by, and brought forward to the light, by Indigenous women in Canada's mining industry.

Indigenous women ask questions - Canadian Mining Journal It’s been just over a year since the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) received funding from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) to identify and ask questions about the barriers indigenous women face, and secondly, to get direct…

The iMpowered Scholarship Program deadline is fast approaching! Up to $25,000 each year -- so that you can focus on what really matters. https://www.imii.ca/scholarships/impowered/

iMpowered Scholarship

Don't forget to apply for this round of the iMPowered Scholarship Program!

A strong statement with specific goals and plans. Excellent.

President’s statement and actions on racism Racism and discrimination are experienced by members of the University of Saskatchewan community. Although we proclaim that we will not tolerate discriminatory or racist behavior in our teaching, learning and research spaces, those harmful behaviors nonetheless operate at our university in many form...

Student support during the Time of Covid.

We've made the switch to working from home but oh are we missing our MentorSTEP crew! We had such a great tour of the Jansen Mine all lined up with our friends from BHP and now...we wait! What we really want to know is, how are all of you?

Please note that our forthcoming planned visit to Jansen mine site has been cancelled at this time. For all other updates and news, please watch your email.
For now, any MentoSTEP internships are still going foward, with a start for May 1st or at the discretion of the MentorSTEP internship partner. Further changes or adjustments will be communicated as needed.

Mentor Step Usask updated their website address.

A selection of photos from the Friday of the .caISES Gathering 2020 in Saskatoon!

So many great moments for the MentorSTEP crew today, especially our university students! So proud to watch them soar, confident and capable and amazing. Usask.caises

Some of the fabulous MentorSTEP/.caISES university student crew working at the signup table!

Some of the MentorSTEP crew at the lunch keynote!

Randy Hermann giving the lunch keynote at the .caISES gathering 2020!

Calling all indigenous undergraduate and graduate students: are you planning to attend the .caISES national gathering at the end of February? Apply for a scholarship! See details below.

Interested in Saskatchewan geology? Sign up for a one-day session SaskStrat! Email debra.shewfelt[@]respec.com to sign up!

Don't forget to check out the pictures from the Diamond Lab tour we took on January 10th! Big thanks to Saskatchewan Research Council!

MentorSTEP visits the SRC diamond lab

Today, the MentorSTEP crew is visiting the Saskatchewan Research Council diamond lab! What a great opportunity. See their blog here: https://www.src.sk.ca/blog/diamond-lab-saskatchewan-you-bet

A Diamond Lab in Saskatchewan? You bet. | Saskatchewan Research Council When people think of Saskatchewan, diamonds don't often come to mind. Well, give your head a shake. Saskatchewan has one of the world's largest diamond labs at it's attracting international attention.

So excited for our next event at Saskatchewan Research Council visiting the diamond lab!

MentorSTEP visits alongside Girls in the Classroom

Excited to announce our next MentorSTEP event will be at SaskPolytech with the crew from Girls in the Classroom! Thanks to International Minerals Innovation Institute, SaskPolytech, Saskatoon Tribal Council, and all of our industry partners for walking with us!