Women In Engineering (WIE)
Welcome to the official Site of IEEE Women in Engineering in Canada
What is the IEEE Women In Engineering Initiative?
The IEEE Women in Engineering initiative has been established to promote achievements of women professionals in fields of interest to IEEE. WIE promotes membership growth and elevation of its members. Also, WIE gathers and disseminates information on the status of women in technology and science. For further information about international initiatives on IEEE Women in Engineering take a look at the IEEE WIE website.
If you are interested in getting involved with IEEE Women in Engineering contact the IEEE Canada WIE committee chair.
WIE Newsletter and Magazine
The award-winning IEEE Women in Engineering Magazine is the first magazine to focus on issues facing women who study or work in IEEE’s fields of interest. IEEE WIE Newsletter and Magazine
IEEE WIE Special Funding
The IEEE Women in Engineering Committee (WIEC) encourages development of local activities that adds professional value to IEEE Women in Engineering members to increase the visibility of women in the profession. For this purpose, IEEE WIEC invites IEEE WIE Affinity Group Officers/Society Officers to submit Special Funding requests to bid for special funds.
For further info, please, visit https://wie.ieee.org/resource-hub/
IEEE WIE Awards
The IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) awards and recognition program is designed to recognize IEEE WIE members and Affinity Groups who have made an outstanding contribution to IEEE WIE, their community, and the engineering community, through their dedication and involvement in projects or activities directed toward fulfilling the IEEE WIE goals and objectives.
For further info, please, visit https://wie.ieee.org/ieee-wie-awards-program/
IEEE Canada WIE Members and Affinity Groups are deeply committed to IEEE WIE mission and values and we are proud to see the international recognition of some of them!
- 2020 IEEE Canada WIE Prize – IEEE Canadian Foundation: Leanne Dawson – Southern Alberta Section
- 2019 Honorable Mention of IEEE WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award – Octavia Dobre, Newfoundland-Labrador Section
- 2019 Honorable Mention of the IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award – WIE Toronto AG
- 2019 IEEE WIE Canada Group of the Year Award for Large Section – IEEE WIE Toronto AG
- 2019 IEEE WIE Canada Group of the Year Award for Small/Medium Section – IEEE WIE Windsor AG
- 2018 IEEE WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award – Winnie Ye, Ottawa Section
- 2018 IEEE WIE Inspiring Student Member of the Year Award – Elena Uchiteleva, London Section
- 2018 Honorable Mention of the IEEE WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award – Maryam Davoudpour, Toronto Section
- 2018 IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE London Group
- 2018 Honorable Mention of the IEEE WIE Affinity Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Toronto Group
- 2017 Honorable Mention of the IEEE WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award – Alise Wang, Ottawa Section
- 2017 Honorable Mention TIE of the IEEE WIE Inspiring Member of the Year Award – Ana Luisa Trejos, London Section
Join IEEE WIE
IEEE WIE Membership is offered to ANYONE who has an interest in promoting women engineers and scientists – within both IEEE and the engineering profession.
For further info, please, visit https://wie.ieee.org/membership/
Canadian Activities
The IEEE Canada would like to hear about WIE activities in your area and how you would like to engage in the IEEE WIE initiative. We are looking for volunteers and there are a number of reasons to be involved and to initiate a WIE affinity group in your area:
- Networking – “who you know” is invaluable!
- Meeting great women and men
- Sharing technical information
- Enhancing communication and organizational skills
- Giving back to the community and society
IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Prize
IEEE Canadian Foundation offers IEEE Canada WIE Prize to recognize excellence in young women engineering professionals who received their first professional degree within the last ten years and to support the Women In Engineering program within IEEE in Canada. The deadline to receive nominations is March 15 of every year. For more information and a link to the online nomination form, please view IEEE Canada Women In Engineering Prize.
Past Award Winners:
- 2020 Leanne Dawson – Southern Alberta Section
- 2019 Anastassia Gharib – Ottawa Section
- 2018 Manar Jammal – London Section
- 2017 Elena Uchiteleva – London Section
- 2016 Saida Maaroufi – Montréal Section
- 2015 Samira Rahimi – Montréal Section
- 2014 Lydia Chioukh – Montréal Section
- 2013 Malika Meghjani – Montréal Section
- 2012 Zahra Ahmadian – Vancouver Section
- 2011 Susan Ryan – Newfoundland & Labrador Section
- 2010 Rosalyn Seeton – Ottawa Section
- 2009 April Khademi – Toronto Section
- 2008 Visda Vokhshoori – Toronto Section
- 2007 Verona Wong – Vancouver Section
- 2006 Lori Hogan – Newfoundland & Labrador Section
- 2005 Jennifer Jessop – Winnipeg Section
IEEE Canada WIE Group of the Year Award
The Group of the Year Award is an annual award that recognizes those IEEE WIE Canada Affinity Groups and SB Groups that have shown outstanding leadership and initiative in organizing activities. There are two Group of the Year Awards; one for large sections and one for medium-small sections. First place recipients receive CAD$400 to support further WIE activities.
2020 Group of the Year Awards
Winners:
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Ottawa
2019 Group of the Year Awards
Winners:
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Toronto
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Windsor
2018 Group of the Year Awards
Winners:
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Vancouver
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Winnipeg
Runners-up:
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Montreal
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Toronto
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE London
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Southern Alberta
2017 Group of the Year Awards
Winners:
- Large-Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Toronto
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE London
Runners-up:
- Medium-Small Section WIE Canada Group of the Year Award – IEEE WIE Winnipeg
2009 Winner:
- 1st: IEEE Carleton University Women in Engineering Student Branch (PDF, 49 KiB)
2004 Winners:
- 1st: Winnipeg Section (PDF, 24 KiB) and Letter (PDF, 32 KiB)
- Runner up: Toronto Section (also Red River College Student WIE Branch) (JPG, 78 KiB)
WIE Canada Committee
The mission of the R7 WIE committee is to investigate how IEEE Canada can provide more value to its WIE members and provide direction on how to best realize that value with respect to training and support.
- Committee Members:
- Winnie Ye – IEEE WIE Canada Committee Chair
- Saida Maaroufi – IEEE WIE Canada Committee Vice-Chair
- Iryna Luchak – IEEE WIE Canada Committee Member
- Mahsa Bataghva Shahbaz – IEEE WIE Canada Committee Member
- Leanne Dawson – IEEE WIE Canada Committee Member
IEEE WIE Canada Groups (Affinity Groups and Student Branch Groups)
- Western Area
- Victoria Section WIE – Chair: Alexandra Branzan Albu Vice-Chair: Narges Attarmoghadam
- Vancouver Section WIE – Chair: Selyn Chen Vice-Chair: Cecilia Garcia Marra
- Southern Alberta Section WIE – Co-Chairs: Soheila Karimi and Sepideh Afkhami Goli
- Northern Canada Section WIE – Chair: Tessa Ryan
- North Saskatchewan Section WIE – Chair: <no chair>
- South Saskatchewan Section – Chair: Kaylee Tumack
- South Saskatchewan WIE (Regina) – Chair: Reagan Ong
- Winnipeg Section WIE – Chair: Hannah Fogel
- University of Calgary WIE Student Branch – Chair: Rahil Ghatreh Samani, Laleh Behjat
- Central Area
- Windsor Section WIE – Chair: Maryam Eshaghi
- London Section WIE – Chair: Mahsa Bataghva Shahbaz
- Kitchener-Waterloo Section WIE – Chair: Hadis Karimipour
- Hamilton Section WIE – Chair: Zahraa Khalil
- Mohawk College Student Branch WIE – Chair: Eli Dimand-Buczek Vice-Chair: Nazneem Mushtaq
- Toronto Section WIE – Chair: Maryam Davoudpour
- University of Windsor WIE Student Branch – Abira Paul
- Queen’s University WIE Student Branch – Chair: Hadis Hajebrahimi
- Eastern Area
- Ottawa Section WIE – Chair: Fadwa Darwaish
- Montréal Section WIE – Chair: Saida Maaroufi
- Québec Section WIE – Chair: Mana Eskandari
- New Brunswick Section WIE – Chair: Mahsa Kiani
- Canadian Atlantic Section WIE – Chair:
- Newfoundland-Labrador Section WIE – Chair: Oihane Cereceda Cantarelo
- University of Ottawa WIE Student Branch – Chair: Michal Ridner Vice-Chair: Shriya Gundala
- Carleton University WIE Student Branch – Dharina Hanumunthadu
- Laval University WIE Student Branch –
- McGill University WIE Student Branch – Jhelum Chakravotry
