{"id":10290,"date":"2020-12-02T17:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T01:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=10290"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:16:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:16:19","slug":"an-inspiring-career-panel-evening-with-ufv-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2020\/12\/02\/an-inspiring-career-panel-evening-with-ufv-west\/","title":{"rendered":"An inspiring Career Panel evening with UFV WEST"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to UFV WEST<\/strong> on another successful Career Panel! On November 25th UFV WEST welcomed an amazing group of panelists who shared their academic and professional journeys.<\/p>\n

UFV WEST President, Isabelle St-Martin<\/strong> introduced UFV’s President, Joanne MacLean<\/strong> who welcomed all of the guests and provided the Territory acknowledgement.<\/p>\n

Dr. Gillian Hatfield<\/strong><\/a>, Assistant Professor
\nFaculty of Health Sciences, Kinesiology
\nUniversity of the Fraser Valley<\/p>\n

“Follow your passions, even if it’s multiple at once”<\/em><\/p>\n

Aleesha Switzer<\/strong>, Project Biologist
\nFraser Valley Conservancy<\/a><\/p>\n

“Take chances doing things you’ve never considered<\/em>”<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Ronel Alberts<\/strong>, Board Secretary & Co-Director of Affiliates
\nSCWIST: Society for Canadian Women in Science & Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

“Have the strength and fortitude to change something you aren’t happy with<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Dr. Shahana Alibhai<\/a><\/strong>, Staff Physician
\nAbbotsford Youth Health Clinic &
\nAbbotsford Breath Health Clinic<\/p>\n

“You can be both, and …<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Maryam Mofidpoor<\/strong>, Professional Engineer & Professional Agrologist<\/p>\n

“We are only going to be successful if we have diversity of ideas and inclusion<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Dr. Carin Bondar<\/strong><\/a>, Biologist, UFV Adjunct Professor and Science Communicator provided information on a charity close to her heart, STEM Angels. Her charity, is a fully registered Canadian charity that provides childcare dollars to females in pursuit of professorship positions at Canadian universities.<\/p>\n

A Question & Answer period followed and Dr. Lucy Lee<\/strong>, Dean of\u00a0 Science at UFV provided the closing remarks.<\/p>\n

Special thanks to althe UFV WEST executive team<\/strong> for another successful event!<\/p>\n

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Facebook<\/a> | Instagram<\/a> | Twitter<\/a> @ufvwest | MyCampusLife<\/a> | bcsa.ufv@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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