Inclusivity in STEM Conference

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Alt Hotel 

6:30 – 7:00pm

Networking Event – Registration

7:45 – 8:30am

Breakfast / Registration
Sponsored by KGS Group

8:30 – 9:00am

Opening Keynote

Nancy Inglis, P.Eng., PMP, Chair of ACEC-SK Board of Directors

9:00-10:00am

Keynote Speaker

Gabrielle Gascon, Manager at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

10:00-10:15am

10:15-11:30am

Panel Discussion (Sharing Experiences)

Panelists will share their experiences and insights into STEM Inclusivity

• Kerri Walker, B.Sc EP, Division Manager – Environmental, McElhanney
• Joanna Ussleman, Structural Manager, Engcomp
• Krystyna Kotowski, M.Sc., P.Eng. CCCA, EUR. ING, Sr. Project Management Engineer Saskatoon Water, City of Saskatoon
• Dr. Gale Russell, Associate Professor of Secondary Mathematics Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina

11:30-12:00pm

Lunch

12:00-1:00pm

Keynote Speaker

Jocelyn Peltier-Huntley BSc, MSc, Lecturer for the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan

1:00 – 2:15pm

Panel Discussion (Sharing Solutions)

• Gary Bosgoed – President of Bosgoed Project Consultants Ltd. He helped to establish the Canadian Aboriginal Science and Engineering Association (CASEA). CASEA is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase the number of Indigenous scientists and engineers in Canada.
• Carole Tink – Director of Technology & Digital Innovation at the City of Regina. Carole is a committed member of the City’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, a group that works together to promote, educate and implement diversity and inclusion in the City’s corporate culture.
• Sarah Cameron – Chief Human Resources Officer for the City of Saskatoon
• C. Beth Hardy B.A., LL.B., LL.M. – Vice-President, Strategy & Stakeholder Relations at International CCS Knowledge Centre

2:15 – 2:45pm

Break

Sponsored by AECOM Canada Ltd

2:45 – 3:45pm

Keynote Speaker

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton – Resident astronomer at the Canada-France-Hawaii Observatory and a
postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hawaii. First indigenous woman in Quebec to obtain a PhD in astrophysics.

3:45 – 4:00pm

Closing Remarks