2023 Annual Meeting “Breaking Barriers Building Bridges” Conference
Join experts from education, industry, and government to explore strategies for boosting success for people of all genders in STEM
The Engendering Success in STEM Research Consortium (ESS) and the Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) was excited to co-host the capstone knowledge-sharing conference of ESS: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges (BBBB). The event brought together leaders from academia, industry, and government to generate new ideas and deepen existing collaborations for evidence-based interventions to promote gender inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).
Meet our speakers
Glenn Adams
Professor of Psychology,
University of Kansas
Interim Director,
Kansas African Studies Center
Hilary Bergsieker
Associate Professor of Social Psychology and Equity Fellow,
University of Waterloo
Edward Chang
Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets Unit,
Harvard Business University
Sapna Cheryan
Professor of Psychology,
University of Washington
Nilanjana Dasgupta
Provost Professor, Psychological and Brain Sciences,
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Patricia Devine
Professor, Psychology,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Takako Hashimoto
Professor,
Chiba University of Commerce, Japan
Sarah Kaplan
Distinguished Professor and Founding Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy,
University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
Ivuoma Onyeador
Assistant Professor, Management & Organizations,
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University
Toni Schmader
Director, Engendering Success in STEM Consortium and Professor, Psychology,
University of British Columbia
Steven Spencer
Professor, and the Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Chair in Social Psychology,
Ohio State University
Jennifer Steele
Professor, Psychology,
York University
Poster Presenters
Erik Allen, York University
“Asian or female? How social categorization shapes math-gender stereotyping of Asian women”
Camellia Bryan, University of Toronto
“Beyond backlash: Dominant social identity threat as a source of support for diversity in organizations”
Alice Choe, University of Toronto
“Mapping identity networks during role transitions”
Patricia Colaco, York University
“Examining intersectional race- and gender-stereotypes about South Asian women in STEM”
Grace Denney, University of Waterloo
“Who Recognizes Whose Discrimination Experiences?”
Grace Edmonds, Ohio State University
“The role of Stereotypes in Enhancing Performance Doubts”
Yingchi Guo, University of British Columbia
“Understanding the allyship gap: Men’s misperceptions of in-group evaluations when taking allyship actions”
Zini He, University of Toronto
“Uncovering LGBTQ+ Data Inequity: A call for inclusive gender and sexual demographic measures in Canadian STEM surveys”
Kim Jones, McMaster University
“Identity Matters: Intersectional impacts on teamwork for undergraduate engineering students”
Connery Knox, University of Waterloo
“Gratitude reduces the adverse effects of salient male privilege”
Jackie Koyama, University of Toronto
“Gendered patterns of intergroup stress in STEM teams”
Hazuki Miyoshi, The University of British Columbia
“Reducing unconscious gender bias through workshop with co-speculative design”
Parisa Sharif Esfahani, York University
“The influence of authentic women leaders on young women’s leadership aspirations”
Jessica Trickey, University of Waterloo
“Sincerity in STEM companies’ inclusion signals as a catalyst for allyship and belonging”
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