Engendering Success in STEM

ESS in the Media

  • “Here’s how to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace” – Sonia Kang, CityLine, November 11, 2020
  • Podcast on The Future of Women in Psychological Science – Toni Schmader, Association of Psychological Science, November 2020
  • “Implicit Bias” – Andy Baron, CBC News, September 13, 2020

  • “Women’s mental health disproportionately affected by COVID- 19 pandemic: study” – Hilary Bergsieker, CTV News, August 13, 2020
  • Scientist Profile – Lesley Shannon, CBC’s North by Northwest , June 14, 2020
  • “How to talk to kids about Bias” – Andy Baron, CBC News Vancouver, June 4, 2020
  • “Psychologists say it’s time to rethink the ‘mental health day’”– Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Inverse, March 8, 2020
  • “Implicit gender bias: Overriding the mental shortcuts holding women back in STEM” – Toni Schmader, Science Borealis, March 3, 2020.
  • “Addressing gender inequality via choice architecture.” – Joyce He and Sonia Kang, Vox EU, February 8, 2020
  • “Implicit Bias and Covid-19” – Andy Baron, City News Vancouver, February 8, 2020
  • “Why Don’t People Care That More Men Don’t Choose Caregiving Professions?” – Kate Block, ESS Grad Student, Scientific American, February 4, 2020
  • “Jennifer Lopez is 50. Why are we so obsessed with her age?” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Global News, February 3rd, 2020
  • “Fix, build, solve: Engaging girls with careers in engineering” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Monash University, January 21, 2020.
  • “The engineering gender gap: it’s more than a numbers game” –Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Sheryl Staub-French, ESS Faculty Member, Mary Well, ESS Faculty Member, University Affairs, January 9, 2020
  • “Banishing Occupational Stereotypes.” – Joyce He and Sonia Kang, Rotman Management Magazine, January 1, 2020
  • “Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Medicine: Lessons from Management” – Sonia Kang, Rotman Management Magazine, 2020
  • “Beyond the Numbers” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, UC Santa Barbara’s Alumni Magazine
  • “Why do so many organisations mess up on race?”– Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Financial Times, December 28, 2019
  • “Women as Role Models in Science” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Science Borealis Blog, Immpress Magazine, December 16, 2019
  • “Make Friends Who Don’t Look Like You” – Elizabeth Page-Gould, ESS Faculty Member, The Michigan Daily, December 8, 2019
  • “When women thrive in male dominated workplaces” – Will Hall, ESS Faculty Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, August 7, 2019
  • “Not all instances of gender inequality are equally concerning…” – Kate Block, ESS Grad Student, Reddit, September, 2019 

  • “Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring few women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Reuters, August 26, 2019
  • “Female scientists ‘at disadvantage when applying for promotions’ as majority of scientists associate career with masculinity” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, iNews, August 26, 2019
  • “Is Gender Bias Really Impacting The Hiring Of Women In STEM” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Forbes, August 29, 2019
  • “Employers who ignore gender bias promote fewer women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, CBC, August 27, 2019
  • “Belief in Gender Bias and Promotions for Women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Inside Higher Ed, August 27, 2019
  • “Scientists avoid gender bias when they know they’re being tested for bias” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Ars Technica, August 27, 2019
  • “Preschool can help nurture tomorrow’s female engineers” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Open Forum, March 24, 2019
  • “Time’s up on gender disparity in STEM: Women in STEM” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Pearson, 2019
  • “Call for specialist STEM teachers from primary up” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Engineers Australia, 2019
  • “Mission to Mars: Nova Rova team’s Red Planet challenge” – Elizabeth Croft, Lens – Monash University, May 2019
  • “Fearless Girl should provide the spark to inspire more female engineers” – Elizabeth Croft, Lens – Monash University, March 2019
  • “Parental leave: Why we need to talk about fatherhood.” – Joyce He, Gender and the Economy, January 30, 2019
  • “Thank a scientist” – Elizabeth Page-Gould, ESS Faculty Member, American Psychological Association, November 26, 2018
  • “Promoting Gender Equity in STEM Environments” – Toni Schmader, SPSP Newsletter, December 21, 2018.
  • “American Psychologists want you to understand how racism holds our country back” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2018 
  • “Monash achieves Athena SWAN Bronze award” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Monash University News, December 7, 2018
  • “How young women view men affects how they imagine their future selves” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Science Daily, December 4, 2018
  • “Highlighting the “ E ” in STEM : Why engineering should be taught in our schools” – Elizabeth Croft, Education Review, September, 2018
  • “Men place less value on care-oriented jobs that women, research shows” – Kate Block, ESS Graduate Student, The Star Vancouver, August 20, 2018
  • “Listen up, men: Your subtle dismissal of women is damaging” – Toni Schmader, The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2018.
  • “Starbucks staff get anti-bias training” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member,  CBC News interview (starts at 1:53), May 29, 2018
  • “Closing the Gender Gap” – Mary Wells, Design Engineering, April 3, 2018
  • “‘Masculine culture’ and micro barriers still major issues for women” – Elizabeth Croft, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald (syndicated), February 12, 2018
  • “Celebrating women in STEM” – Elizabeth Croft, Monash University, February 2018
  • “Working around harassment” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, TVO The Agenda interview (starts at 0:28), January 26, 2018

  • The Passionate Friar –  Lesley Shannon, Carleton Radio, December 13, 2017
  • “The debate about quotas” – Joyce He, Gender and the Economy. October 26, 2017
  • “Women of Innovation Project – The Impact of Leading Canadian Engineers” –  Mary Wells, Metallurgy and Materials Society of Canada, April 2017
  • “Early Engagement is Essential for Increasing Girls’ Interest in Engineering.” – Mary Wells, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers Magazine, April 2017
  • “Opinion: Business should create more science, technology, engineering, math roles for women” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, March 17, 2017