Why female engineering students leave the field

Published: 11 October 2016

Female engineers are leaving an already male-dominated engineering field due to a culture that does not take them seriously, according to Professor Brian Rubineau of Desautels Faculty of Management...

Second Generation Bias: A Subtle but Powerful Presence

Published: 6 February 2015

Deeply embedded and frequently unconscious cultural and organizational biases can be challenged both through small "wins" and by establishing policies that take a whole-organization rather than a...

Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?

Published: 26 August 2016

Engineering is the most male-dominated field in STEM. It may perhaps be the most male-dominated profession in the U.S., with women making up only 13% of the engineering workforce.

Brian Rubineau Awarded SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant

Published: 6 May 2016

The proposed knowledge synthesis project will describe novel and implementable evidence based opportunities (EBOs) for promoting the participation and retention of women in STEM careers over the...

Workforce diversity boosted by recommending a friend

Published: 3 February 2016

Referring friends and associates for job vacancies can help to create a diverse workforce, a new study from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University finds....

Women are leaving engineering because they are not taken seriously

Published: 14 October 2016

Female engineers are leaving the field because they are not taken seriously, according to a new study....

Congratulations to Professor Brian Rubineau on receiving a SSHRC Partnership grant

Published: 16 September 2016

Congratulations to Professor Brian Rubineau (Co-investigator)  on receiving a SSHRC Partnership grant for, A multi-sector partnership to investigate and develop policy and practice models to...

Tenure time

Published: 26 May 2016

Tenure is granted to professors and librarians in recognition of excellent performance – and is the University’s strongest guarantee of academic freedom in research, teaching, and service. The year...

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