Unlocking the Clubhouse for Women in Computing

Weird News I spoke at the most recent book club session put on by Carleton's IEEE-WIE, WIL, and CU-WISE.

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Met a Girl from My First Ever Mini-Course Yesterday

Weird News I went to Almonte and District High School yesterday for a pilot project called Futures Fair.

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Why Computer Science is Relevant No Matter What You're Teaching

Weird News I had only half an hour to put forward my case. I wanted to convince the educators who attended a special CU-WISE event last week, Discover WISE, that no matter what subject they taught, they should throw a bit of computer science into the mix.

I started with a discussion on what computer science actually is.

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Game Papers at SIGGRAPH 2011 (Part 1 of 2)

Weird News Following up on my general impressions of SIGGRAPH I wanted to write about a few of the games paper presentations I enjoyed seeing at the conference.

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Game Papers at SIGGRAPH 2011 (Part 2 of 2)

Weird News A previous post talked about two game paper presentations I saw at SIGGRAPH 2011.

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Teaching at Girl Develop It Ottawa's Kickoff Event

Weird News Girl Develop It: "Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it."

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