SCHEDULE

 March 5th, 2022 - Day 1

9:50 - 10:00 AM 


10:00 - 10:55 AM 


11:00 - 11:55 AM ​

Opening Statements
 

Keynote - Making Waves
 

Careers in Mental Health Panel 

BREAK

1:00 - 1:55 PM
​2:00 - 2:55 PM
2:55 - 3:00 PM

Intersectionality in STEM Panel
Keynote - Gut Feelings
Closing Statements

End of Day 1

March 6th, 2022 - Day 2

10:00 - 10:55 PM
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​11:00 - 11:55 PM

Interview Skills Workshop
        No More Interview Blues
​​Resume Roast Workshop
        2022 Resume Roast

BREAK

1:00 - 1:55 PM

​​2:00 - 2:55 PM

​2:55 - 3:00 PM

Mental Health and Graduate Student Life Workshop
        Knowledge Is Power
Mind Over Matter Workshop
       With Neurophysiologist, Dr. Sherri Hayden 
​Closing Statements

 End of Day 2 (Final Day)

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

Keynote Speakers

Making Waves

 Dr. Kalaichelvi Saravanamuttu shares about her career using light waves to brighten up the world of optics.
​She is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and an associate member in the Department of Engineering Physics at McMaster University. She researches novel ways to use different forms of light waves towards active photonics devices and nonlinear optical waves in photoresponsive systems.

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Gut Feelings

Dr. Jane Foster talks about the connection between mental health and the immune system.
She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. Her research focuses on how the immune system and gut interact with neurodevelopment, behaviour, and brain function under the Province of Ontario Neurodevelopmental Disorders Network and the Canadian Biomarker Integration Network in Depression.

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Panels

Careers in Mental Health

HEAD AND HEART
Discussing careers in the field of mental health, and their stigmas 

Intersectionality in STEM

TOGETHER IN STEM
How identity impacts roles in STEM and how to pave the way

With:
Dr. Margaret McKinnon
Dr. Zena Samaan
Dr. Tina Montreuil

​With:
Dr. Shaiya Robinson
Dr. Christine Allen
Dr. Rita Orji

Workshop Session 1

Interview Skills
No More Interview Blues



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Resume Roast
The 2022 Resume Roast

Winnie Jiang and Jared Kunar prepare us for face-to-face interviews in STEM fields. 

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Winnie Jiang shows us classic dos and don'ts that will guarantee your resume comes in hot.​​

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Workshop Session 2

Mental Health and Graduate Student Life
Knowledge is Power

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​Mind Over Matter
​Brain - Mind - Body

Clinical psychology graduate students Christina Puccinelli, Arij Alarachi, Emma Stallwood, and Emily Barrett walk us through the realities of graduate school and managing mental health for themselves and others.​

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Neuropsychologist Dr. Sherri Hayden discusses women’s brain-mind-body connections for better health and wellness.

Learn more in our booklet!