Women in Engineering & Science
Lassonde is the perfect place to start your journey from creative to creator.
Take your creative passion and use it to create positive change
Want to make a difference in the world while pursuing your passions? Go from creative to creator at Lassonde. The Lassonde School of Engineering will help you take your interests and channel them into new endeavours. From space and computer science to civil and mechanical engineering – it takes a creative mind to change the world!
Lassonde supports women and gender non-conforming students with a community of peers and mentors, resources for career exploration and development, leadership training, professional development opportunities, scholarships for continuing studies in engineering, science or related fields and more!
Our mission is to empower women in engineering and science. Learn more and get involved.
This is Lassonde: Podcast
A podcast series with influential women, alumni, and faculty members from Lassonde.
Inspiring stories from current students and alumni
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Asma, Software Engineering student
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Daphne Archonta, Mechanical Engineering alumna
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Aditi Chowdhury, Civil Engineering
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Chimira Andres, Earth & Space Science
Featured Stories
Check out our recent stories featuring the women at Lassonde
Lassonde professor uses AI to expand clinical trials for chronic conditions
Maleknaz Nayebi, an associate professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science d…
From Varsity Hockey to Software Engineering: Balancing Academics and Athletics at Lassonde
At York University’s Lassonde School of Engineering, undergraduate students are more than ju…
Fueled for Success: Lassonde Professor receives Petro-Canada Emerging Innovator Award
Cuiying Jian, associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at York Universit…
Bridging Academia and Industry: Mitacs funding fuels collaborative biomedical research between Lassonde and Scanbo Technologies
In support of cutting-edge biomedical research, Razieh (Neda) Salahandish, assistant profess…
Lassonde professor receives 2024 National Cybersecurity Consortium Funding for cybersecurity project
The National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC) has announced a slate of successful project appl…
Lassonde professor helps improve safety of drinking water in Arctic
Stephanie Gora, assistant professor in the Civil Engineering department at York University’s…
Lassonde co-sponsors first faculty meetup for women in STEM
On October 17, women faculty whose research or teaching aligns with science, technology, eng…
From childhood dreams to space innovation: Lassonde alumna shares her path to the aerospace industry
“Contributing to the future of space exploration is something that I have always dreamed of,…
Lassonde professor promotes fun way to learn in engineering
Mojgan Jadidi, an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at York Univers…
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day: Lassonde post-doctoral fellow pioneers eco-friendly concrete formula
Each year, on June 23, International Women in Engineering Day honours the efforts and achiev…
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day: Lassonde professor advances forest research with new grants
Baoxin Hu, professor in the Earth & Space Science & Engineering department, is an ac…
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day: Lassonde Professor Stavroula Pantazopoulou elected as Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering
One such achievement is the recent recognition of Stavroula Pantazopoulou, a Professor in th…
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Resources
Helen Carswell STEAM Bursary for Women
Women in Computer Science and Engineering (WiCSE)
Women in Science and Engineering (W.I.S.E)
Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE)
Entrepreneurial Leadership & Learning Alliance (ELLA)
Founder Fundamentals
(ELLA Edition)
Entrepreneurial Workshops
#YUBlog Women Empowerment Club (WEC)
@WECYORKU
#WeEmpowerChange
Women in Engineering
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