#Researchers at the #UBC Faculty of #Medicine are leading the #Vancouver site for an international study of Alzheimer’s disease in people of #Asian ancestry, a population that has been vastly #underrepresented in #Alzheimers #research to-date.

https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-researchers-partner-on-major-international-study-of-alzheimers-disease-in-people-of-asian-ancestry

#AsianMastodon #InternationalStudy #MedicalStudy #Collaborative

I've been neglecting my #entrepreneurs and #startups, sorry!

Here is a link to a list of VCs that prioritize investing in underrepresented founders.

#anngelinvesting
#venturecapital #underrepresented #underrepresentedfounders

[Barnes’s #ChildhoodHobby has turned into a lifelong passion & it’s now led him and his #Black #HockeyCard #collection to be part of a new #NHL #touring experience #spotlighting #contributions from #underrepresented & #multicultural #demographics to the #sport .

#NHLUnitedByHockey #MobileMuseum stops in #Vancouver on Tuesday, March 21. The #museum is #free to check out & will be ar #RogersArena on #PatQuinnWay from 3pm-7:30 pm.]

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/dean-barnes-united-by-hockey-mobile-museum-vancouver

#hockey #BIPOC #BritishColumbia #Canada

'Until recently, it’s been the purview of #authors from communities that are #underrepresented in #publishing . These #books offer a new and #SociallyResponsible look at what #Earth could be like after an #apocalyptic event—written by authors who were already living in spaces damaged by #ClimateChange and who had #survived #horrors in real life.'

https://www.yesmagazine.org/issue/endings/2023/02/27/visions-beyond-apocalypse%ef%bf%bc

#POC #BIPOCWriters #literary #PeopleOfColour #BooksToRead #environmental #ClimateAction

The Diana Initiative is pleased to announce that Friends of @alyssam_infosec is an in-kind level sponsor of the #TDI2023 in-person Las Vegas event on August 7, 2023.

Our generous sponsors allow us to continue our commitment to helping all those #underrepresented in Information #Security.

Thank you http://Alyssa.link/book

To become a #sponsor, #volunteer, and register for the event visit: https://www.dianainitiative.org/

#LeadTheChange #informationsecurity #infosec #cyber #cybersecurity #conference #DEI

Thanks @hak5 for sponsoring #TDI2023!

Our generous #sponsors help continue our commitment to #underrepresented infosec folks.

#LeadTheChange & become a sponsor, #volunteer or attendee at https://www.dianainitiative.org/

Thank you https://hak5.org/ for prize donating 2 prize Rubber Duckies!

#infosec #informationsecurity #cyber #cybersecurity

The Diana Initiative is pleased to announce that @wehackpurple is a Rainbow level #sponsor of the #TDI2023 in-person Las Vegas event on August 7, 2023.

Our generous sponsors allow us to continue our commitment to helping all those #underrepresented in Information #Security.

Thank you https://wehackpurple.com/

To become a sponsor, #volunteer, and register for the event visit: https://lnkd.in/ebcd3Jr

#LeadTheChange #informationsecurity #conference #infosec

The Diana Initiative is pleased to announce that 🛡️Alyssa Miller is an in-kind level sponsor of the #TDI2023 in-person Las Vegas event on August 7, 2023.

Our generous sponsors allow us to continue our commitment to helping all those #underrepresented in Information #Security.

Thank you http://Alyssa.link/book

To become a #sponsor, #volunteer, and register for the #event visit: https://lnkd.in/ebcd3Jr

#LeadTheChange #informationsecurity #conference #infosec #LasVegas

Sisters in Crime is offering #grants of $500 to those wking on #research projects that contribute to understanding of the role of #women or #underrepresented groups in #crimefiction. The funds may be used to purchase bks. US citizens or legal residents & those conducting research on US authors are eligible to apply. App dline: 15 Apr 2023. https://www.sistersincrime.org/page/ARG #LitStudies #humanities #genre #funding #mysteries #books #LGTBQ+ #BIPOC #womenshistory #bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon

🚨DEADLINE EXTENDED!🚨 Apps for the Catto-LeCount Fellows Program for Equity and Inclusion are due March 1st.

Grads of and juniors and seniors in degree-granting programs in U.S. colleges & universities from #underrepresented backgrounds can apply for this free, funded program.

From March 23-25, students will attend #virtual sessions about grad admissions, the #academic profession, & the #PennState #History grad program's strengths is #AfricanAmerican, #Latinx, & #NativeAmerican studies.

Applications for our 2023 paid internships are due by 2.20. Stipend of up to $4K; program runs May 8 to June 16. #underrepresented #DEI #DiversityAndInclusion https://www.vumc.org/biostatistics/vbsiuu (Pictured: 2022 interns Rajala Bean and Akshat Vasisht with assistant professor Simon Vandekar, associate professor Mario Davidson, professor Jonathan Schildcrout, and principal application developer Cole Beck.)

If you have #tech #history book recommendations with stories from #underrepresented groups, please let me know!

Delighted to announce I'm starting work with Building People CIC as their Exec Dir of #Equity, #Diversity & #Inclusion.

Building People is a hub for #EDI connections across the built environment sector for employers, and consolidating and empowering #underrepresented workers.

I’ll be working with them & their partners to provide strategic direction, insight and action planning around #inclusive change for the #BuiltEnvironment.

READ ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT HERE: https://www.buildingpeople.org.uk/Home/News/View/id/FDAD08A5-EBD9-441C-842A-8BA2939E03BC

RT @yonaida_@twitter.com

Interested in #sciencepolicy ? Have a program that will improve access and success for #underrepresented groups in #STEM? Need funding for that program? Consider applying to the @SciPolNetwork@twitter.com LUV Grant! Info session will be Jan 19th 6PM EST. https://www.scipolnetwork.org/event-details?recordId=rec0fwzT5FVpVio6m

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/yonaida_/status/1610701160867942400

#RamdathMos’⁩ #website informs visitors about this #Utrecht-based #MusicFestival that champions #underrepresented sound.

https://www.commarts.com/webpicks/le-guess-who

#Music #TheNetherlands #MusicIndustry via #CommArts

I want to give a HUGE shout out to all the women/nonbinary engineers and engineering leaders out there. And a big high five to all the Black and Hispanic men and other underrepresented minorities in tech. In fact in all of STEM.

You buoy me and us. You lift us up. I wouldn’t be here without you forging the way. Your mere existence in this space is a blessing.

THANK YOU ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

#women #Black #Hispanic #Tech #engineering #stem #NonBinary #underrepresented

Apply for the 2023 Catto-LeCount Fellows Program for #Equity and #Inclusion!

We invite apps from grads of and #juniors and #seniors in degree-granting programs in U.S. #colleges and #universities from #underrepresented backgrounds.

During this *funded* program from March 23-25, students will attend #virtual sessions about the grad #admissions process, the #academic profession, & the #PennState #History grad program's strengths in #AfricanAmerican, #Latina/o, & #NativeAmerican studies.

@vesperto So the crux is more about *whose* projects get funded: is the committee being fair/supportive for projects led by women or by people from communities #underrepresented among researchers? And, if we manage to realise we're not being fair in statistical terms (which we know we're not at a national level), how can we improve in practice?

We've got to get away from the motto "let's make those people apply more", making the discriminated people themselves culprit of the discrimination.2/2

#Diversity practical question

As a committee member, next January I'll take part in selecting 45% out of a few hundreds of projects, reviewing a couple tens myself.

How can I help promoting diversity? Any practical guide edited for committee members somewhere?

Being in France, I don't have info whether PI/participants belong to #underrepresented groups - such stats illegal here! - but of course M/F is easier to determine.

@academicchatter
@academicsunite @natematias

@natematias @NeilLewisJr
"One common refrain is that there is simply a ‘pipeline problem’ — that there are too few students of #colour (and, in some fields, too few #women) available to fill #faculty
ranks. If there are not enough #underrepresented students on the pathway to the professoriate, then the number of qualified individuals with PhDs who have not been hired into faculty positions would remain relatively stable."

#Diversity thins out at each level, same is seen in #France.