The Women of STAC Committee’s vision is to encourage and support women in their pursuit of career advancement in the telecommunications and related industries in Canada. The committee will work to identify areas where there are training, mentoring, and networking gaps and opportunities for the career advancement of women working in the telecommunications industry in Canada, and will explore initiatives that could include scholarships, training grants, corporate and industry recruitment plans and strategies, and educational opportunities for STAC members, among others.
Committee Lead
Laura Marciniwe (Co-Lead), Teletek Structure Inc.
Lisa Traverse (Co-Lead), Alliance Corporation
The Women of STAC Bursary Fund looks for ways to provide opportunities and encourage women in the industry. This bursary fund will help to support women looking to further their training or women who are studying in some avenue of the telecommunications field. In addition to monetary support, the recipients of this bursary will also be provided with mentorship opportunities with women who sit on the Women of STAC Committee.
Project Volunteers
Jeanne Piercey, TEP
Laura Marciniwe, Teletek
Erin Campbell, Bell
Heidi Hough, WesTower
Lorna Levac, Landsquared
Each year the Women of STAC Committee releases an application form for 10 complimentary STAC Conference & Exhibition passes to be awarded to women in the industry. The passes are divided between women who are members, non-members, and students. This incentive is to include women who may not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the annual STAC Conference & Exhibition.
The Women of STAC Membership/Communications project team looks for new ways to attract and retain Women of STAC committee members. This project team helps to define what committee membership looks like and the roles of those on the committee.
This project team also will help to run Women of STAC social media, the Women of STAC Newsletter once released, and any planning corresponding for WoS activities for any STAC conferences. The members on this team will help find resources and content that can be shared to committee members and others. This project team will also be used to find ways to promote Women of STAC activities and events to those in the STAC membership as well as those in the industry more generally.
Project Volunteers
Lisa Traverse, Alliance
Tracey Walsh, CBC
Dawn Burress, Adex
Erin Campbell, Bell
Laura Marciniwe, Teletek
Asma Arefeen, Varcon
Heidi Hough, WesTower
The Women of STAC Mentorship project team will help in finding ways to put together a mentorship program for women in the industry.
Papers:
The She-Covery Project: Confronting the Gendered Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Ontario
Articles:
There’s a looming ‘she-cession.’ We need a plan, so let’s start with urgent needs in child care
Last in, first out: Female pilots bear brunt of airline job cuts
Scotiabank CEO calls on Ottawa to boost child-care supports
The missing voice in COVID-19 policy-making
The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why
Books:
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – February 25, 2021
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – January 29, 2021
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – November 20, 2020
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – October 16, 2020
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – September 18, 2020
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – February 25, 2020
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – January 21, 2020
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – November 26, 2019
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – September 17, 2019
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – February 19, 2019
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – January 22, 2019
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – December 11, 2018
• Women of STAC Committee Notes – November 13, 2018