Category: Women in STEM

The importance of human-centred leadership photo

April 27, 2023

The importance of human-centred leadership

This post originally appeared at University Affairs. By Jodi Szimanski & Dr. Bethany Edmunds Showing gratitude, providing professional growth opportunities as well as community-building are all vital to being a good leader. Postsecondary institutions are not immune to losing staff...

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Don’t be surprised by AI chatbots creating fake citations photo

April 13, 2023

Don’t be surprised by AI chatbots creating fake citations

This post originally appeared in Marketplace Tech. Bethany Edmunds of Northeastern University says these systems are built to generate text and language, not to be factually accurate — however plausible their references may seem. By now a lot of us...

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hey freya x Northeastern Vancouver: A partnership fueling innovation and creating a community for local tech startups photo

April 3, 2023

hey freya x Northeastern Vancouver: A partnership fueling innovation and creating a community for local tech startups

If you had asked Thara Vayali five years ago what she thought she would be doing today, leading a technology startup would not have been on her list. An experienced naturopathic physician (among other qualifications including nutritionist, herbalist, health informatics...

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Why Creating an Inclusive Culture is Key to Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce photo

May 31, 2022

Why Creating an Inclusive Culture is Key to Attracting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce

This post originally appeared at Digital Supercluster. By Dr. Bethany Edmunds, PhD – Director of Computer Science and Teaching Professor at Northeastern University’s campus in Vancouver, BC We all know that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) matter greatly in the tech sector....

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Q&A with Bethany Edmunds: how she got to where she is today, the challenges she had to overcome and the advice she has for women going into STEM photo

August 6, 2020

Q&A with Bethany Edmunds: how she got to where she is today, the challenges she had to overcome and the advice she has for women going into STEM

This post originally appeared at Athena Pathways. By Dr. Bethany Edmunds, Director of Computer Science and Teaching Professor, Northeastern University Vancouver Dr. Bethany Edmunds is a recognized leader in Computer Science and STEM education in North America. She has a...

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