Resources

• WOW! Status of Women Office at the University of Toronto: a collection of resources available for women at UofT. This includes links of UofTWomen websites throughout the University.
  
  
• Joint NSERC/Nortel Chair for Women in Sciences and Engineering: information on women in engineering and physics, women-based organizations, feedback from women in these fields, statistics, conferences, newsletters, and links to related sites.
  
  
• Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering: web site created by Ellen Spertus (assistant professor of CS at Mills College in Oakland, California); information on women-based organizations, articles, profiles and links to related sites.
  
  
• Association for Women in Computing(AWC) : home page for the AWC. It has information on the goals, history, and activities of the organization; provides a column called "Live Wire" which consists of articles which try to increase the confidence of women (article topics include explanations of computer-related activity, work-place and security issues); links to related sites.
  
  
• Women in Computing: originally a site for a "Women in Computing" course at the University of Washington; it is now more oriented on becoming a resource for women in computing. It has links to academic and research programs, online documents, professional organizations, "herstory" of women in computing, and many, many related sites.
  
  
• The Ada Project: Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science: home page for the Ada Project (TAP) at the University of Yale. It provides a wealth of information (through linking to online sites) for women in computuer science. It also has a feedback page which contains opinions of some of the people who have visited this site.
  
  
• Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science and Technology (CCWEST): home page for the CCWEST organization. It has information on statistics, upcoming events happening in Canada, and links to women-based organizations around the world.
  
  
• Women in Engineering Association(WEA): home page for a University of Toronto based organization It has descriptions of present and past events, links to related sites, and contact information.
  
  
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS) : home page for AWIS. It has information on the goals, history and activities of the organization; information on mentoring projects and leadership conferences; the AWIS magazine; information on how to obtain publications. Also, it is in the process of creating a database of women scientists;
  
  
• Women in Science at UBC: home page for this University of British Colombia based organization. It has descriptions of their informal lectures, home pages of women faculty and graduate students, and links to related sites.
  
  
• Women in Information Technology: a web site which has links related to library and information science, computer science, and information technology.
  
  
• Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing: home page for an organization which schedules conferences to celebrate the successes of women in the field of computing. Go to the 1997 conference web page for more information on the upcoming year 2000 conference.
  
  
• Women and Computer Science: web page created by Ellen Spertus (assistant professor of CS at Mills College in Oakland, California). It has links to online publications and to related sites.
  
  
• NAE Celebration of Women in Engineering : a web site created by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). It has academic-related information, publications on the subject of women in engineering; mentoring and career related information; meeting information of professional engineering societies.
  
  

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