OTTAWA – Satellite operator Telesat announced today the launch of its new national scholarship program, Telesat’s Women in STEM.
This program focuses on closing the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math and helping prepare and empower more women to take a leading role in these important fields.
Today in Canada, women are largely underrepresented in the fields and through this annual program, Telesat will be awarding $5,000 scholarships annually to eight women who are entering the third or fourth year of their bachelor’s program in a STEM field through an accredited Canadian university.
“With just over one in five engineering graduates in Canada being women, there is an urgent need to attract and empower more women students to pursue degrees in STEM,” said Dan Goldberg, president and CEO. “Having a workforce that leverages Canada’s rich diversity is a key contributor to Telesat’s – and Canada’s – long term success, and we recognize there is more work to do to achieve this important goal. We are committed to fostering Canada’s highly-skilled and diverse STEM talent and are excited about supporting outstanding women candidates pursuing STEM degrees.”
Scholarship Partners Canada (SPC), a division of Universities Canada, will administer the scholarship program and select a committee of Canadian university representatives to evaluate scholarship applications.
For more information on the scholarship program, please click here.
