Ingenium Women in Science and Engineering deck
2020 – (Sample Cards | Download English, French game | How To Play | Purchase English, French game)…
This is in collaboration with Ingenium, and focuses on awesome Canadian women in STEM, as well as issues pertaining to the challenges around gender equity. This deck uses the hand building game mechanic (as seen in the WWEST WISE Deck). Please feel free to download the cards and rules. Note that there is also a French version of the game as well (for download and for purchase).
Veena Rawat
CANADA
3 POINTS
• First female to earn her PhD in electrical engineering at Queen’s University.
• Spent nearly 40 years leading Industry Canada in wireless communications.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
CANADA
5 POINTS
• Discovered the first radio pulsar signals coming from a neutron star, credited as one of the most significant 20th century scientific achievements.
• Advocates for women in the fields of physics and astronomy.
Jill Tarter
CANADA
3 POINTS
• Searched for extraterrestrial intelligence as Director for the SETI Institute.
• Worked on NASA’s High Resolution Microwave Survey.
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
CANADA
4 POINTS
• Discovered the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
• Findings were a first step towards preventative measures and antiretroviral treatment.
• Defines herself as a scientist-activist.
Ann Makosinski
CANADA
2 POINTS
• Imagined helping developing countries with energy needs.
• At the age of 15, she Invented the revolutionary Hollow Flashlight, powered by the heat from one’s hand.
Irene Ayako Uchida
CANADA
4 POINTS
• Introduced cytogenetics, the study of chromosomes and heredity, to Canada.
• Alerted medical science to a possible connection between radiation and chromosomal abnormalities.