Marion Hilliard

CANADA
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3 POINTS

• Helped simplify the Pap Test, a screening procedure for detecting precancerous cells in the cervix.
• Increased women’s participation in this lifesaving cancer screening process through advocacy work.

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Helen Irene Battle

CANADA
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4 POINTS

• 1st woman to earn a marine biology PhD in Canada.
• Pioneered the use of fish eggs to study cancer-causing substances in cell development.
• 1st zoologist to use laboratory research in marine biology.

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Charity Wanjiku

CANADA
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4 POINTS

• Aims to alleviate energy poverty in Africa.
• Designs and develops innovative solar panels that also act as building materials through her company Strauss Energy Ltd.

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Nadine Caron

CANADA
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4 POINTS

• Canada’s first female Indigenous general surgeon.
• Strives to improve access to quality healthcare in northern First Nations communities.

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Reina Maruyama

CANADA
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3 POINTS

• Conducts cutting-edge research on neutrinos and dark matter in nuclear particle astrophysics.
• Aims to discover what the universe is made of and why there is more matter than antimatter.

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Donna Strickland

CANADA
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4 POINTS

• Paved the way toward the shortest and most intense laser pulses created by humankind.
•Influenced research scientists investigating how forces act with matter at extreme conditions.
• Calls herself a “laser jock.”

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