Where Are The Women?
August 1, 2009
By
Canadian Consulting Engineer
"Women's share of undergraduate enrolments in university engineering programs has fallen back to 17.5%, which is down from 21% in 1999...
“Women’s share of undergraduate enrolments in university engineering programs has fallen back to 17.5%, which is down from 21% in 1999…
“Most [young women] equate engineering and technology (but especially engineering) with construction work, outdoor work, working in a cubicle, and relating primarily to computers and machines, rather than people. Lower status is attributed to engineering and technology occupations in comparison with the health and social sciences.”
— Executive summary from “Right for Me?” study by Engineers Canada and Canadian Council of Technicians and Technologists, March 2009.
