NSERC Chairs Program for Women in Engineering

The NSERC Women in Engineering Chairs Program, launched in 1989, was expanded in 1996 and became the Women in Science and Engineering Chairs (WSE) Program. The program's goal is to increase the participation and retention of women in science and engineering and to provide role models for women working in these fields and those considering a career in them. The WSE Program is a regional program that awards one chair in each of the Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairie, British Columbia, and Yukon regions.