Black students and faculty have long seen fewer Black youth pursue and continue in STEM than other groups. Only in recent years has there been more support for a concerted, national effort to figuring out why.
Juliet Daniel came to Canada from Barbados in 1983 to study medicine, but decided to pursue cancer research after a personal tragedy. After many years of being the only Black female scientist at McMaster University, she is on a mission to diversify the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The system that provides grant funding to Canadian researchers needs an overhaul to make it more equitable, says a University of Guelph professor. Lawrence Goodridge and other experts worry that if Black researchers don't see a place for themselves in this country, they'll go to the U.S.
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