The NWMO helps make education for women in STEM more accessible

The NWMO helps make education for women in STEM more accessible by supporting Ontario Tech University’s Women for STEM Program

In honour of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting the importance of supporting women pursuing careers in science, technology, math, and engineering (STEM) by making education in these fields more accessible.

March 8, 2022

Toronto, Ont.

By the NWMO

The NWMO committed to a new partnership with Ontario Tech University in 2020 to support The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Women for STEM Scholarship and The Nuclear Waste Management Organization Indigenous Student Success Award. The Women for STEM scholarships are part of a program that the university launched in 2019, with the goal of increasing gender parity in STEM careers. The NWMO supported these scholarships from the program's beginning, with a five-year commitment to help sustain them for the years to come.

“At the NWMO, we know promoting diversity in STEM and in the nuclear industry starts with increasing access to education," said Lisa Frizzell, Vice President of Communications at the NWMO. “We’re committed to supporting access to STEM for women, Indigenous people and other historically underrepresented groups, and look forward to the innovative ideas these groups will continue to contribute to STEM fields in the future.”

About the NWMO

The Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) is a not-for-profit organization tasked with the safe, long-term management of Canada’s used nuclear fuel inside a deep geological repository, in a manner that protects people and the environment for generations to come.

Founded in 2002, the NWMO has been guided for more than 20 years by a dedicated team of world-class scientists, engineers and Indigenous Knowledge Holders that are developing innovative and collaborative solutions for nuclear waste management. Canada’s plan will only proceed in an area with informed and willing hosts, where the municipality, First Nation and Métis communities, and others in the area are working together to implement it. The NWMO plans to select a site in 2024, and two areas remain in our site selection process: the Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation-Ignace area in northwestern Ontario and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation-South Bruce area in southern Ontario.

the NWMO

The NWMO is a not-for profit organization established in 2002 by Canada's nuclear electricity producers in accordance with the Nuclear Fuel Waste Act (NFWA).

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