{"id":26534,"date":"2025-08-28T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/?page_id=26534"},"modified":"2025-09-23T18:05:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:05:08","slug":"wendy-powley-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wendy-powley-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Wendy Powley Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wendy Powley Award 2025<\/h2>
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The W. Powley Woman of Inspiration Award recognizes a self-identified female student enrolled in in a post secondary Computer Science program who, through leadership roles in clubs, women\u2019s groups, community organizations, hackathons or other outreach events, has inspired young women to explore technology and\/or to pursue careers in technology. Through their work, the successful candidate will have served as a role model for their peers or for the younger generation.
Nominators need to submit a 500 word essay outlining the student\u2019s contributions and the impact of their work. Self nominations are allowed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The winner will receive a complimentary registration for the CSCAN-INFO-CAN Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing (CAN-CWiC)<\/a> which includes shared accommodation and bus transportation on the CAN-CWIC buses if in bus zone. If the winner is outside the bus zone, they will receive up to $400 in travel expenses for economy travel to the conference (with receipts).
A trophy will be awarded to the winner.
The call for nominations is open and closes October 1, 2025. Nominations should be sent to Gina van Dalen, Executive Director CSCAN-INFO-CAN at gina_vandalen@cscan-infocan.ca<\/a> by the deadline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The judging will be conducted by the CAN-CWiC Steering Committee (see https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/celebration-of-women-in-computing\/<\/a> under Governance)A trophy will be awarded to the winner.
The call for nominations is open and closes May 31. Nominations should be sent to Gina van Dalen, Executive Director CSCAN-INFO-CAN at gina_vandalen@cscan-infocan.ca by the deadline.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A mark out of 3 will be given for each of the following:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    The W. Powley Woman of Inspiration Award is named after Associate Professor Wendy Powley, a dedicated advocate for Computer Science education, outreach, and inspiring young women to pursue careers in technology. Wendy Powley is the visionary founder of the CSCAN-INFO-CAN Canadian Celebration of Women in Computing, an annual conference fostering networking and learning opportunities for women passionate about technology from across Canada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Wendy Powley Award 2025 The W. Powley Woman of Inspiration Award recognizes a self-identified female student enrolled in in a post secondary Computer Science program who, through leadership roles in clubs, women\u2019s groups, community organizations, hackathons or other outreach events, has inspired young women to explore technology and\/or to pursue careers in technology. Through their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26534","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26534"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26879,"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26534\/revisions\/26879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cscan-infocan.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}