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June 9, 2007

Canadian Women in Leadership Positions

Toronto-based TheStar.com has a short piece on three female presidents at Canadian universities. Two of them are scientists. According to the article, 16 university presidents in Canada are women.

On the brink of quitting her metallurgical engineering studies at the University of British Columbia, her Ph.D. advisor grabbed her by her lab coat lapels and exclaimed, "You have no right to do that. You have been given all these talents. Don't waste that."

(In other news at TheStar.com: 17 foods to try before you die. On the list: Kobe beef sashimi, scallop roe, and horse.)

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