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The Creative Technology Crawl, as its known dubbed by organizers Island Women in Science and Technology , and Function Fox, designed the tour. At each stop local women and champions spoke about their experiences in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) industries.
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Among the businesses visited was SaanichB次元官网网址檚 Starfish Medical off Boleskine Road, an award-winning medical tech company whose founder won the companyB次元官网网址檚 most recent accolade as the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2017 for the Pacific (technology division) awarded Sept. 30.
iWIST was founded in 2011 and is made up of more than 400 members to promote gender diversity in STEM and at the leadership level.
