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June 1, 2011

In addition to our Brown Bag notice and further to the announcement we made during our recent Annual Gala, we would like to inform you about a BC survey for women employed in the Exploration and Mining Industry.

This survey asks participants about their experience as a woman employed in the Exploration and Mining industry. The online survey is a joint initiative of the BC Mineral Exploration/Mining Labour Shortage Taskforce on behalf of the APABC, AMEBC and MABC. Results of the survey will be incorporated into a report aimed at Industry, Government and Educators, which will make recommendations with respect to attracting and retaining women to the Exploration and Mining Industry in BC. The survey is anonymous and will take 10 minutes to complete. Women who complete the survey are eligible to win 1 of 5 $50 Visa Gift Cards. The survey runs until June 17, 2011: http://app.fluidsurveys.com/s/employedwomeninminingbc/

If you are a woman working in the industry your participation in the survey is important and valued. Additionally, if you are the person responsible for Human Resources in your organization, please forward this communication onto all women who work in your company. For any questions or further information about the survey, please contact: Christine Vandebeek 604-825-2305 or, email info@howegroup.ca

March 30, 2011 - Announcing WIM Brown Bag Lunch Sponsor

Starting with the WIM Vancouver Brown Bag lunch on April 14, we are very pleased to announce that we have an exclusive gold sponsor for our Brown Bag series!

Starting April 2011, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, will serve lunch during our Brown Bag events. If you want to enjoy the lunch, please send via e-mail your RSVP four days prior to the event to wimvanc@gmail.com.

Alternatively, if you prefer to bring your lunch to the Brown Bag lunch, by all means do so and come!

January 27, 2011 - Always Something to Learn and New People to Meet: Women in Mining

Read a short article on WIM Vancouver in the lead up to the 2011 Roundup.

December 14-20, 2010
"Women key to meeting mining industry demographic needs"

Recently, three women, including WIM Vancouver's founder, Barbara Caelles, were honoured by the Minerva Foundation for BC Women. Business in Vancouver did an informative article talking to these three women and highlighting the message of the future employment needs of the mining industry and the important role women will play going forward. Read this article here.

This article is kindly reproduced with permission from Business in Vancouver

December 2010

"Where it all began: A look at women's groups in the Canadian Mining Industry"

Recently, Barbara Caelles, the pioneer of many things to do with women in the mining industry, including forming our own branch, wrote an article discussing this very issue. The article was published in the November 2010 issue of CIM Magazine. Please click here to view the article.

Article from CIM Magazine, November 2010 issue. Posted with permission of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.

December 2, 2010 - WIM VANCOUVER CHRISTMAS
Thank you for coming tonight! We had a great turnout, we passed 60 RSVP’s and had over 20 gifts to give. Each year WIM keeps growing and setting new marks. We'd like to give a special thanks to our sponsors:

CNW Group
CIBC Run for the Group
Fasken Martineau
Wardrop
MABC
Geotemps International

November 12, 2010 - WIM Congratulates winners of "Women in Natural Resources" Award

We are pleased to share with you this WIM news release congratulating the "Women in Resource" winners of The Minerva Foundation for BC Women. We are very exited to share this news with you as Barbara Caelles, the person who started WIM Vancouver is the recipient of this prestigious award! The Vancouver Sun also published an article on Barbara.

October 5, 2010 - Women in Mining Vancouver are in the new again!

The Vancouver Sun recognises our efforts as we came in top of the Corporate Fundraisers in the CIBC Run for the Cure event.
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The Vancouver Sun recognises our efforts as we came in top of the Corporate Fundraisers in the CIBC Run for the Cure event.

October 5, 2010 - News Release: WIM Vancouver and Run for the Cure

On Sunday October 3rd, 2010 the Women in Mining team participated in the Vancouver Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run for the Curel and secured approximately $50,000 in funds for cancer research.

September 8, 2010 - WIM Vancouver featured in The Vancouver Sun

Barbara Caelles of Women In Mining, Vancouver was interviewed for an article in the Vancouver Sun.

July 2010 - WIM UK July / August Newsletter

May 2010 - WIM UK Membership Survey Results

RAMP-UP: A Study on the Status of Women in Canada’s Minerals and Metals Sector
In the summer of 2009, Women in Mining Canada conducted a study to establish a clearer picture on the current status of women in the minerals exploration and mining industry and the variances in perception that may exist between Academia, Employers and Employees focused on gender. The concept of the study generated a tremendous amount of support from leading industry organizations and companies. Click here to view the results of this ground-breaking study.

April 2010 - WIM UK April Newsletter

March 2010 - WIM UK March Newsletter

February 2010 - WIM UK February Newsletter

January 13, 2010 - Mining Industry Gender Pay Gap Doubles in Downturn Year

November 2009 - Queensland Government’s Our State Our Women Awards honours Alison Keogh, founder of Queensland Women in Mining and Resources.

September 2009 - WIM US National Quarterly

October 2009 - WIM was invited to speak at Enviromine 2009 in Chile this year. WIM Vancouver sent in a proposal to partake in a special social panel and was duly accepted. Mafalda Arias gave the presentation and you can see photos in our photo gallery. Please click here to view the presentation given.