{"id":3278216,"date":"2025-01-27T11:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278216"},"modified":"2025-01-28T10:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:31:53","slug":"interview-girls-stem-up-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-girls-stem-up-2025","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Girls STEM Up 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>To correct a foundational wrong, it is important to give support to minds who might explore science.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"3278225\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-girls-stem-up-2025\/attachment\/lunchbox2025girlsstemupv2\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-800x800.png\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3278225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-800x800.png 800w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-100x100.png 100w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lunchbox2025GirlsStemUpv2.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>My guests today are <strong>Deeniti Saha<\/strong> and <strong>Samu Shawesh<\/strong>, two organizers of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlsstemup.org\/\">Girls STEM Up<\/a><\/strong> group and the upcoming supporting conference in February. They join me to talk about their own journeys toward the fields of STEM, and how there still exist challenges that strong and welcoming support can help mitigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Girls STEM Up conference is coming up at the <strong>Delta <\/strong>on <strong>February 15<\/strong>. Find out more about the organization and the conference at their website, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.girlsstemup.org\/\">GirlsStemUp.org<\/a> .<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2107\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-22%20Girls%20STEM%20UP.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2107','https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-22%20Girls%20STEM%20UP.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/2025-01-22%20Girls%20STEM%20UP.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return 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