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Maydianne Andrade: a champion for change

When Maydianne Andrade gives workshops to her colleagues in academia about equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in higher education, she starts with the facts. She presents data that show, for example, the underrepresentation of women and visible minorities in Canadian universities, and evidence of a statistical bias against women and racialized people in job application processes. It’s a way to cut to the point: structural racism and bias are deeply rooted in academia. Then, Dr. Andrade makes it personal, sharing some of her own experience with prejudice as a Black woman in science.

“They have to see the data to see that there is an issue,” she explains. “But after that, it is really the stories they connect to.” The data speaks to researchers in a language they can quickly grasp, while the stories appeal to their humanity. It’s an approach, she says, that has resonated even more with audiences since the death of George Floyd in 2020 because it presses the point that “this is urgent, we’re talking about real people here.”

The personal part of the presentation begins with what Dr. Andrade calls her “iceberg slide.” It’s a snapshot of what she’s lived through in a career spanning more than 20 years in science. She recalls a time in

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Jillian Cowles

Clinical microbiologist, naturalist, and photographer.
Author of Amazing Arachnids

The Thief in the Web and Other Stories

Sunday, June 27 11:00 am EDT - Recording

A puzzle, a murder mystery, and a story with a surprise plot twist at the end…are these the stuff of Hollywood? Not necessarily. You can find these stories, and many others, if you take a look at the lives of arachnids in your home, your yard, or your neighborhood. Anyone with good powers of observation and an open mind can be a detective, solving puzzles in arachnology. This is where the amateur scientist can step in.

In this presentation, you will hear the stories of tiny thief spiders, courageous mother spiders, and the hidden lives of vinegaroons. A few smaller puzzles are thrown in along the way. Solving these mysteries was basically detective work: long nights spent staking out the scene of the crime, looking at microscopic evidence, asking questions, and keeping an open mind. Sometimes a puzzle is simple and can be solved quickly, but many times the path becomes complicated, and you are left with more questions than answers. Please join me in this story of mystery and discovery.