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Who gets to see themselves in math

CEMC works on access before a student reaches a university classroom.

How the CEMC is helping to increase gender equity in math and computer science
MathHow the CEMC is helping to increase gender equity in math and computer sciencePhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Here are three of the CEMC’s many programs that are specifically helping to address the gender equity gap.

The official Waterloo report places this work in math / education. It is a source-linked brief for alumni readers; the source page remains the authority for names, dates and outcomes.

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