Find out more about women who are making a difference in Emergency Medicine. A series of interviews is being conducted.
We are celebrating some of the many women who have demonstrated leadership during the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click on each of the images, or on the button below, to view the list of local heroes.
Who We Are
| Chair | Ayesha Zia |
| Assistant Chair | Taylor Bischoff |
| Past Chair | Gillian Sheppard |
| Member at Large | Chau Pham |
| Member at Large | Emma Mcilveen-Brown |
| Member at Large | Sheryl Seidman |
| Resident Member Representative | Isabella Menchetti |
| Student Member Representative | Gabriele Jagelaviciute |
| Social Media Representative | Laurence Baril |
Events
| Saturday, June 8th, 2024 2PM – 4PM MT time |
CAEP24 Pre-conference Workshop: Better Together – Moving Towards Gender Equity in EM More information
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| Monday, June 10th, 2024 at 2PM MT time |
WEM Committee meeting at CAEP24 Conference
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| Monday, June 10th 2024 at 3PM MT time |
Joint WEM-SOGI Social Event – details to follow
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Get involved:
Wondering how you can get involved? Spread the word about our advertised events! Follow @CAEP_WomenInEM Come or call in to our annual meeting!
Please consider joining the committee or become a local mentorship lead! If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact: jgale@caep.ca
Resources & Articles:
Stop the stereotypes – Women should not have to prove their non-inferiority
Making Medical Leadership More Diverse
Suicide among physicians and health-care workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Recognizing and addressing implicit gender bias in medicine
Letter to a Young Female Physician
Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Microaggressions in Medicine
Sexism in medical care: “Nurse, can you get me another blanket?”
The Importance of Women-Focused Groups in Academic Medicine
Exploring Gender Bias in Nursing Evaluations of Emergency Medicine Residents
Gender Differences in Faculty Rank Among Academic Emergency Physicians in the United States
Implementation of a Departmental Female Emergency Medicine Physician Group
“A Woman EP?”- Prejudiced Indian Psyche!
NEJM 2018: Men’s Fear of Mentoring in the #MeToo Era — What’s at Stake for Academic Medicine?
Tackling unconscious bias in academic medicine from AAMC:
Advancing women in academic medicine: ten strategies to use everyday
ACEP // Maximizing the Potential of Women in Emergency Medicine
ACEP // American Association of Women EPs
In the News
Disparities in Physician Compensation by Gender in Ontario, Canada
Perspective: Misogeny in Medicine
Doctor Karine Dion (https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/)
Closing the gender pay gap in Canadian medicine,
OMA Report to Council: Understanding Gender Pay Gaps Among Ontario Physicians July 2020
Increasing Diversity in Medicine: The ‘BSAP’ Approach at the University of Toronto – FIRST10EM
Challenges for the female academic during the COVID-19 pandemic – The Lancet
Picard 2018: The feminization of medicine: does it matter?
Women in medicine are not given the respect they deserve, from their male colleagues or patients
Similar groups and organizations in North America:
- Canadian Women in EM
- FemInEM (Females working in Emergency Medicine)
- Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine