Welcome to the homepage of Dr. Julita Vassileva, the NSERC/Cameco Chair of Women in Science and Engineering at the Prairies. Dr. Vassileva is Professor in Computer Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Her goal as a Chair is to increase the participation of women in science and engineering and to provide role models for women active in and considering careers in these fields. The Chair was awarded to Dr. Vassileva in September 2005. It is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and Cameco, the Saskatoon based world-largest uranium mining corporation.

There are five regional Chairs across Canada: for the Atlantic provinces, Ontario, Quebec, the Prairie provinces and for BC and Yukon. Each Chair is awarded for five years (and is extendable for another three) and is funded by NSERC and an industiral partner. More information about the current Chairs is available here.
The first Prairie Chair (1997-2002) was Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, Professor of Geomatics, and currently - the Dean of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary.

This website provides information about the activities of the Chair, the advisory board, news articles and links to women in science and engineering networks across Canada and North America.