Women in Leadership Breakfast| Ngā Māreikura Christchurch 2019
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Engineering Core
48 Creyke Rd Ilam Christchurch, 8041 New ZealandDescription
The University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha is proud to be hosting a breakfast that will highlight the success of women at UC and empower the next generation of leaders.
You are invited, along with your Year 12 female students to join us for this inspiring breakfast event. Those who will benefit most from this event are students with leadership potential and an interest in finding out more about UC as a future study option.
Each table will be hosted by a UC staff member, current student, or graduate who will share their personal UC experience and give advice to our aspiring young guests.
At this event you will have the opportunity to hear from two inspirational guest speakers:
Jamie- Lee Tuuta, who received a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law from UC has previously been a solicitor for Brandts-Giesen McCormick. Jamie-Lee is now the Registrar for the Waitangi Tribunal.
Neryda Duncan who has achieved a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours from UC and currently works with MARS Bioimaging while studying for her masters.
We are also thrilled to announce a third speaker in our programme:
Coralie Winn, who graduated from a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre and Film Studies at UC in 2008, went on to resurrect the Arts Centre's Artist in Residence Programme pre-quake and then co-found Gap Filler post-quake in 2010 with two others. Gap Filler is a globally acclaimed creative social enterprise that makes places more memorable, fun, participatory, surprising, equitable and sociable.
This will be followed by a Q&A panel with our speakers. We are excited for you to hear from these inspiring women leaders that work in vastly different yet interesting fields.
UC is committed to ensuring opportunities in education and employment and have a long history of empowering women to become leaders. Our alumnae include prominent suffragists, engineers, artists, diplomats, scientists and authors. We hope to see your school represented at this not-to-be-missed event for young women leaders.
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