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In recognition of International Women’s Day 2026, we are pleased to offer you an advance copy of an article that will appear later this year in Physics in Canada in the 2026 Post-Congress issue, 82(2). In this opinion piece, Mary Anne White shares her observations on women’s equity in science over the past 50 years.
One Woman Scientist’s Perspective on 50 Years Since the UN International Year of Women
Prof. White, OC, FRSC, is the Harry Shirreff Professor of Chemical Research (Emerita) in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie University. She started her PhD in 1975, the UN International Year of Women.