Volunteer Opportunities

We welcome applicants from various backgrounds including race, ethnicity, gender and gender identity, age, socio-economic status, national origin, sexual orientation, ability, and religion.

Please find a list of open volunteer opportunities below.

IDSTEM 2024 Conference Committee

Applications are now open to be part of the organizing committee for our next conference! Applications are due September 6th, 2022 by 11:59pm EST and are open to Western University graduate students.

Click here to apply!

 
 

If you are an undergraduate student or a non-Western student interested in helping out, stay tuned for future potential opportunities in helping to promote the conference.

We're excited to announce that applications to join the 2025-26 IDSTEM Organizing Committee are NOW OPEN! 🎉 Are you a graduate student interested in planning the IDSTEM 2026 conference? Submit your application by November 24th at 11:59 ET at the lin
A gracious thank you to #IDSTEM24's sponsors! This includes our primary sponsor, Western BrainsCAN, as well as the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry! Our conference would not have been possible without their generous support. #WesternU
It's already been over a week since #IDSTEM24 ended. 😥 We are so grateful for everyone who was able to join us this year! A feedback survey will be sent out very soon. We are still compiling photos, and those will be emailed to attendees as soon as
📝 Workshop: Steps Toward a Queer Friendly STEM 📢 Meet our workshop leader, Dr. Jennifer Epp! Jennifer Epp is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Huron at Western. Her research investigates intersections between the ethics, ep
📝 Workshop: Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Resilience 📢 Meet our workshop leader, Rebecca Brown! Rebecca Brown career has spanned over 36 years within medical social work, child welfare and crisis response. The majority of her career wa
📝 Workshop: Implicit Bias in Human and Artificial Intelligence 📢 Meet our workshop leader, Prof. Roy Eagleson! Professor Eagleson teaches Human-Computer Interaction, Hardware/Software for Minds and Machines, and co-organizes an annual workshop on
📝 Workshop: A Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach to Research and Grad School 📢 Meet our workshop leader, Carolynn Hare! Carolynn is a 4th year PhD student in Psychology in the Cognitive, Developmental, and Brain Sciences stream. Her research has 2
📣 Meet our final keynote, Delaney Hines! 🎉 Delaney Hines is best known for his keen ability to foster relationships and strike partnerships to help realize equitable health outcomes. He is deeply committed to advancing health equity and is a stron
📣 Highlighting our next keynote, Carly Charron! 🎉 Carly completed her Bachelor’s of Science, Honors Specialization in Genetics at Western in 2020. During her undergraduate degree she participated in the Western Science Internship Program and