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'''Speaker'''
'''Speaker'''


:Brie Code
:Brie Code, Programmer in the video game industry, is part of the advisory committee for YES Montreal's Advancing Women in STEM through Mentorship Project. Presented ...
Brie Code has been a programmer in the video game industry for almost 13 years. Until recently, she was working at Ubisoft Montreal, where she led programming teams on Child of Light, Assassin's Creed III, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and Assassin's Creed II. Before that, she wrote code at Relic for Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War. She was also a founding member of the Ubidiversity Team at Ubisoft Montreal, volunteers with Pixelles, and is part of the advisory committee for YES Montreal's Advancing Women in STEM through Mentorship Project. Her ambition is to make games for her friends who don't play games.


'''Panelists'''
'''Panelists'''


:Adeola Odusanya
:Adeola Odusanya, Bachelor student in Chemical Engineering at McGill.  
Adeola was born in Nigeria and lived there until moving to Canada when she was 11 years old.  Currently, she is completing her degree in Chemical Engineering here at McGill.  She is very involved in the Engineering Undergraduate Society, whether as a member of one of the design teams, Frosh coordinator or President of NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) McGill chapter.  She truly has enjoyed her almost 4.5 years as a McGill engineer, she has learned a lot in terms of her formal and social education.  She hopes to apply what she has learned in the Renewable Energy industry in higher education and eventually, the workplace.
:Prof Gaskin, Associate Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at McGill university.  
 
:Tynan Jarrett, Equity Education Advisor (LGBTTQ) at McGill University's SEDE office.
:Prof Gaskin
Professor Gaskin joined McGill in 1997, adding to the environmental engineering expertise in the Department of Civil Engineering. She was the 2nd women in the department and the 6th women in the Faculty of Engineering. She has a B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario and obtained her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. She teaches and does research in environmental hydraulics and water resources. She is (co-)chair of the Senate Sub-Committee on Women since 2012, which provides advice to the administration on policy improvements to support improvements towards equity for women in academia.
 
:Tynan Jarrett
Tynan Jarrett is Equity Education Advisor (LGBTTQ) at McGill University's SEDE office, where since 2009 he has trained staff, faculty and students on equity issues, advised units and departments on policy and programming, and worked to increase access to McGill for groups that are typically underrepresented in the post-secondary setting.
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