WASM addresses the issue Josh Chiat kal Miner
Victoria Arrowsmith, Jenny Do, Anis McGowan, Rahel Dean-Pelikan, Sarah Pemberton, Boiketo Mazibeli and WASM director Sam Spearing will welcome 25 of the brightest female high schoolers in WA to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in September as the 115-year-old institution looks at how it can address gender inequality in the resources industry.
Just 15 per cent of students at the WASM Kalgoorlie-Boulder campus are female, according to WASM director Professor Sam Spearing. He said the camp, which mirrored one held in Australia’s gold capital in 1992 for Year 10 girls from as far away as Port Hedland and Albany, would prove women could take on any role they wanted in the mining industry. “Part of our problem in the industry is until we get gender equality into the universities, we can’t
get gender equality into the mines,” he said. Applications are open until July 11 and can be completed at girls focus on mining 2017.eventbrite.com.au.
The history of the Western Australian School of Mines Alumni (WASMA) reflects the ups and downs of the Western Australian School of Mines (WASM) and the role it has played in supporting graduates in a range of activities and events. It also describes the important role that graduates have played in ensuring WASM remains in Kalgoorlie. Learn more.