The Nikkei Women series introduces you to Irene Uchida, a world-famous down syndrome researcher.
If you are listening to this podcast at the time of release and live near Burnaby, we welcome you to visit the Nikkei National Museum gallery to explore the Iron Willed: Women in STEM exhibition. It runs till October 2, 2021.
Host: Julie Tamiko Manning
Sound editing: Matthew Armstrong
Resources
Ingenium, Iron Willed: Women in STEM exhibition portfolio page and posters
https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/portfolio-item/irene-2-ayako-uchida/
https://womeninstem.ingeniumcanada.org/posters/
Short film by science cartoonist Armin Mortazavi and collaborating scientist Samantha Baglot for Her Story: CanadianWomen Scientists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVzqfGmeaQo
CBC, The Secret Life of Canada podcast:
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1307340355550
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/irene-uchida
http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=21
https://www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltext/S0002-9297(13)00418-7
https://vitacollections.ca/multiculturalontario/exhibit.asp?id=480&PID=11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Uchida
This Nikkei Women series was adapted from the
Taiken History Mystery card game, an interactive educational card game about surviving the Japanese Canadian internment. Ready-to-play printed sets are available through our museum shop. Or, you can download the files and print your own set.
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