When Brandy Yanchyk realized that few of the women she knew were scientists, she decided to investigate.
What the filmmaker discovered is that while plenty of women enter careers in science, many leave because of roadblocks and challenges, as illustrated in Ms. Scientist, a documentary film directed and produced by Yanchyk.
“I wanted find out what their reality was. Were they reaching the top? Were they doing well?” Yanchyk told North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay.
Ms. Scientist follows several women working in B.C., Alberta, Ontario and northern parts of Canada, who have thrown themselves into the world of science.
“But many of them were not
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