Lack of women and non-binary people in computer science remains a systemic and social issue | Campus - The Eyeopener

Students, faculty and tech workers believe more needs to be done to create supportive environments for women and non-binary people in tech, Kayla Zhu, Journalism student and freelance content creator reports.

Illustration: Nathaniel Crouch

In Vanessa Landayan’s high school computer science and robotics class, no one wanted to be her partner for projects—she was the only girl in the class.

Her classmates would refer to her as “woman,” and it “became like a meme,” says Landayan. 

Landayan, who is now a second-year Ryerson computer science student, says she has faced similar experiences in one of her predominantly male labs in her first year of university...

Women at tech companies are often evaluated for promotions differently than men, says Inmar Givoni, director of engineering at Uber Advanced Technologies Group Toronto—an Uber branch that works on machine learning for self-driving cars.

“What we know from studies, and what I’ve observed around me, is that men often get promoted based on potential and women get promoted based on what they’ve already proven,” says Givoni. 
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Source: The Eyeopener