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The Women Talk Tech events happen once each semester, each with a different theme.

Leah Brown, fourth year computer science student and President of DalWiTS said the events help break down some of the stigma associated with the tech sector.

鈥淐omputer science has a stereotype that the program is going to be filled with geeky boys who don鈥檛 talk,鈥� she said. 鈥淓ducating girls in tech isn鈥檛 always talked about that much, and it鈥檚 important to draw attention to that because there鈥檚 definitely a gap in the number of guys to girls.鈥�

Brown said they picked the theme after choosing the speakers and realizing they鈥檙e all involved with teaching women in technology.

The speakers were: Rose Behar - co-founder of CompCamp, Rachel Aaron - lead of Ladies Learning Code Halifax chapter, Tanya Poulton - Program Coordinator with WISE Atlantic and Emily Boucher -Executive Director of CanWIT.