Spotlight on EDIE

Timothy Chooi, a celebrated violinist and assistant professor in the School of Music, has forged a unique path in the world of classical music.

“As a Black woman with sickle cell disease, I brace myself for judgement every time I walk into the ER,” says Shelly-Ann Crosby, 41, whose countless hospital visits for pain have deepened her wariness.

Trained as an aerospace engineer, Professor Catherine Mavriplis has first-hand experience being one of few women in a male-dominated field. This fuelled her passion for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), leading to a dual-research career studying aerospace engineering as well as the systematic gaps that impede gender diversity in STEM and developing ways to address these gaps.