<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Le français suit…</font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><font size="4" class="">Thank you for answering and spreading this important Global Survey/Merci de répondre à cette importante enquête et de la diffuser largement.</font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;"><font size="4" class="">So far there are less answers from Canada than from other countries. More data are needed to provide a realistic description of the situation./ Il y a eu moins de réponses du Canada que de d’autres pays. Il est important de recueillir plus de données pour tracer un portrait juste de la situation. </font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri; min-height: 14px;"><br class=""></div><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Dear Colleague: </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">You are invited to participate in the 2018 Global Survey of Mathematical, Computing, and Natural Scientists. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">You will find the survey at <span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://statisticalresearchcenter.org/global18" class="">http://statisticalresearchcenter.org/global18</a> </span></font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">The survey is available in seven languages (English, French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese). Simply choose your language on the first page of the survey. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">The survey is part of an interdisciplinary collaboration of eleven partners, supported by the International Council for Science (ICSU), which aims to better understand the problems mathematical, computing, and natural science academics and practitioners are facing around the world. The partners are: </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">1. International Mathematical Union (IMU) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">2. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">3. International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">4. International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">5. International Astronomical Union (IAU) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">6. United National Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">7. International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">8. Gender in Science, Innovation, Technology and Engineering (GenderInSITE) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">9. International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">10. Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">11. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">One of the specific tasks for the project is to collect data across the world to inform policy makers from all countries, especially developing countries, about reducing the gap between men and women in mathematical, computing, and natural sciences. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">The data are being collected by the non-profit Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of Physics. Responses to this survey are voluntary, and your individual information will be held in strict confidence. We are aiming for thousands of respondents from every corner of the world! </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">We will also need your help to find more respondents (men and women), to answer this survey. Please forward this e-mail to send it to anyone (both men and women) who has studied or worked in mathematics, computing, natural sciences, or the history and philosophy of science and technology. You can find the cover letters in all seven languages of the survey here: <a href="https://icsugendergapinscience.org/2018-global-survey-of-mathematical-computing-and-natural-scientists/" class="">https://icsugendergapinscience.org/2018-global-survey-of-mathematical-computing-and-natural-scientists/</a> It is only by hearing from as many people as possible that we can understand the worldwide situation for people in these fields. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Thank you for your help with this important effort. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Sincerely, </font></p><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Marie-Francoise Roy (IMU) and Mei-Hung Chiu (IUPAC) </font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Coordinators of the Gender Gap in Science project </font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;"><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">***************************************************************************************************************************</font></div><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class=""><span class="" style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Cher / Chère collègue, </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Vous êtes invité.e à répondre à l'enquête mondiale 2018 destinée aux spécialistes du monde des mathématiques, de l'informatique et des sciences de la nature. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Vous retrouverez cette enquête à l'adresse URL suivante : <span class="" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://statisticalresearchcenter.org/global18" class="">http://statisticalresearchcenter.org/global18</a> </span></font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">L'enquête est disponible en sept langues différentes (anglais, français, russe, espagnol, arabe, chinois et japonais). Il vous suffit de choisir votre langue à la première page de l'enquête. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Cette enquête est le fruit d'une collaboration interdisciplinaire de onze partenaires, soutenue par le Conseil international pour la science (ICSU). Elle vise à mieux comprendre les problèmes rencontrés par les universitaires et les professionnels dans le domaine des mathématiques, de l'informatique et des sciences de la nature. Les partenaires sont : </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">1. Union mathématique internationale (IMU) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">2. Union internationale de chimie pure et appliquée (IUPAC) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">3. Union internationale de physique pure et appliquée (IUPAP) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">4. Conseil international des mathématiques industrielles et appliquées (ICIAM) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">5. Union astronomique internationale (IAU) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">6. Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture (UNESCO) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">7. Union internationale des sciences biologiques (IUSB) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">8. Gender in Science, Innovation, Technology and Engineering (GenderInSITE) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">9. Union internationale d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des technologies (IUHPST) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">10. Organization of Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px 36px; text-indent: -18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">11. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">L'un des buts spécifiques du projet consiste à recueillir des données à travers le monde pour informer les décideurs politiques de tous les pays, en particulier des pays émergents, sur la réduction des inégalités entre les hommes et les femmes dans le monde des mathématiques, de l'informatique et des sciences de la nature. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Les données sont recueillies par le Centre de recherches statistiques à but non lucratif de l'American Institute of Physics. Vos réponses à cette enquête sont entièrement libres et la stricte confidentialité de vos renseignements individuels sera garantie. Nous avons pour objectif d'interroger des milliers de personnes aux quatre coins du monde ! </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Nous aurons également besoin de votre aide pour trouver d'autres personnes (hommes et femmes) qui accepteront de répondre à cette enquête. Veuillez transférer ce courriel à toute personne (homme ou femme) qui a étudié ou travaillé dans le domaine des mathématiques, de l'informatique ou des sciences naturelles, ou dans le monde de l'histoire ou de la philosophie des sciences et des technologies. Vous pouvez retrouver les courriers de présentation dans les sept langues de l'enquête ici : <a href="https://icsugendergapinscience.org/2018-global-survey-of-mathematical-computing-and-natural-scientists/" class="">https://icsugendergapinscience.org/2018-global-survey-of-mathematical-computing-and-natural-scientists/</a>. Nous pourrons cerner au mieux la situation à l'échelle internationale des personnes qui travaillent dans ces domaines en recevant des réponses du plus grand nombre de participant.e.s possible. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Nous vous remercions de votre aide dans le cadre de cette initiative importante. </font></p><p class="" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Bien cordialement, </font></p><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Marie-Françoise Roy (UMI) et Mei-Hung Chiu (UICPA) </font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class="">Coordinatrices du projet Gender Gap in Science </font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal; border-spacing: 0px;">Christiane Rousseau<br class="">Département de mathématiques et de statistique <br class="">Université de Montréal<br class="">C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville<br class="">Montréal, Qc, H3C 3J7, Canada<br class="">Tél: 514 343-7729, <br class="">Télec: 514 343-5700<br class=""><a href="mailto:rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca" class="">rousseac@dms.umontreal.ca</a><br class="">www.dms.umontreal.ca/~rousseac<br class=""><br class=""></span>
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