Dr. Belinda Heyne has completed a PhD in science, won multiple awards for research and teaching, and recently became the head of the Chemistry Department in the University of Calgary's Faculty of Science.
But she says she wasn't sure she was fully ready when she agreed to take on the role.
"I don't know if it's because I am a woman, but I feel like I'm never prepared and I feel I arrived at this position because I was at the wrong place at the wrong time," says Heyne. "I wanted to have some personal growth and to grow as a leader." So, she negotiated some of that growth into her role.
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But she says she wasn't sure she was fully ready when she agreed to take on the role.
"I don't know if it's because I am a woman, but I feel like I'm never prepared and I feel I arrived at this position because I was at the wrong place at the wrong time," says Heyne. "I wanted to have some personal growth and to grow as a leader." So, she negotiated some of that growth into her role.
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