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On March 6, she is holding a virtual book launch for the latest in her Awkward and Awesome series, Science Girl. At the launch Ford will read from and discuss the book and take questions from viewers.

Watching B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henrysa国际传媒檚 regular COVID-19 updates made the Nanaimo-based author think about women in the sciences. She said she was interested to learn that women are underrepresented in the field, citing United Nations data that less than 30 per cent of those employed in science and technology are women.

Ford hopes to address that discrepancy through her book, as it encourages little girls to develop an interest in the sciences at a young age.

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Ford said the book looks at how science can be applied to questions children ask, accompanied by her sa国际传媒渂ig and boldsa国际传媒� illustrations. She said characters from her previous stories make appearances in Science Girl.

Ford said shesa国际传媒檚 wanted to write a science-themed book ever since she saw her young daughter playing with a magnifying glass, but the coming of COVID-19 and constant news about viruses and vaccines brought science back to the fore. Ford said 2020 was sa国际传媒渁 year of science.sa国际传媒�

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Science Girl comes out March 8, International Womensa国际传媒檚 Day. It is available at .

WHATsa国际传媒橲 ON sa国际传媒� Science Girl book launch takes place on on March 6 at 11 a.m.

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