THE GREAT WOMEN PORTRAIT PROJECT
Revealing the female face of innovation
Educating this generation.
Inspiring the next.
Project News:
+ Jan. 2026 PROJECT LAUNCH:
'GREAT WOMEN SPEAKING PORTRAITS' for schools:
Collections of 5 AI-generated 'speaking portraits' are offered to project participants to share with Grade 6 classes as STEM career content tools. Click here for details
+ ASTRAZENECA CFO Aradhana Sarin and Great Women Portrait Project creator Jo Napier talk art, Great Women of STEM and ways to break down gender bias on "In Conversation With..." podcast
+ New Sponsorship Package and our Portrait Prints Information Package available
+ The Great Women Productions' team works with software engineers to blend AI + Art and give voice to Great Women portrait subjects in Dec. 2025.
+ 2024-5 Lockheed Martin Canada displays a selection of Great Women portraits/prints of pioneering Canadian women in STEM in their facilities across Canada.
+ 2023 - More than 30 leaders in Canada's energy industry are honouring an unsung STEM innovator - nuclear physicist Harriet Brooks - in offices in Canada and the U.S. (see photos below)
+ 2023- Hospitals, medical schools and libraries in various locations install Great Women of STEM portraits and print series.
Project details
CEOS collaborate to honour Canadian pioneer and celebrate great girls & women in STEM
On the International Day of the Girl, female CEOs in Canada's nuclear energy industry celebrated girls and women in STEM by honouring in portrait STEM pioneeer and Canada's first female nuclear physicist, Harriet Brooks. (Brook's original oil portrait now hangs at CNSC headquarters, and portrait prints of Brooks now hang in energy industry offices across the country.)