Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons for STEM, Business & Sustainability in an Age of Resistance

In an era marked by escalating climate risk, political and economic uncertainty, and growing resistance to equity, sustainability, and inclusion, leadership is being quietly reshaped—often away from courage, long-term thinking, and responsibility.

The new book Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance emerges from this moment.

In this virtual book launch event with the University of Guelph, author and sustainability leader Supriya Verma explores why women’s leadership—particularly across engineering, science, business, and sustainability—is not optional, but strategically essential for shaping resilient systems and futures.

Drawing on her debut book, which features leadership journeys of women across sustainability, engineering-adjacent fields, business, policy, science, and academia—alongside a global Turning Point chapter with additional voices—Supriya reflects on:

• Why women leaders in STEM, business, and sustainability are facing renewed backlash and scrutiny
• How sustainability, gender equity, and leadership are deeply interconnected across disciplines
• What authenticity, resilience, and healing as a leadership strategy look like in practice—not theory
• How women navigate leadership in systems that still privilege conformity, certainty, and perfection
• The overlapping leadership challenges faced by women in engineering, science, business, and academia
• What students and emerging leaders can do now to lead with clarity, courage, and values amid uncertainty

The session situates women’s leadership within an interdisciplinary and real-world context, recognizing that today’s and tomorrow’s leaders operate across technical, social, and organizational systems—whether in classrooms, laboratories, boardrooms, public institutions, or community settings. It explores how individuals, organizations, and institutions engaged in engineering, science, business, and sustainability —as well as fields concerned with gender equity and social change, impact and justice—can respond to today’s realities: polarization, backlash against ESG and DEI, climate complexity, and widespread uncertainty, without retreating from their values or long-term responsibilities.

This event is designed for students, faculty, and staff seeking practical insight, reflective depth, and grounded leadership lessons relevant to careers in STEM, business, sustainability, social justice, and beyond. Faculty, departments, and institutions interested in incorporating the book into curricula, leadership programs, executive education, or student engagement initiatives—and in exploring tailored talks, guest lectures, or keynote sessions—are warmly invited to connect following the session.

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