Dear Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,

We are contacting you with urgency to request that the Government of Canada prioritize assistance to the Afghan Girls Robotics Team members who remain in Afghanistan, some of whom you met in 2018 on their visit to Canada for a robotics competition. As scientists, engineers, and roboticists, these young women are our future colleagues. They need our urgent support today. With this letter the undersigned implore you to take all steps possible to ensure their safe travel to Canada.

Sincerely,

Heidi Ploeg
Queen's Chair for Women in Engineering          

Kevin Deluzio
Dean, Queen’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Joshua Marshall
Director, Ingenuity Labs

Keith Pilkey
Head, Queen’s Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Amber Simpson
Director, Centre for Health Innovation