Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day (JOM)

JOM 2019

This year's event took place on Thursday, November 14, 2019. Children in 7th, 8th or 9th year (HarmoS) came to UNIL with one of their parents or another person working or studying at the university and participated in various workshops.

To host breakfast and start the day with enthusiasm, we invited Prof. Silke Grabherr, Director of the Centre universitaire romand de médecine légale, who was able to develop post-mortem angiography. The winner of the 2019 Academic Outreach Award told of her atypical and inspiring path for children accompanied by their parents.

The Program (in French)
 

JOM 2018

The 2018 edition took place on Thursday, November 8, 2018.

During the reception of this day, Dr Pascal Gygax, Reader at the Department of Psychology of the University of Fribourg, discussed with the children the question of gender stereotypes in the choices of academic and professional orientation, through examples from their daily lives.

JOM 2018 at UNIL program (PDF, in French)
 

JOM 2017

2017 event took place on Thursday, November 9, 2017.

We were honored to welcome two distinguished guests to the opening breakfast: the University Rector, Ms Nouria Hernandez, and the joint winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017, Mr Jacques Dubochet, who both gave very inspiring speeches, encouraging children to follow their dreams and desires, in spite of assumptions or preconceived ideas.

JOM 2017 at UNIL program (PDF, in French)

Pictures from Fabrice Ducrest

Take Your Daughters and Sons to Work Day (Journée Oser tous les métiers - JOM) has been running since 2003 throughout Vaud canton and elsewhere in Switzerland (Futur en tous genres is the name of the current national project).

It offers girls and boys in years 7 to 9 (HarmoS) the opportunity to accompany their parent or someone else in their circle (of the opposite sex) to work and take part in a range of workshops.

It aims to help children broaden their professional horizons beyond traditional stereotypes and discuss questions around their choice of career and other life decisions freely with their parents.

• Information and services from the Cantonal Equal Opportunities Office (BEFH)
• Futur en tous genres