Special Feature
Women in Construction
Below are articles from the latest Women in Construction Special Feature Newsletter, published March 2024 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Women in Construction
![First responder: Restoration employee Cassandra MacLeod loves being first on the scene](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PK-WOMEN-Cassandra-3MainWEB2-WIC-300x169.png)
First responder: Restoration employee Cassandra MacLeod loves being first on the scene
Some people come to the construction industry as part of a career plan. Cassandr...
Labour
![Jacquelyn Oduro named Manitoba Heavy Construction Association safety director](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PC-WOMEN-Oduro-and-MHCAMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Jacquelyn Oduro named Manitoba Heavy Construction Association safety director
Jacquelyn Oduro was recently named director of the Manitoba Heavy Construction A...
Associations
![Tanya Palson looks to boost Manitoba’s apprenticeship completion rates](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PC-Palson-story-general-shotMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Tanya Palson looks to boost Manitoba’s apprenticeship completion rates
Tanya Palson, the newly appointed chairwoman of the Manitoba Apprenticeship and...
Labour
![New Winnipeg director of development has ambitious plans for city](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PC-hazel-borysMainWEB-WIC-300x172.png)
New Winnipeg director of development has ambitious plans for city
In mid-2023, Hazel Borys was appointed Winnipeg’s director of planning, property...
Labour
![Women have low injury and death rates in construction sector](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/JS-women-statsMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Women have low injury and death rates in construction sector
Despite the recent B.C. fatality of a female construction worker at Vancouver’s...
OH&S
![EllisDon PM loves challenge of big projects](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PG-3-DW-demmers-ellisdonMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
EllisDon PM loves challenge of big projects
The Vancouver Island Construction Association’s reigning U40 Person of the Year...
Labour
![Manitoba Women in Design book showcases pioneers of the built environment](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PC-Manitoba-women-in-designMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Manitoba Women in Design book showcases pioneers of the built environment
Women were late entering the architecture, engineering and construction fields i...
Labour
![F.A.S.T. launching new women’s high-vis line as demand grows](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/FAST-photo2MainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
F.A.S.T. launching new women’s high-vis line as demand grows
No more boxy pants, droopy elephant rears, turtle-shell jackets and hand-devouri...
Economic , OH&S
![Deltera health and safety specialist looks to change jobsite culture](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/PG-3-DO-WOMEN-RoswellMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Deltera health and safety specialist looks to change jobsite culture
In the 11 years she has worked as a Deltera health and safety specialist, Cheryl...
OH&S
![Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/highpoleMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others
Although not wanting to go into too many details, Connect Atlantic Utility Servi...
Labour
![Female trailblazers push DEI during CAWIC webinar](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/Pg-3-DW-cawic-panelMainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Female trailblazers push DEI during CAWIC webinar
The Canadian Association of Women in Construction marked International Women’s D...
Associations
![Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/03/MelanieKnowles_2MainWEB-WIC-300x169.png)
Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction
Not only was she eastern Ontario’s first representative on the Ontario Asphalt P...
Labour
![Powerline technician climbs the podium at international lineman competition](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/FRONT-DO-mackenzie-Kansas-310-mainweb-WIC-01-300x169.jpg)
Powerline technician climbs the podium at international lineman competition
Twenty-four-year-old Hydro One powerline technician Mackenzie Gillan has conside...
Labour
![Kotula lifting up a legacy of crane ownership](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/JS_CraneOperatorMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Kotula lifting up a legacy of crane ownership
For more than two decades Manitoba’s Ellen Kotula has uplifted a legacy of women...
Labour
![Victoria interior designer Leslie Myers specializes in renovations](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/Leslie-MyersMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Victoria interior designer Leslie Myers specializes in renovations
Leslie Myers took an indirect route to becoming a professional interior designer...
Labour
![VRCA president Donna Grant focuses on the needs of the membership](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/Donna-Grant-InterviewMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
VRCA president Donna Grant focuses on the needs of the membership
Donna Grant loves being president of the Vancouver Regional Construction Associa...
Associations
![Program shows Ottawa-area high school girls ‘there is no gender for the trades’](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/GC-HS-GirlsTryATrade-mainweb_WIC-01-300x169.jpg)
Program shows Ottawa-area high school girls ‘there is no gender for the trades’
With more than 100,000 construction workers needed over the next decade in Ontar...
Labour
![Women builders forged success from 2008 tough times](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/HeadShot_LaraMurphyMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Women builders forged success from 2008 tough times
When two Calgary, Alta. builders Karen Ryan and Lara Murphy started their compan...
Labour
![Manitoba Building Trades’ Palson has sights set on changing perceptions](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/Tanya-PalsonMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Manitoba Building Trades’ Palson has sights set on changing perceptions
As the first female executive director of the Manitoba Building Trades (MBT), Ta...
Labour
![RioCan’s Kim Valliere discusses role on The Well, strides for women in the industry](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/PG-4-The-Well-mainweb_WIC-01-300x169.jpg)
RioCan’s Kim Valliere discusses role on The Well, strides for women in the industry
For the past five years, Kim Valliere and her team have lived through the challe...
Infrastructure
![Meet Lesa Lacey, community outreach enthusiast and construction advocate](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/Lacey-ConstructionMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Meet Lesa Lacey, community outreach enthusiast and construction advocate
“Our company is different from others in the area because of our amazing team. W...
Labour
![‘Paradigm shift’ needed for minority and women-owned businesses in New York City](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/NYWomenContractor2MainWEB-US-01-300x169.png)
‘Paradigm shift’ needed for minority and women-owned businesses in New York City
Only about two per cent of all public contracts in New York City go to minority...
US News
![Canadore professor Rydall credits parents, passion for carpentry for her career success](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/FRONT-Jill-Rydall-1-mainweb_wic-01-300x169.jpg)
Canadore professor Rydall credits parents, passion for carpentry for her career success
Jill Rydall considers herself fortunate to have had the support of her parents w...
Labour
![EllisDon’s Parera recognized for exemplary on-the-job and volunteer efforts](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/asdf-300x168.gif)
EllisDon’s Parera recognized for exemplary on-the-job and volunteer efforts
Unlike many youth who find it difficult to choose careers, the recipient of this...
Labour
![Women need to be more active in promoting their construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/JS-WOMEN-weskMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Women need to be more active in promoting their construction skills
Gaining equity in construction is a movement and women have to be actively champ...
Labour
![Erin Flanagan’s carpentry journey multi-faceted and on a swift trajectory](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/SM-Flanagan-carpenterMainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Erin Flanagan’s carpentry journey multi-faceted and on a swift trajectory
The journey women take to get into construction may be more indirect than the ro...
Labour
![Hilary Peach: Field notes from a sister in the brotherhood of welders](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/MAIN-PEACHMainWEB-IWD-01-300x169.png)
Hilary Peach: Field notes from a sister in the brotherhood of welders
In her new book, Canadian author Hilary Peach highlights a trade shrouded in mys...
Labour
![Saskatchewan woman builds her own ‘humble home’ at 25 years old](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/MAIN-DP-image3MainWEB-WIC-01-300x169.png)
Saskatchewan woman builds her own ‘humble home’ at 25 years old
With an architectural technologies diploma and about three years of work experie...
Labour , Projects
![First female executive director of New York’s STA aims to tackle material prices, delivery of projects](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/03/DP_STAExecMainWEB-US-WIC-01-300x169.png)
First female executive director of New York’s STA aims to tackle material prices, delivery of projects
Securing equitable adjustments on material prices for contractor members is a pr...
US News
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![Women architects assemble for equality in their profession](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/PC-BEA-women-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Women architects assemble for equality in their profession
In much the same way that Canadian women who work in construction have been busy...
Associations , Labour
![Build TogetHER BC continues connecting women to the skilled trades](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/PC-buildtogether-300x200.png)
Build TogetHER BC continues connecting women to the skilled trades
With a shortfall of construction workers looming, the industry has worked hard t...
Labour , OH&S
![The ‘she-cession’ and construction, a tale of woe and opportunity](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/PC-shecession-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
The ‘she-cession’ and construction, a tale of woe and opportunity
Canadian women have suffered proportionally more than men in the job market due...
Labour , OH&S
![New BCIT program aims to spark electrician career choice for women](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/BCIT-electricians-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
New BCIT program aims to spark electrician career choice for women
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)Â is launching an enhanced El...
Labour
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![Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-Mohawk-College-C2R2-CWDP-Photo-4MainWEB-IPD-300x169.png)
Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
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![Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PC-WatermainCollageMainWEB-300x169.png)
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