Special Feature
Women in Construction
Below are articles from the latest Women in Construction Special Feature Newsletter, published June 29, 2022 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Women in Construction
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
For more than two decades Manitoba’s Ellen Kotula has uplifted a legacy of women...
Labour
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
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’
With more than 100,000 construction workers needed over the next decade in Ontar...
Labour
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Securing equitable adjustments on material prices for contractor members is a pr...
US News
Green converts millwright experience into skilled trades advocacy role
Jennifer Green’s career journey to become an industrial mechanic millwright took...
Labour
Ferenc blazes a trail of skilled trades ‘firsts’
Nominated for a 2022 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, and the recipi...
Labour
Acres Enterprises safety advisor Olsen wins BCCA leadership award
Tammy Olsen, health, safety and environment (HSE) advisor at Acres Enterprises L...
Labour
Authenticity a key tool for Primeau in her career pursuit
Tracy Primeau had originally planned on being a history teacher. But after gradu...
Labour
BCCA’s Builders Code helps build positive worksite cultures
A growing number of B.C. construction employers are adopting the Builders Code a...
Labour
Chard welds together successful 20-year pipe welding career
When Courtney Chard entered the pipe welding trade, it is unlikely that anyone e...
Labour
Mitchell’s ‘dynamic capacity’ to drive change honoured by OAA
Named in honour of its 2005 president, the Ontario Association of Architects’ G....
Labour
Work ethic, knowledge and experience, not gender, measures true value: Moghani
Promoted to project manager by EllisDon in 2021, Pegah Moghani has always been i...
Labour
More Articles - Women in Construction
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
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
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
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is launching an enhanced El...
Labour
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Top 20 U.S. Mega Project Starts
In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projects of 1 million square feet or more each.
Canada's Urban Population Growth
This infographic looks at the surge in Canada's urban population growth.
Canadian Demographics
This infographic looks at the latest Canadian population growth rates.
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Coventry Homes, former executive hit with lawsuits alleging sexual assault, harassment
One of the largest homebuilders in Edmonton and a prominent executive are being...
Government , OH&S
B.A. Blacktop employee embezzled $1.9 million
When Harold Fraser, retired co-founder of B.A. Blacktop Ltd. died in 2012, emplo...
Government
Fix approvals, start building says Electricity Canada
A new report from Electricity Canada drives home the urgency of expanding Canada...
Infrastructure
Construction trades included in new category-based immigration policy
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced it is introducing “category-based...
Government , Labour
Jill of All Trades program gains momentum across North America
Two hundred and seventy female high school students received a hands-on introduc...
Associations
Working to attract, retain apprentices a skilled job in and of itself
Skilled construction tradespeople should be earning more than some Phds, says Mo...
US News
RJC Engineers shakes things up as part of massive tall wood seismic tests
A Canadian engineering company is participating in a landmark research project i...
Resource , US News
‘We are not yet winning the battle,’ says CSPA president on illegal steel dumping
Steel producers are calling on the federal government and the Canada Border Serv...