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Lisa Caldwell - CEO, LMC Leadership & Coaching

Lisa Caldwell is the CEO of LMC Leadership & Coaching. She has a passion for supporting the success and development of others through growing their skills and knowledge, with ongoing […]

A OYAP teacher hands a student a pamphlet at a Build A Dreamcareer discovery expo in Kitchener, Ontario.

When high school students ask, “What career is right for me?” the answer is often, “Follow your passion!”. So what if you haven’t discovered what that is yet? How do […]

Lisa Miller of You Can Do It DIY Kits seated at a table with some of her wooden sign kits.

After 25 years in the auto industry, Quality Manager Lisa Miller was part of Magna’s succession plan for the Seating Director of Quality role at the Michigan plant. However, with […]

Jennifer Sadai

Jenn Sadai is a Purchaser with nearly twenty years of buying experience. Jenn is currently responsible for the sourcing and inventory management of plumbing, paper, and office supplies at WFS […]

Pipes

“There wasn’t really a market for it but then, I became a teacher anyway.” Jenan Abderrahman is a Telemetry Engineer in Electrical, Controls and Energy Systems at Enbridge. Jenan joined […]

Build a Dream Her Power campaign graphic with face outline

In celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), Build a Dream announced the official launch of a new campaign to empower girls and women with a series of activations throughout 2021. […]

Build A Dream''s Diversity & Inclusion Pledge Card

It’s important to start and continue conversations about diversity and inclusion, but it’s collective actions that foster change! Make a diversity and inclusion pledge Join us and pledge to personally […]

University of Ottawa Electrical Engineer Zoya Abou-Jaish

Zoya Abou-Jaish is an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Ottawa. As a 4th-year student, Zoya had to choose one of the program’s five technical specializations: communications, systems, electronics, […]

Hydro lines in the sky.

Jessica Van Rooyen was laid off from a job that she had hoped to retire from and realized that her lack of transferrable skills made her vulnerable. She noticed that […]

Stocks

What made Tahira enter finance? How did she get from New York to Toronto? What advice does she have for young women? Listen to Episode #015 of Perfectly Unfiltered for career advice […]

Rick Thurston of WFS Ltd with his exhibitor booth at Build a Dream Windsor.

“I continue to be positive about what the future looks like if we have the right conversations in the right way,” says WFS Ltd‘s General Manager, Rick Thurston. When you […]

Student planning career on laptop.

Look for our article in the National Post Women in Trades insert! A small non-profit in Windsor, Ontario is having a big impact across Canada. By mobilizing a community of […]