“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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
Linda Hasenfratz, CEO of Linamar Corporation since 2002, joined Build a Dream President Nour Hachem Fawaz to talk about leadership and empowering young women to pursue STEM. A common thing young women […]
We want to have a conversation about privilege in each industry and how we address the lack of it in certain communities. It is important to reflect on what social […]
The COVID-19 breakout has caused anxiety and fear, but also has highlighted essential services that each community requires to carry on. Healthcare branches off in different directions, with some areas being […]
As Canadian real estate prices rise, young people move further away from urban cores, taking their talent with them. After exploring the potential of working from home, they have learned […]
If you struggle to recruit women or other under-represented groups to your company, it might be time to take a new approach. To change the representation on your shop floor, […]
On April 2, 2019, EllisDon Project Manager Ashley Maxwell, MEng was a featured speaker at Build a Dream Kitchener-Waterloo. We strongly believe that closing the gender gap in all industries requires […]
Newsy’s great interview with astrophysicist Michelle Larson talks “beauty of science” and how many girls think they might not have the skills needed to be a scientist. Larson is […]
As society begins to change their perceptions of gender, and the roles individuals take in the workplace changes, sexism has been decreasing. However, there are still biases that individuals carry […]
According to the Smithsonian Science Education Center, an estimated 2.4 million STEM jobs are unfilled in 2018. With high earning potential and a solid demand, careers in STEM (science, technology, […]
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