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Press Releases & Announcements

• Celebrating International Day of the Girl, Build a Dream presents Dreamer Day (August 29, 2022)
• Hiram Walker & Sons and Build a Dream diversifying the workforce together (October 14, 2021)
• Build a Dream photoshoot aims to break down gender stereotypes (August 30, 2021)
• Build a Dream Call for Board of Directors (August 18, 2021)
• Build a Dream welcomes tradeswomen to ambassador program to offer representation and insight (August 12 2021)
• Build a Dream, WFS Ltd, Milwaukee Tool providing support & start-up tools for 100 women in trades (May 6 2021)
• Build a Dream to hold Ontario’s largest virtual career expo for teens & aims to make trades priority career (Apr 22 2021)
• Build a Dream & Trillium Network provide roadmap to address gender gap in manufacturing (Apr 15 2021)
• Build a Dream applauds Ontario’s commitment to experiential learning (Apr 1 2021)
• Non-Profit launches new #HerPower campaign to empower girls and women (Mar 8 2021)

Podcasts

• Perfectly Unfiltered – Build A Dream’s Podcast
• Build Our Future: Empowering Women On Their Construction Careers feat. Nour Hachem-Fawaz (June 1 2021)
• Made It Happen: Building Dreams with Nour Hachem-Fawaz (Sep 3 2020)
• MUVE Forward: Building Dreams and Empowering Young Women with Nour Hachem-Fawaz (July 27 2020)
• Tools of the Trade: Founder of Build a Dream on Empowering Women to Pursue Skilled Trades (Apr 1 2020)

Media Coverage

Workshop for high school girls builds interest in the skilled trades

CBC News – December 5, 2021

These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers

The Globe & Mail – October 19, 2021

Windsor woman breaking down barriers in bottling as red seal tradeswoman

Rebecca Chenier first red seal tradeswoman hired by Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd.

CBC – October 19, 2021

Build a Dream gives women the tools to succeed in the trades

A new program from Build a Dream hopes to encourage more young women to enter skilled trades by giving them the tools they’ll need to work in the industry.

Mechanical Business · June 25 2021

Women receive tools as ‘welcome to the trades’ show of support

Never mind the balloons and streamers. Nothing says welcome to the trades like an impact driver.

Windsor Star · May 10 2021

CELEBRATING WOMEN – International Women’s Day

A 16-page feature celebrating women who #ChooseToChallenge and accept a leadership role in a COVID-19 world.

WINDSOR STAR · Mar 6, 2021

NEARLY 3,000 FAMILIES REGISTER FOR NEW ONLINE EVENT

Minister of Labour & Cisco Canada’s CEO to open career expo for young women.

Education News Canada · May 25 2020

WORKING, MOMS

Nour Hachem-Fawaz and Justine Janssen have it all: Confidence, compassion, community, and high expectations for themselves and other women in business.

The Drive Magazine · May 4 2020

BUILD A DREAM RECEIVES $728K FROM FEDS TO EXPAND PROGRAM FOR FEMALE STUDENTS

A Windsor, Ontario organization that promotes careers in the skilled trades and STEM to female high school students is receiving a $728,000 investment from the federal government to expand its program.

MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION · Feb 14 2020

‘YOU WOULDN’T BE INTERESTED IN THAT’: FIGHTING STEREOTYPES ABOUT WOMEN IN THE TRADES

Job openings. Decent wages. Experts say the skilled trades have a lot to offer women — and vice versa. So how do we encourage more women to get into them?

TVO · Mar 6 2020

Other News

• Build a Dream goes digital (May 25 2020 – AM800 CKLW)
• New network to support women in STEM and entrepreneurship (UWindsor – Mar 10 2020)
• Windsor’s Build a Dream gets $728K from Feds (CTV Windsor · Feb 14 2020)
• Build a Dream Expands Throughout Canada (Blackburn News – Feb 14 2020)
• Minister of Labour meets with stakeholders in Windsor to discuss new & upcoming labour initiatives (Newswire – Feb 13 2020)
• Federal funding to help expand a made-in-Windsor program (AM800 CKLW – Feb 13 2020)
• Feds announce $728K local investment to attract female high school students to skilled trades (CBC NEWS – Feb 13 2020)
• Builders & Dreamers Part 2: Diversity & Inclusion key to solving shop floor worker shortage (MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION – Jan. 9 2020)
• Builders & Dreamers Part 1: How young women are bridging the STEM skills gap (MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION – Jan. 8 2020)
• Women in Trades (Special Insert) (MEDIA PLANET – Dec. 10 2019)
• Dream Makers in Port Elgin (SHORELINE BEACON – Dec. 2 2019)
• Build a Dream Windsor Expo (Photo Gallery) (SNAPD – Nov. 8  2019)
• Career expo gives young women tools to succeed (AM800 CKLW – Nov. 8  2019)
• Sixth annual Build a Dream event helps young women make career choice (WINDSOR STAR – Nov. 7  2019)
• Windsor’s Build a Dream program is expanding nation wide (AM800 CKLW – Nov. 3  2019)
• Build A Dream (THE MEDIAPLEX – Nov. 1  2019)
• EllisDon teams up with Build a Dream to boost construction industry dive (ON-SITE – Nov. 1  2019)
• EllisDon and Build a Dream announce industry diversification & collaboration (OURWINDSOR.CA – Oct. 31  2019)
• If you’re a Guelph lady interested in STEM, there’s an event for you (GUELPH MERCURY – Oct. 31 2019)
• No women representing Windsor-Essex after 2019 election (CBC NEWS – Oct. 22 2019)
• Dreamer awards recognize two young women (AM800 CKLW – Oct. 11 2019)
• An astronaut, a police officer and two dreamers (WINDSOR STAR – Oct. 11 2019)
• Challenges, opportunities ahead for Windsor’s first female police chief (CBC NEWS – Oct. 5 2019)
• WIN Movement aims to help employers diversify workforce (AM800 CKLW – Oct. 4 2019)
• New tool launched to push for more balanced workplaces (CBC NEWS – Oct. 2 2019)
• Build a Dream launches network to create inclusive workplace (CTV NEWS – Oct. 2 2019)
• Build a Dream launches network to create inclusive workplace (AM800 CKLW – Oct. 2 2019)
• Build a Dream launches initiative to help companies hire and retain more women (WINDSOR STAR – Oct. 2 2019)
• 3D printing workshop steers girls toward STEM fields (CBC NEWS – Jul. 26 2019)
• Girls learn 3D printing through Build a Dream camp (WINDSOR STAR – Jul. 25 2019)
• Women are making inroads in the trades but still have a ways to go (CBC NEWS – Jul 23 2019)
• Emotional video for International Women’s Day focuses on supporting dreams (OUR WINDSOR – Mar. 08 2019)
• Build a Dream introduces young women to skilled trades in a career discovery camp (CTV NEWS – Mar, 16 2018)
• ‘I dream to be’: photo campaign aims to encourage girls into male-dominated careers (CBC NEWS – Oct. 11 2017)
• Building career dreams on International Day of the Girl (WINDSOR STAR – Oct, 11 2017)
• International Day of the Girl with Build a Dream (SNAPD  – Oct, 11 2017) 
• #IDreamToBe Campaign to guide young women in career choice (CTV NEWS – Oct, 11 2017)

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