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Press Releases & Announcements

• Brunch and Build Held to Celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8, 2023)
• 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)

Recent News

Nour on CBC Windsor

CBC NEWS AT 6 – March 20, 2023

Brunch and Build Held to Celebrate International Women’s Day

By Matt Weingarden
LAKESHORE NEWS – March 13, 2023

Girls robotics team competing for Canada, eager to champion EV sector’s women-in-STEM potential

By Emma Jarrat
ELECTRIC AUTONOMY – March 8, 2023

Students Building a Dream for their Future Careers

WATERLOO REGION DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD BLOG – December 16, 2022

Girl power sought in the trades

By Pam Wright
CHATHAM VOICE – December 6, 2022

The power of choice

By Alley L. Biniarz
WINDSOR LIFE – December 2022

Expo highlights female representation in industries

By Natalia Vega
BLACKBURN NEWS – November 27, 2022

Build a Dream career expo draws hundreds

By Taylor Cambell
WINDSOR STAR – November 18, 2022

Fighting the status quo for women, one job at a time

By Denise J. Deveau
FINANCIAL POST – November 17, 2022

Inspiring young women to chase their careers

By Sofiia Shabalova
THE DIALOG – October 18, 2022

Cities across Canada join Windsor in raising flags for girls

By Trevor Wilhem
WINDSOR STAR – October 11, 2022

Dreamer Day Flag at City Hall Marks International Day of the Girl

CITY OF VICTORIA – October 11, 2022

Celebrating girls and their quest for careers

By Ayeshwini Lama
THE DIALOG – September 26, 2022

Other News

• Women in Trades (WINDSOR MORNING WITH NAV NANWA – Mar. 20, 2023)
• CTV Windsor News at 11 (CTV WINDSOR – Mar. 16, 2023)
• Ideas to recruit and retain women in industry (THE GLOBE AND MAIL – Mar. 31, 2022)
• Workshop for high school girls builds interest in the skilled trades (CBC NEWS – Dec. 5, 2021)
• These organizations are helping young women see themselves in engineering careers (THE GLOBE AND MAIL – Oct. 21, 2021)
• Windsor woman breaking down barriers in bottling as red seal tradeswoman (CBC NEWS – Oct. 19, 2021)
• Build a Dream gives women the tools to succeed in the trades (MECHANICAL BUSINESS – June 25, 2021)
• Women receive tools as ‘welcome to the trades’ show of support (WINDSOR STAR – May 10, 2021)
• Celebrating Women – International Women’s Day (WINDSOR STAR – Mar. 8, 2021)
• Build a Dream goes digital (AM800 CKLW – May 25, 2020)
• Nearly 3,000 families register for new online event (EDUCATION NEWS CANADA – May 25, 2020)
• ‘You wouldn’t be interested in that’: Fighting stereotypes about women in the trades (TVO – Mar. 5 2020)
• New network to support women in STEM and entrepreneurship (UWINDSOR – Mar. 10, 2020)
• Build a Dream receives $728K from feds to expand program for female students (MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION – Feb. 14, 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)

Media Resources

• Media Kit (coming soon!)
• Nour Hachem-Fawaz
• Women in Industry Photo Bank – Contact us to access professional photos for use in media and organizational materials.

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)

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