2025 WIN Award Nominees Announced

Celebrating Women in Canadian Infrastructure:

The 11th Annual WIN Awards!

We are continually humbled and honoured by the ongoing support of our members, volunteers and sponsors. As we gear up for the 11th Annual Awards Ceremony, stay tuned for exciting updates on our upcoming events.

This year we nominated 35 Outstanding Leaders and 31 Emerging Leaders. With 66 nominees total, this is one of our highest years yet!

Thank you for making 11 years of The WIN Awards possible. We look forward to hosting you at the ceremony and making this our best Awards Season yet!

Celebrate the Emerging Leaders with limitless potential.

Celebrate the Outstanding Leaders who pave the way.

The WIN Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2025

2025 WeWIN Mentorship Program Applications Open

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 WeWIN mentorship program!

Program Details 🤩

The program requires a minimum 7-month commitment and will begin April 2025 and conclude in October 2025. Mentors and Mentees will be matched on a 1:1 basis and are encouraged to meet bi-weekly. However, it is at the discretion of the matched Mentor and Mentee to determine the frequency of meetings—all pairs are encouraged to find a rhythm that works for them!

Separate applications are available for interested Mentors and Mentees. You may apply to participate in both roles. Participation in the program is not guaranteed.

Applications Due Date 🗓

Please complete your application(s) by Friday, March 21, 2025.

Reach Out 📧

If you have any questions, please submit the contact form on the WIN website.

Thank you for your support!

Ottawa WIN 2025 Panel Event

The Ottawa Chapter of the Women’s Infrastructure Network is pleased to invite you to a panel on affordable housing!

The event will be moderated by Emily Wehbi, Director General Federal Lands and Housing at PSPC. Her area of work touches mostly elements under the section “Building Homes on Public Lands” from Budget 2024. She will be joined by Karen Somerville, President of Canadians for Properly Built Homes, Heather Tessalar, National Director of Defence Construction Canada, and virtually by Wilma Leung, Senior Manager, Technical Research & Education at BC Housing.

Past WIN award nominees and recipients are also expected to attend!

Date and Time: Thursday, February 20th, 2025 5:00PM – 7:00PM EST

After light refreshments the panel would start at 5:30PM with a Q&A at 6:30PM.

Location: KPMG Office 150 Elgin St Ottawa, ON K2P 2P8

This event is kindly sponsored by KPMG.

Please only register once if you plan on attending and cancel if you can no longer attend, as space is limited and we would like to ensure all members have an equal opportunity to attend.

Save the Date for our 2025 WIN Awards!

Celebrating Women in Canadian Infrastructure:

The 11th Annual WIN Awards!

The 2025 WIN Awards Ceremony will take place in six cities across Canada on Thursday, April 24th! Registration will be made available in the coming weeks. Make sure you are signed up to our mailing list to be the first to RSVP. Tickets tend to sell out quickly! Join our members list here.

In th mean time, nominate a leading woman in your network today! Nominations will close on February 11th at 12:00AM PST. Details below.

Celebrate the Emerging Leaders with limitless potential.

Celebrate the Outstanding Leaders who pave the way.

2025 WIN Award Nominations Open!

Celebrating Women in Canadian Infrastructure:

The 11th Annual WIN Awards!

We are continually humbled and honoured by the ongoing support of our members, volunteers and sponsors. As we gear up for the 11th Annual Awards Ceremony, stay tuned for exciting updates on our upcoming events.

Over the past 11 years, we have been honoured to receive over 480 nominations celebrating 14 Emerging Leader winners and 10 Outstanding Leader winners. Together, let’s nominate even more inspiring women to make the 2025 WIN Awards the most memorable yet!

We encourage you to nominate an amazing woman who teaches, leads, and courageously overcomes the challenges that we all face in the infrastructure industry.

Celebrate the Emerging Leaders with limitless potential.

Celebrate the Outstanding Leaders who pave the way.

Closing Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Ottawa WIN Fall Networking Event

Please join us for a fall networking event to meet other infrastructure industry professionals in Ottawa! All are welcome.

Date & Time:

Thursday, October 24th

5:00PM to 8:00PM EST

Location:

OCCO Kitchen & Bar

160 Bay Street

Ottawa, ON

This event is kindly sponsored by EY.

Please only register once if you plan on attending and cancel by October 21st if you can no longer attend, as space is limited and we would like to ensure all members have an equal opportunity to attend.

Episode 5 of WIN Canada Podcast now Live!

Episode 5 of ‘A WINning Perspective’ titled "The Leaky Pipeline" is now availalbe. Featuring guests Sherena Hussain, Kitty Chan and Julia Stefanishin.

Listen to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 3 and 4 of WIN Canada Podcast now live!

Episode 3: Designing a World Not Designed for Us featuring Divya Shah, Tamara Vrooman and Kimberly Doran discussing the hesitancy of failing, the importance of taking risks as a woman in megaprojects and pose the question, how do we empower women to get into decision-making roles; rewriting roles designed for men?

Click the button below listen:

Episode 4: Why Aren’t More Women in Senior Leadership? featuring Vice President of EY in the Infrastructure Advisory Practice, Ottawa - Shormila Chatterjee along with trailblazers Dani Delaloye, Chloe Ho and Joanna Kervin sit down for a chat about the importance of staying curious by continuously asking questions in your career, embracing risks and challenges as a woman in the infrastructure sector. and much more!

Listen to the episode below or on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 2 of The WIN Canada Podcast

Episode 2 of ‘A WINning Perspective’ offers an insightful discussion with panelists Shormila Chatterjee, Dr. Diana Nada and Johanne Mullen regarding why women are leaving the infrastructure industry.

Listen to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Click the button below listen on the website or on either image below for your preferred platform.

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Ottawa WIN & Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) Summer Social

The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) and Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) Steering Committees, have organized an exciting after work social in the lounge area of OCCO Kitchen.

Date and Time:

Thursday, June 13th, 2024

4:30PM – 7:00PM EST

Location:

OCCO Kitchen, Lounge Area

160 Bay Street (Corner of Albert and Bay)

Ottawa, Ontario K1R 7X8

Kindly RSVP by June 12th.

Please only register once if you plan on attending and cancel by Wednesday, June 12th if you can no longer attend, as space is limited and we would like to ensure all members have an equal opportunity to attend.

This is an in-person event.

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Les comités directeurs du "Women’s Infrastructure Network" (WIN) et "Young Leaders in Infrastructure" (YLI) ont organisé un cinq a sept dans le salon de la cuisine OCCO.

Date et heure:

Jeudi 13 juin 2024

16:30 - 19:00 HEURES (HEURE DE PARIS)

Lieu:

OCCO Kitchen, salon

160, rue Bay (à l'angle des rues Albert et Bay)

Ottawa, Ontario

K1R 7X8

Merci de répondre avant le 12 juin.

Veuillez ne vous inscrire qu'une seule fois si vous avez l'intention de participer et annulez avant le 12 juin si vous ne pouvez plus participer, car le nombre de places est limité et nous voulons nous assurer que tous les membres ont une chance égale de participer. Il s'agit d'un événement en personne.

Women's Infrastructure Network Podcast now Live!

Episode 1 of ‘A WINning Perspective’ is here. I feel so privileged to be able to have great conversation with amazing infrastructure leaders!

Listen to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Meet the Nominees Virtual Event

The WIN Awards Central Planning Committee and the WIN Chapters invite you to meet and network with the 2024 WIN Awards Nominees.

Join us for some lively break out discussions covering topics like career management and progression, boundaries and work-life balance to networking and self-promotion in the infrastructure industry.

We hope you can join us as we countdown to the big awards day!

WeWIN Mentorship Virtual Panel Event

We are pleased to invite you to our virtual WeWIN mentoring event - “Mentoring – Learning from our Experiences to Do it Even Better”.

The event will feature a panel of two mentor/mentee pairs from past WeWIN matchings and a pre-eminent coach on mentoring. This panel will discuss tackling the challenges and opportunities of mentoring and inspire the next WeWIN pairs.

Panelists:

Mentor: Andrea McLean, Senior Vice President, Asset Management – Infrastructure, Fengate
Mentee: Allison Burton, Program Manager, O&M Business Strategies & Improvement, Metro Vancouver

Mentor: Alexandra Oldford, Lead Consultant – Advisory Services, WSP
Mentee: Aabha Anjikar, Project Controls Specialist, BTY

Coach: Jan Carley, BA, CEC, MCC (Master Certified Coach), Creative Coaching Group
Moderator: Tricia Curmi, Chair of the WeWIN Committee

Countdown to the 10th Anniversary of the National WIN Awards Program:

This event will also be featured as part of the count down to the 10th anniversary of the National WIN Awards Program A Decade of Winning — Women's Infrastructure Network (womensinfrastructure.ca)

Photos/screen shots may be taken at this event and may be used for WIN marketing purposes. By registering and attending this event, you are consenting to the use of your photo.

Quebec WIN Exclusive Cocktail Event with Infrastructure Counsel

Cela fait quelques mois que nous ne vous avons vu.e.s et nous avons décidé de débuter l’année (avec quelques mois de retard) avec un cocktail, en nous associant, pour l’occasion, avec le Comité de la relève du Conseil des infrastructures !

Nous sommes très heureuses de vous inviter à ce cocktail avec nos collègues du Comité de la relève avec qui nous organisons cet évènement.

L’évènement se tiendra dans les bureaux de @Benett Jones, que nous remercions pour leur chaleureuse invitation

Pour vous inscrire, c’est ici : https://my.weezevent.com/cocktail-comite-releve-win

Amenez vos collègues en infrastructures pour partager ce moment ensemble.

Au plaisir de vous y voir nombreux.ses.

Le comité directeur WIN

Location:

8E Etage Du 900 Boul. Maisonneuve Oust Montreal, Quebec

Date & Time:

Thursday, April 4, 2024 5:00PM to 7:00PM EST

Kindly RSVP by Monday, April 1st, 2024.

Ottawa WIN & YLI 2024 International Women's Day Social

The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) and Young Leaders in Infrastructure (YLI) Steering Committees, have organized an exciting after work social in the lounge area of OCCO Kitchen. Join us to celebrate the lead-up to International Women’s Day!

Location:

OCCO Kitchen

160 Bay Street (Corner of Albert and Bay)

Ottawa, Ontario

K1R 7X8

Date & Time:

Thursday, March 7, 2024

5:00PM to 7:00PM Eastern Standard Time

Kindly RSVP by Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

Please only register once if you plan on attending and cancel if you can no longer attend, as space is limited, and we would like to ensure all members have an equal opportunity to attend. Thank you!