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  • Construction industry pans gender-based hiring quotas - Daily Commercial News April 29, 2010

    30-Apr-10 23:07 | Mira Fabian (administrator)
    Gender-based hiring quotas are not a magic-bullet solution to attracting more women into construction careers, industry stakeholders say. “The growing numbers of women coming into construction are coming in on their own,” said Angela Wilson, a past-president of the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC).To read full story, click here.

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  • CAWIC Supports initiative to renovate abused women's shelters - Ontario Construction Report April 2010

    28-Apr-10 15:32 | Mira Fabian (administrator)
    The Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CCAWIC) is working with the Canadian Women's Foundation and RONA, a building supplies retailer and distributor, on an initiative to renovate shelters for abused women. Read full story on page OCR 2.
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  • 'Hire women' quotas needed in construction: union - CEP Media Release April 19, 2010

    28-Apr-10 14:50 | Mira Fabian (administrator)
    OTTAWA -- One of Canada’s largest industrial unions says the federal government and construction industry employers must act together to help break the glass ceiling that blocks women’s entry to careers in construction.

    In a presentation today to the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada proposed that construction employers be required to ensure increased participation of women as a condition of their project, especially if they are recipients of government funding. Read full story.

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  • CAWIC President and Member Interviewed in Ontario Construction Report

    23-Feb-10 23:55 | Mira Fabian (administrator)
    CAWIC President Debbie Wadsworth and Member Cheryl Carbis were interviewed for a special February 2010 issue of the Ontario Construction Report featuring Women in Construction. Both women are extensively quoted in the article entitled Progress, increased acceptance, but still much to do, both women are extensively quoted on the subject of the acceptance of women working in the construction industry.
    Read the full article on page 5, Ontario Construction Report.  
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  • CAWIC Members & Friends in GTA CONSTRUCTION REPORT - Jan. 2010

    02-Feb-10 23:47 | Mira Fabian (administrator)
    The January issue of the GTA Construction Report has a two-page spread  of CAWIC members & friends, photographed while attending a presentation by Chanel Grenaway and Cindy Wagman of the Canadian Women's Foundation. To see the two-page spread, click GTA Construction Report and turn to pages 6A-7A.
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  • Canadian Association of Women in Construction thanks supporters with VIP awards

    30-Nov-09 10:34 | Robert Fabian (administrator)

    Daily Commercial News
    PATRICIA WILLIAMS, staff writer

    The Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) has presented VIP Awards to the Ontario Road Builders’ Association, IT consultant Robert Fabian and past president Angela Wilson. ... more
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  • Stereotyping still a barrier for women in construction

    30-Nov-09 10:29 | Robert Fabian (administrator)

    Daily Commercial News
    PATRICIA WILLIAMS, staff writer

    Stereotyping of women’s abilities remains an issue in the engineering industry, says professor, engineer and author Monique Frize. ... more
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  • CAWIC member quoted in Daily Commercial News

    18-Jul-09 23:51 | Robert Fabian (administrator)

    CAWIC Director Sheila Thompson  opens Toronto office of US based  surety brokerage firm Rosenberg & Parker. See U.S. broker enters Canadian surety market in the July 16, 2009 issue of the Daily Commercial News. 
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  • CAWIC in Ontario Construction Report

    04-Jul-09 00:00 | Robert Fabian (administrator)

    President Debbie Wadsworth is quoted in article titled, Association provides women with information and support on page 3 in the  February 2009 issue of Ontario Construction Report. Included is a picture of CAWIC Board members on the cover.

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  • Wadsworth takes CAWIC helm

    30-May-08 00:02 | Robert Fabian (administrator)

    DAILY COMMERCIAL NEWS
    PATRICIA WILLIAMS, Staff Writer

    Encouraging women to pursue careers in the industry is a key priority for Deborah Wadsworth, newly elected president of the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC). read full story
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