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Empowering Women & Girls
Independent Supplement from Media Planet to the National Post - June 29, 2011

Click here to read some incredible stories of women facing and overcoming challenges, including an interview with Canadian Association of Women in Construction President Tammy Evans on page 6.

Canadian Association of Women in Construction presents VIP awards in Toronto - Daily Commercial News, June 15, 2011
PATRICIA WILLIAMS, staff writer
. . .  (CAWIC) has recognized outstanding contributions to the organization with presentation of its VIP awards.“Through their tenacity and mutual desire to see more women enter and succeed in the construction industry, the recipients have contributed greatly to the growth and the strength of this association,” said vice-president Kitty Campbell. . .  Read more

Canadian Association of Women in Construction to keep growing profile with membership - Daily Commercial News June 15, 2011
PATRICIA WILLIAMS, staff writer

The Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) is anxious to ramp up membership as it moves to implement its new five-year strategic plan. “I think in any association, that’s primary,” says president Tammy Evans, a partner in the law firm of Blaney McMurtry. Read more . . .

Anchor Shoring president Dawn Tattle gives Canadian Association of Women in Construction audience career advice - Daily Commercial News, June 14, 2011, PATRICIA WILLIAMS,staff writer
Women who are intent on climbing the corporate ladder must take steps to ensure they are in fact “sitting at the table,” says civil engineer Dawn Tattle, president of Anchor Shoring & Caissons Ltd.“To be a decision-maker and be successful, you have to be out there at events, in meetings, making presentations,” she told members of the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC). Read more ...

Canadian Association of Women in Construction elects Tammy Evans as president- Daily Commercial News, May 10, 2011
PATRICIA WILLIAMS
staff writer

Toronto lawyer Tammy Evans, a partner in the firm of Blaney McMurtry, has been elected president of the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC).
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"I was the lone male celebrating International Women's Day with more than 40 professional women who work in the construction industry.

Women of all ages and representing all facets of the industry came to the BILD office to learn about the benefits of joining the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC) and it's new partnership with us." ...
click here to read the full story by Stephen Dupuis, President of BILD.

Plenty to celebrate for women in business - Toronto Star, March 8, 2011

"There is unlimited opportunity (for women in construction) but it’s often not recognized as a career choice. I think it’s important to let women know the unlimited opportunities that exist in construction and engineering. We have an opportunity to make a difference with what we build.” Dawn Tattle, President, Anchor Shoring & Caissons Ltd.
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They may install glass, they may even install ceilings, but unlike their sisters in the corporate corridors - who have broken the glass ceiling - women in construction haven't made strides in the same numbers.

Those who do choose a career in construction have a new ally.

The Building Industry and Land Development Association, which is the voice of the residential land development, home building and professional renovation industry in the Greater Toronto Area, recently reamed up with the Canadian Association of Women in Construction. Read the full story by Donna Laporte.

 

Taking a chapter from its sister organization in Grand Valley, the Niagara Constructin Association (NCA) is poised tolauch a women in construction group...Sponsors of the inaugural event include the Canadian Association of Women in Construction ... read full story by Patricia Williams.

. . . I’m pretty proud that, with 1,350 member companies, BILD is the fifth largest local homebuilding association in North America, but I’m equally proud of a new partnership we just formed with the Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC), which has fewer than 100 members but is growing quickly. . .  Click here to read the full article by Stephen Dupuis, President of BILD.