Women in Aerospace Canada

Aerospace Leaders: Once again, this is your opportunity to have a say in shaping and preparing our future leaders. Consider being a MENTOR at the Women In Aerospace – Canada 7TH ANNUAL SPEED MENTORING EVENT, hosted by Centennial College.
Students: Are you eager to get your careers off the ground? Do you have questions about your professional life after school? Sign up to be a MENTEE and have an incredible opportunity to ask questions, solicit advice and explore opportunities with successful industry leaders who have varied and rich backgrounds.

Developing Talent
Speed Mentoring Event at DEFSEC Atlantic 2019 on Wednesday, October 2nd. Women in Aerospace Canada Atlantic (WIA-C) and Women in Defence & Security (WiDS) will host the first Atlantic Speed Mentoring event. Click for more information and event registration link.

The Northern Lights Aero Foundation Elsie MacGill Awards Gala was established in 2009 and each year honours up to eight women for their contributions in specific aviation and aerospace disciplines. Join the celebration on Saturday, September 28, 2019.

L’événement d’été de WIA se déroulera dans un lieu unique à Montréal : la terrasse de la Société des Arts Technologiques ! Un moment idéal pour réseauter avec les joueurs de l’aérospatial et échanger avec Sandrine Lessard qui sera notre conférencière. Sandrine est entrepreneure, coach professionnel et pilote, et a créé la mission Jamais Sans Ailes. Elle souhaite organiser des visites dans 152 aéroports du Québec en petits avions, et organiser des conférences et des ateliers pour faire découvrir l’aviation et ses métiers.

Join WIA Atlantic for a Lunch and Tour hosted by Gastops, located in Dartmouth NS, designs and manufactures products and provides services that enhance the life cycle of complex critical equipment that help aircraft fly, ships move, trains roll, generators generate, and turbines turn.

The British High Commission would like to extend this invitation to Women in Aerospace Members and Friends to attend An Evening with the RAF Aerobatic Team (The Red Arrows) hosted by H.E. Susan le Jeune d’Allegeershecque, British High Commissioner to Canada.  Please click to see the invitation and program agenda.

Friend of WIA Event: The Atlantic ConnecTions Conference will provides an opportunity for individuals and organizations from Atlantic Canada to work together to tackle the advancement and retention of women and gender minorities in the Science, Engineering, Technology and Trades (SETT) workforce within industry and academia.

Let’s celebrate this sizzling summer in style! Join WIA on the patio of the Clubhouse for a Summer Cocktail Networking Evening. WIA invites you to bring friends and colleagues to join you in a networking event overlooking the Royal Woodbine Golf Course.

Friend of WIA Event: CAWEE’s Women’s Empowerment Summer Gala to meet Eva Wong, Co-Founder and COO of Borrowell, ranked among the Women in FinTech Powerlist in 2017 and 2018 and named one of 20 Tech Start-Up Founders to Follow by Twitter Canada. Over a cocktail reception and three course dinner at the University Club of Toronto, learn how Ms. Wong balanced extensive nonprofit work and a rich family life to start one of the fastest growing marketplace lending platforms in Canada.

Join us on Thursday May 23 for a comprehensive tour of 12 Wing Shearwater. The visit will include:
– a tour of the new Sikorsky CH148 Cyclone helicopter
– training facilities, including the flight simulator and mission simulators
– Aircrew Life Support Equipment (ALSE)
– lunch at the mess
– a tour of the air traffic control tower
– a visit to the Shearwater Aviation Museum.

Beyond Horizons is the theme for the 2019 Canadian Women in Aviation (CWIA) Conference. The goal is to envision what lies beyond our collective horizons.

Join us at Pratt & Whitney Canada on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 for Lunch, a Tour and Workshop facilitated by Siobhan Brown-Calderbank – Thinking Strategically to Lead Change and Innovation.

Founded in 1928, P&WC is a global leader in aerospace that is shaping the future of aviation with dependable, high-technology engines. Every second, a Pratt & Whitney Canada powered aircraft takes off or lands somewhere in the world. We power the largest fleet of business and regional aircraft and helicopters – more than 60,000 engines in service in over 200 countries and territories.

Friends of WIA Atlantic Canada Event: Elevate Aviation will be hosting a series of East Coast Aviation Days throughout Atlantic Canada

Smashing the Grass Ceiling is a women’s only series of golf networking events and skills clinics designed to encourage women of all skill levels to use golf to build relationships and gain confidence on the golf course. Want to take your game further? Smashing offers a variety of skill building workshops and retreats designed to make the game easier and more fun to play. Feel confident bringing colleagues, clients, friends and family to the course for some uninterrupted quality time together.

Join us at Stelia Aerospace North America in Lunenburg for networking lunch, an insightful keynote presentation by Dr. Cheryl Lamerson, and a tour of the facility.

Take a FREE Flight in a general aviation aircraft:
For girls and young women, aged 8 to 25 years old
Only for those who have never, ever flown in a small aircraft before
Registration in advance is required
Signed liability waiver is required
Discovery Flight Registration opens in April

Triple AAA Career Expo Aviation, Aerospace & Air Cadets. Sunday, April 14, 2019. Jazz Hangar, Pearson International Airport

Join us on Friday, April 12, 2019 for our Annual Red Carpet Event at Elliott-Matsuura for Lunch, Demo and Workshop lead by Founder & CEO of Culturiousity, Trecia McLennon. Workshop Objectives to identify visible and invisible elements of culture. List elements of your own cultural identity and Identify at least one inclusive practice to commit to trying out in our work and personal lives.