Angela Coldwell is an award winning chemistry and physics teacher. She founded Honour The Work as a result of conversations with industry members who shared how K-12 students and adults generally aren't aware of how rewarding and diverse, skilled trades and AEC careers can be. Combining a love of hands-on learning, educational research, and projected workforce needs, the idea of grades 1-6 STEAMS Kits was born.

Honour The Work serves to spark interest in young learners through books and building activities; connect youth and adults to useful resources through their website; and tell the stories of people in the industry via social media.

Find more about Honour The Work and Angela Coldwell here:

https://honourthework.ca/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/honor-the-work/posts/?feedView=all

https://www.instagram.com/honourtheworkca/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-coldwell-aba836124/

Based in South-Western Ontario, Build a Dream is an organization that delivers specialized programs to encourage and empower women and girls to explore careers where women are under-represented, while also working to create a gender-balanced workforce and change global perspectives on women’s contribution to society.

McKenna Goodwin is a Red Seal Endorsed General Carpenter. She currently works for Build a Dream as a Career Coach, working directly with tradeswomen and industry partners to improve the recruitment, retention and support of tradeswomen.

Pinky Sabhnani is a dedicated Project Manager and the Employment Programs Lead. Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in Business Administration, she thrives on understanding human behaviour and optimizing processes.

Find more about Build a Dream, McKenna and Pinky here:

https://www.webuildadream.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/webuildadream/

https://www.instagram.com/webuildadream/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mckenna-goodwin-rse-443093248/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinkysabhnani/

Michelle McCollum has over 30 years of experience in construction. Her career started in Edinburgh, Scotland where she spent 15 years working in municipal government. In 2008, she and her family moved to Canada.

Today, she is Vice-President, Facilities and Sustainability, for George Brown College where she leads the development and deployment of the sustainability strategy, campus planning and the evolution of the college’s physical footprint.

Michelle is a highly skilled public sector leader and social responsibility advocate. At the start of her career she was consistently the only woman in every room and had to learn to navigate the stigmas, misconceptions and outright offensive behaviour of the men who populated the workforce. Although so much has changed, there is still much to do and Michelle is passionate about imparting her wisdom, confidence and encouragement to the next generation.

Find more of Michelle and her work here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-mccollum-96b5b750/

https://www.linkedin.com/school/george-brown-college/

https://www.georgebrown.ca/