In this episode of A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast, panel host Riccardo Cosentino is joined by co-host Shormila Chatterjee, Vice President at EY in the Infrastructure Advisory Practice, Ottawa. They sit down with three exceptional leaders in infrastructure: Sherena Hussain, Kitty Chan, and Julia Stefanishin. These trailblazers share their journeys in the male-dominated infrastructure industry, discussing how they've overcome challenges, seized opportunities, and made significant impacts in their respective fields. “And that is something that I'm actually quite opposed to that idea that we have to really make that strong sacrifice about like, well, I'm gonna put my career on the backburner knowing that I won't excel faster. Or maybe that C-suite is not something that's in the cards for me. And that is something that I find having these conversations and knowing that we're all informed as we, as Julia mentioned, we're getting older in our careers, but we have the insights now that we can really carve a path for those that are coming through the ranks behind us to make sure that they don't have to face those difficult situations on their own as well.” — Sherena Hussain

In this episode of A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast, panel host Riccardo Cosentino is joined by co-host Shormila Chatterjee, Vice President at EY in the Infrastructure Advisory Practice, Ottawa. They sit down with three exceptional leaders: Dani Delaloye, Chloe Ho and Joanna Kervin. These trailblazers share their journeys in the male-dominated infrastructure industry, discussing how they've overcome challenges, seized opportunities, and made significant impacts in their respective fields. “I think we've made a lot of progress over the past years in terms of, overt sexism, for example, is no longer tolerated. But there's unconscious bias, there's microaggressions, that women, queer people, people of minorities that are facing that make it just a little bit harder. So at every level, you see more and more drop-off. And I think that's why we're still continuing to see this kind of leaky pipeline effect and why we still don't have that glut of people that are entering the industry and move all the way up to the senior leadership positions.” — Dani Delaloye​​.

In this episode of A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast, panel host Riccardo Cossentino sits down with three nominees of The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Canada WIN Awards: Divya Shah, Tamara Vrooman, and Kimberly Doran. Despite working in senior roles in a male-dominated industry not designed for them, the panelists have achieved success and professional recognition. They share valuable insights and advice for transforming the industry from dry to progressive, and pose the question: Is it a dumb question or the next revolution in the industry? Along with expanding professional networks and securing sponsorships, these three leaders in major programmes share their hopes and actionables for women, and allies, in the industry. “We're just talking about infrastructure, which is about design and about building things and about the future. Yet, we really need to design our organizations for that future. And what I find is a lot of the time we're trying to put women, particularly I agree with you, mid-career, but that mid-career is what leads to senior career, into roles that were not designed for us…We have to change the way that we design our organizations so that they're fit for the purpose that we want them to serve, which is to get more diverse people, including women into leadership roles, particularly in an area like infrastructure.” — Tamara Vrooman

In this episode of A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast, panel host Riccardo Cossentino sits down with three nominees of The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Canada WIN Awards: Shormila Chatterjee, Dr. Diana Nada and Johanne Mullen. The panelists share their industry successes, challenges within the male-dominated industry and the power of professional recognition. Plus, the trio discusses the male experience when roles are reversed and they are the only ones of their gender in the room.

In our first episode of A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast, panel host Riccardo Cosentino sits down with three nominees of The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Canada WIN Awards: Marie-Noël Ouellet, Katie Pelly and Yumna Nasir. The panelists share their industry successes, challenges within the male-dominated industry and hopes for the next generation of leaders. “I found that it became a bit easier—or that I wasn’t the only one—when the people around the table became more diverse. So, even though I might still be the only female in certain meetings, if the men are more diverse in their background, then everyone has to try a little harder to connect to each other and therefore, I can fit in a bit more easily in that conversation.” — Katie Pelly

Welcome to the A WINning Perspective: The WIN Canada Podcast. The Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Canada is a dynamic network that has over 2,500 members in Canada and formal connections with our global counterparts in the other WIN chapters across the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Our podcast’s mission? To shatter glass ceilings and amplify women's voices in the infrastructure sector. Dive into our podcast as we feature WIN members and other inspiring women and discuss the challenges and opportunities of working in the male-dominated industry of infrastructure.