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Industries such as construction, logistics and transportation have some of the lowest numbers of female workers in Canada, but studies have shown that having a gender-balanced workforce not only closes the wage gap and encourages gender equality, it also helps reduce labour shortages, contributes to a healthier GDP, and assists companies in outperforming their competitors. How can leaders in these sectors improve gender balance and create welcoming environments for women?
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FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenue of $90 billion, the company offers integrated business solutions through operating companies competing collectively, operating collaboratively and innovating digitally under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its 600,000 team members to remain focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. FedEx is committed to connecting people and possibilities around the world responsibly and resourcefully, with a goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2040.
Lareina is a senior partner and helps lead McKinsey’s work with technology disruptors. An expert on digital sales transformations, sales excellence, go-to-market strategies, and culture change, Lareina brings 20 years of experience to companies across the value chain. She previously served as McKinsey’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer.
Lareina cofounded Women in the Workplace, a research partnership with LeanIn.org and The Wall Street Journal, and has coauthored a significant body of research, including “Delivering through diversity,” and the “The future of women at work: transitions in the age of automation.” Lareina frequently speaks about women in business, including Aspen Ideas Festival, Women Deliver, and a joint collaboration between McKinsey and The Wall Street Journal on a report titled, “Women in the workplace.” She writes and speaks widely on diversity and inclusion topics including appearances in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, CBS News, Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Additionally, Lareina was chosen Working Mother of the Year in 2016 by Working Mother magazine.
Outside of McKinsey, Lareina is on the board of Safe & Sound, a not for profit focused on child-abuse prevention.
Erin Buchanan-Gelinas is a General Manager at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. (TMMC), in Cambridge, Ontario. In her role, Ms. Buchanan-Gelinas overseas all manufacturing operations in the North Plant, producing the 5th Generation RAV4. She is also assigned the role of Lexus NX Chief Production Manager, responsible for the TMMC launch of the 2nd Generation NX and its manufacturing localization from Japan to Canada. Ms. Buchanan-Gelinas joined Toyota in 2001 as an Engineering Specialist in the Assembly Engineering Department of the GM-Toyota Joint Venture company, New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. (NUMMI), and was rotated to Paint Engineering in 2005. In 2010, she transferred to TMMC, as Senior Manager in the Corolla Paint Technical Department, and later served as Assistant General Manager of the Corolla Manufacturing Assembly Department. In recent years, Ms. Buchanan-Gelinas served as Chief Production Engineer in the Toyota Motor North American (TMNA) Vehicle Planning & Production Engineering Department, overseeing new model pre-production preparation projects for TMMC, and in the One Toyota Competitiveness Department supporting transformational profit improvement initiatives across the NA region. Prior to NUMMI, TMMC & TMNA, Ms. Buchanan-Gelinas was employed by General Motors Corporation in their Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant, in the Paint Engineering Department.
Nour Hachem-Fawaz wants to change global perspectives on women’s contribution to society. Inspired by her mother’s perseverance to excel in a male-dominated field, Nour dug deep into the ‘why’ behind the lack of women in skilled trades. She realized that the barriers keeping women out of these rewarding careers were common to other male-dominated paths and created a non-profit to encourage and empower young women to explore careers they may never have considered.
Nour’s challenge to listeners is that one must first address internal preconceptions before being capable of making significant strides that transform our work and world. A brilliant connector and facilitator, audiences are drawn to her candor and unique perspective from an extensive career in workforce development and her lived experiences as a woman of colour. She shares energetic stories of what leaders are doing right and offers real-world examples of how embracing diverse workplaces accelerates success.
Nour earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and expanded Build a Dream across Canada while completing her MBA, raising children, and earning many awards and accolades. She spends each day following her passion: creating equity not just in the workplace, but in all of the spaces around us.
Lisa Lisson is president of FedEx Express Canada, based in Mississauga, Ontario. She leads a team of 7,600 team members at more than 64 locations coast to coast, delivering customer-focused international and domestic shipping solutions. Lisson has led the largest era of infrastructure investment in FedEx Express Canada history, which includes the modernization of a domestic air fleet; the development of new service centers across Canada; introduction of new, innovative shipping solutions; and an expanded national retail network. Central to Lisson’s managerial focus is her belief in the FedEx People-Service-Profit (P-S-P) philosophy. Lisson is leading an era of unprecedented acclaim for the FedEx brand in Canada, which is consistently ranked by various independent surveys as among the most respected transportation companies and employers in Canada.
Eira Thomas is a Canadian geologist whose career in the Canadian mining business spans more than 25 years. She began her career as a geologist at Aber Resources and is credited with leading the team that discovered Diavik, Canada’s second diamond mine. In 2001, Ms. Thomas co-founded Stornoway Ventures Ltd. and served as CEO until 2008 and Executive Chairman until 2011.
In 2007, Ms. Thomas founded Lucara Diamond Corporation, with partners Lukas Lundin and Catherine McLeod Seltzer, and worked to acquire the AK-6 deposit in Botswana, which was later developed as the Karowe Diamond Mine in 2011. Karowe is known for its consistent recovery of large, high-quality diamonds, including the 1109 carat Lesedi La Rona and the 1749 carat Sewelô, the second largest diamond ever recovered in the world.
Since February 2018, Eira is President and CEO of Lucara Diamond Corporation. In 2008 Ms. Thomas is one of only four Canadians to be named to the “Young Global Leaders”, by the World Economic Forum, and in 2007 she was selected as one of ‘Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women’. Ms. Thomas is currently a director of Suncor Energy Inc. and is Suncor’s Chair of the Governance Committee.
Sandra has been a journalist for more than 20 years and was most recently the editor-in-chief of MoneySense magazine. As Head of Newsroom Development at The Globe and Mail, her key responsibilities include training initiatives to support editorial plans and goals as well as partnering with managers to meet current and future needs. She also drives diversity, equity and inclusion across the newsroom, and leads the management of existing and future scholarships, internships, and The Globe's summer staff program.
During Sandra's previous tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Living, the magazine won numerous accolades, and maintained its place as the most-read paid women’s lifestyle publication in print and online. Sandra also helmed the highly successful launch of Walmart Live Better/Vivre mieux Walmart, and served in senior editorial capacities at Today’s Parent. Her byline has appeared in The Globe and Mail, Cottage Life and the National Post, among others. She is a two-time National Magazine Awards finalist, a repeat NMA judge, and a two-time NMA host. She sits on the board of directors of Canada’s History Society (publishers of Canada’s History and Kayak magazines), and SABEW Canada.
