Our students’ and interns’ curious minds and fresh perspectives inspire us yearly.

Tiara Goodswimmer graduated from Women Building Futures’ (WBF) Journeywoman Start program at arguably one of the worst times possible this year – in March, just after the COVID-19 pandemic was declared – but bad timing hasn’t stopped her. Although her graduation and job interviews were cancelled due to social distancing, she still quickly found work on a construction site. Tiara is now looking forward to starting a new job at the end of June as an electrical labourer in Fort Saskatchewan, AB, with plans to go back to school to become a journeywoman electrician.

In May we welcomed close 300 students to TCE. To celebrate we sat down with Alisia, Ethan and Grant, a few of our newest Energy Problem Solvers.

On Nov. 11, we recognize Veterans Day in the U.S. and Remembrance Day in Canada.

We recognize that military veterans bring a lot of transferrable skills to civilian employers. Brandy Manke and Rob MacLeod are two TransCanada employees who have brought their military skills to civilian life. Read their stories.

CEO-Zero-is-real-Leadership-Awards-Booket.pdf

There are many ways one can give back to your community and make an impact, and Terri Steeves, Vice-President of Canada Gas Operations, is checking off all the boxes. Not only is she a mother, engineer, inspiring leader and strong advocate for women and students in engineering – now, she is also a recipient of the Schulich Alumni Leadership Excellence Award from her alma mater the University of Calgary. She looks back on her time at the university as the catalyst of where her leadership experience took flight.

In recognition of International Women’s Day, we’re having discussions about unconscious biases in the workplace across the company this week. Wendy Straatmann, vice-president, Technical Services, U.S. Gas Operations, is one leader who understands how our unconscious biases can inadvertently affect our behaviours in the workplace and is an advocate for becoming more aware of the unconscious biases we all hold.

In August, Avery Foret wrapped up the final weeks of her 16-month field engineering internship in Crossfield, AB. Now, she is back on campus at the University of Calgary to complete her mechanical engineering degree with a new perspective on the ‘real-world’ application of her studies.