Eight ladies awarded Judy Cameron scholarships as program celebrates fifth anniversary.
MONTREAL – On Worldwide Girls’s Day, Air Canada and CAE announce the eight winners of the 2024 Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships. The 2 Montreal-based international aviation corporations have once more joined forces, to award scholarships to eight ladies from throughout Canada who’re pursuing careers as business pilots or plane upkeep engineers. The 4 CAE recipients coaching to turn out to be business pilots will turn out to be CAE Girls in Flight program ambassadors and play a key position in encouraging extra ladies to pursue careers in aviation.
The Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship, now in its fifth 12 months, was established in honour of Air Canada’s first feminine pilot. Scholarships are awarded yearly by Air Canada and CAE along with the Northern Lights Aero Basis, to foster the following era of ladies in aviation.
“Air Canada takes nice pleasure in its management position in selling variety, fairness, and inclusion throughout the aviation business. Girls are effectively represented throughout all ranges and branches of our airline,” mentioned Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Government Vice President, Chief Human Assets Officer, and Public Affairs at Air Canada. “The Judy Cameron Scholarship actively works to help and empower the following era of ladies pursuing non-traditional aviation STEM careers. Congratulations to this 12 months’s winners.”
“CAE is proud to be a frontrunner in selling variety, fairness, and inclusion in aviation. Initiatives like CAE’s Girls in Flight Program and the Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships are essential to attracting and supporting extra ladies in making their dream of a profession in aviation a actuality,” mentioned Marie-Christine Cloutier, CAE’s Vice President, Civil Aviation Efficiency, Technique and Advertising. “CAE’s Aviation Expertise Forecast anticipates a worldwide want for greater than 1.3 million new aviation professionals by 2032, and attracting underrepresented teams, like ladies, will assist preserve the business aloft and permit it to thrive.”
“I’m extremely excited that the Northern Lights Aero Basis acquired a file variety of functions for the Captain Judy Cameron scholarships this 12 months. Kudos to Air Canada for initiating and constructing momentum for this system over the previous 5 years, and to CAE for becoming a member of the hassle in 2022 to encourage extra ladies of their aviation careers,” mentioned Judy Cameron, Boeing 777 Captain at Air Canada (retired) and Director of the Northern Lights Aero Basis. “Previous recipients have turn out to be flight instructors, upkeep engineers, and business pilots throughout Canada. This 12 months’s recipients will encourage and help different ladies of their aviation journeys. Congratulations to the eight recipients and to Air Canada and CAE for generously funding the scholarships.”
Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship Awards
Air Canada award recipients:
- Harnoor Bagarhy – Brampton, Ontario
- Harman Bagarhy – Brampton, Ontario
- Emily Contos – Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Chanelle Wilson – Coldstream, British Columbia
CAE Girls in Flight Ambassadors:
- Ashley Gellatly – Cargill, Ontario
- Nyssa Hansen – Delta, British Columbia
- Chloe Muhl – Grimsby, Ontario
- Trisha Virdee – Innisfil, Ontario
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