Business: Innovative, high-quality buildings
Born: Toronto
Biggest business achievement: Mobilizing and leading a team of structural engineers and technologists from offices across Canada to deliver building structures associated with a nearly $2 billion project to construct and revitalize heating and cooling plants and distribution systems in the National Capital Region.
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The Ottawa Hospital’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow enters important next phase
For Ginger Bertrand, some of her earliest childhood memories in Ottawa are centred around healthcare. “I grew up across the street from what was originally the General Hospital,” she explains,
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Biggest obstacle overcome: Equal opportunity in the construction industry does not necessarily equate to an equitable experience. I challenge this social stereotype by ensuring the validation of efforts by others, lifting up the women I work with by highlighting their achievements and creating a culture of respect.
Biggest influences: My father never questioned my abilities to succeed at anything I put my mind to. Learning and creating motivates him; he’s passed that on to me.
Biggest lesson learned during COVID-19: Slow down and create space for yourself to live, apart from your identity of who you are in your business.
Charitable involvement: Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance
First job: Junior ski instructor
Advice I’d give the younger me: Life is a marathon, not a sprint.
Favourite pastime: Being outside
