UWAFT Automotive Sector Panel Discussion

Monday, February 8, 2016 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Want to learn more about the importance of the automotive sector in Ontario and the potential for careers in the field? Want tobepart of the He for She conversation and discuss women in STEM? Just want to see a 2016 Camaro and find out how UWAFT will turn it into a hybrid as part of the EcoCAR 3 competition?


Come to UWAFT’s panel Q&A with MPP Catherine Fife! Catherine is serving her second term as Member of Provincial Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo. MPP Fife is also Finance and Treasury Board critic for the NDP, and sits on the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs and Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization all-party caucus. Before serving Kitchener-Waterloo, Catherine was Vice-President of the Canadian Public School Boards Association, President of the Ontario School Boards Association, and Chair of the WRDSB. Come join the conversation to meet Catherine, grab a snack, and learn something along the way.

The panel also includes Ross McKenzie, managing director of WatCAR, Stefanie Bruinsma, power-train engineer for GAIA, and Daniel van Lanen, project manager for UWAFT.

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