Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Winnie Lin, a mechanical engineering student at the University of Waterloo is the recipient of one of 10 scholarships awarded by Hydro One to help encourage gender diversity within the utility and the electricity industry in general.
In addition to $5,000, she will be given the opportunity to complete a paid work term at the company as a winner of its Women in Engineering Scholarship.
“As a company, we are taking real action to hire and retain more gender diverse teammates, with a focus on trades and other traditionally male-dominated positions,” Megan Telford, the chief human resources officer at Hydro One, said in a media release.
Launch in 2014, the scholarships are granted annually to 10 women studying engineering at Ontario universities.