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Northern Lights Elsie MacGill Awards Gala
October 25, 2022 By Gus Corujo and Clara Corujo
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The 13th annual Elsie MacGill Award Gala was held at the Sheraton Parkway Toronto North Hotel on Saturday, October 22, 2022. The Elsie MacGill Awards program was established in 2009 by the Northern Lights Aero Foundation.
Named after aviation pioneer and human rights advocate Elsie Gregory MacGill, the awards program recognizes eight women across seven categories, including: Business, education, engineering, flight operations, government, trailblazer and two rising stars.
The Northern Lights Aero Foundation goal is to bring more recognition to women doing incredible work in aviation and aerospace in Canada. Below are this year’s Elsie Recipients:
- Damineh Akhavan, CEO of Global Women in STEM. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Marlene Shillingford, Chief Warrant Officer, 2 Canadian Air Division. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Gisele Garceau, professional engineer and commercial pilot. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Air Canada Executive Vice President. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Kim Winsor, Air Canada training Captain. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Stéphanie Angrand, instructor, Canadian Forces leadership school. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Zainab Azim, future astronaut Virgin Atlantic. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
- Donya Naz Divsalar, CEO Caidin Biotechnologies. (Photo: Gus and Clara Corujo)
Business Award – Arielle Meloul-Wechsler, Air Canada Executive Vice President
Education Award – Stéphanie Angrand, instructor, Canadian Forces leadership school
Engineering Award – Damineh Akhavan, CEO of Global Women in STEM
Flight Operations Award – Kim Winsor, Air Canada training Captain
Government Award – Gisele Garceau, professional engineer and commercial pilot
Trailblazer Award – Marlene Shillingford, Chief Warrant Officer, 2 Canadian Air Division
Rising Star Award – Donya Naz Divsalar, CEO Caidin Biotechnologies
Rising Star Award – Zainab Azim, future astronaut Virgin Atlantic
For more images from this event, visit Gusair.com.