b'NWiRMarch 8 is a symbolic date, which Le 8 mars est une date symbolique is why we wanted to make our debutcest pourquoi nous tenionsfaire nos onInternationalWomensDay.Afterdbutslorsdelajourneinternatio-one year of activity, we now have overnaledesdroitsdesfemmes.Aprs1 60membersfromacrossCanada,andactivit,nousensommesmain-confirms Mylne Tremblay, co-chair oftenant64membresprovenantde the Communications Committee. partoutauCanada confirmeMylne With the pandemic, holding face-to- Tremblay,coresponsableducomit face events in 2021 was unfortunatelydes communications.not possible. Several virtual networkingAvec la pandmie, la tenue dvne-events were held where it was possiblementsenprsentielnamalheureuse-for members to discuss different topicsment pas t possible en 2021. Plusieurs and get to know each other. vnementsderseautageenvirtuel Membersweresurveyedontheirontttenusoilatpossibleaux expectations, and future activities weremembresdchangersurdiffrents builtaccordingly.Thesubjectofthesujets et apprendrese connatre. impostorsyndromewasarecurringLesmembresonttsondssur theme, and a presentation was offeredleursattentes,etlesactivitsfutures on the subject last October by Heatheront t bties en consquence. Le sujet Whelpley. Also, in these difficult times,dusyndromedelimposteurtaitune people needed to laugh and take theirthmatiquercurrenteetuneconf-minds off things, so a comedian namedrence a t offerte en octobre dernier sur Susan Stewart was brought in Januaryle sujet par une professionnelle. Aussi, 2022toentertainandinspiretheen ces temps difficiles, les gens avaient members.Bothoftheseeventswerebesoin de rire et de se changer les ides huge successes! alorsunehumoristenommeSusan Tremblaycontinues:NWiRhasStewart a t invite, en janvier dernier, had several highlights over the past year,pourdivertiretinspirerlesmembres. but the launch of the Canadian councilCesdeuxvnementsonttde has made us very proud. There was agrands succs ! great reaction from the industry, severalMylnepoursuit: NWiRaeu articles, many shares and comments onplusieurs moments forts au cours de la socialnetworks.Otherwise,ourfirstdernire anne, mais cest le lancement virtual networking where we were ablede lassociation nous a rendues le plus to introduce the board and finally putfires.Ilyaeuunebelleractionde facestothenamesofthemembers,lindustrie,plusieursarticles,beaucoup CanadiansandAmericans,wasde partages et de commentaires sur les definitely a highlight. rseauxsociaux.Sinon,notrepremier AudreyBourque,co-chairoftherseautagevirtuelonousavonspu Membership Committee, explains thatprsenter le conseil dadministration et NWiR is not looking for a particularmettre enfin des visages sur les noms member profile, not even for the boarddesmembresadfinitivementtun ofdirectors.Membersaresimplymoment fort. peoplewhoaremotivatedtochangeAudreyBourque,co-prsidente the presence and careers of women inducomitdesadhsions,explique theroofingindustry.Currently,theque NWiR ne cherche pas un profil de profile of the members and the boardmembre en particulier, pas mme pour of directors is very diverse, which is thele conseil dadministration. Les membres strength of this organization. They havesontsimplementdespersonnesmoti-as many people working in the field asvesfairevoluerlaprsenceetla they do in the offices. In addition, thecarriredesfemmesdanslindustrie organization has several members fromde la toiture. Actuellement, le profil des differentorganizations.Thisthereforemembres et du conseil dadministration makesitpossibletouniteknowledgeesttrsdiversifi,cequifaitlaforce andtobeabletodebateoncertaindecetteassociation.Ilsontautantde important issues in order to meet thegensquitravaillentsurleterrainque current needs of members. danslesbureaux.Deplus,lassocia-PRINTEMPS/T 2022 COUVERTURES CANADA 31'