b"NWiRUpcoming NWiR Canada events This organization April 13: Work-Family Balance: Stphanie Milot (French only)April 28:Green Roof Initiative: Roxanne Miller, Soprema is in full swing and May 26:Climate Adaptation of Commercial Roofs Flonja Shyti, National Research Council CanadaJune 30:Thursday Meet & Greet is only one year Visit www.nationalwomeninroofing.org/events/ old in Canada. for more information on all NWiR events.WewantedtocreateaCanadianand recruitment, which can be addressedMembers specify organization that allows women to share,toeveryone,bothwomenandmen network and unite. Therefore, we had toworkinginallfields.''Ontheotherthat it has already beabletoproperlyidentifytheneedshand,itiscertainthattheeducation of our members in order to provide thecomponentwillincludeinformation necessarytoolstohelpthemadvancethatismostlyintendedforroofing,been able to their careers. We have therefore set upexplains Isabelle Morissette, co-chair of severalvirtualsessionstoeducate,ortheEducationCommittee.''Whereasbring them many even simply to discuss the issues facingmental health, for example, can certainly our current members. The good thinghelpanywomanormanwhofeels about this organization is that we havechallengedbythesubject.''Morissettepersonal comfortsdiverseprofileswithinourmembers.is convinced that the organization will Each member is then an asset and canmeetyourneedsandinvitesyouto sincerely help to develop our industry,join NWiR.says Bourque.This organization is in full swing andbringthemmanypersonalcomforts. NWiRhasseveralprograms,suchis only one year old in Canada. MembersWe can take as an example the virtual as education, mentoring, mental healthspecify that it has already been able topresentation on the impostor syndrome, whichismuchmoreprevalentthan we think and in a way taboo for many women.Thepresentationmadeit possible to hear testimonials from young women in roofing who took over their family business, for instance, something that reflects Morisssettes own experience. She would have liked to have had such an association when she started working in the trade 23 years ago, a time when the market was not so open to women. In conclusion, NWiR presents different events that can help women roofers on a daily basis.NWiRCanadacouncilhas alreadysetupanenrichingand unifyingprogramfor2022.Dont missanything,becomeamember! Visitwww.nationalwomeninroofing.org to join.MylneTremblayiscommunications co-chair, NWiR Canada, and brand and communications manager for Soprema.AudreyBourqueismembershipco-chair, NWiR Canada, and Canadian marketing specialist for Beacon. Isabelle Morissette is educationco-chair,NWiRCanada,and co-president at Groupe Pentagon.32 ROOFING CANADA SPRING/SUMMER 2022"