Canadian Association of Women in Construction celebrates 10 th anniversary General Contractors’ Section, Toronto partners with CAWIC to encourage women to pursue professional construction management careers Canadian Design and Construction Report special feature The General Contractors’ Section, Toronto (the Section), joined CAWIC as a member and sponsor in January 2014, shortly after it independently in- corporated from the Toronto Construc- tion Association (TCA). The Section represents Toronto-based employers in the negotiation and administration of six civil trade collective agreements covering ICI construction. Director Jim Vlahos says the Sec- tion is proud to be a partner and ex- cited to work with CAWIC as part of its education initiative. 30 – April-May 2015 — The Canadian Design and Construction Report “We became aware of CAWIC while operating as a section of the TCA,” he said. “We are constantly seeking out the best and brightest to encourage them to pursue professional careers in construction management, including engineering, architecture and project estimating. We believe our relationship with CAWIC will help us to encourage more women to pursue such careers, most hopefully with our own member companies.” Despite its short relationship, Vla- hos says the Section has already cre- ated and implemented a General Contractors’ Section bursary in 2014, which will provide financial assistance