{"id":28104,"date":"2024-03-11T16:24:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=28104"},"modified":"2024-03-11T16:24:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:24:27","slug":"air-canada-and-cae-announce-2024-judy-cameron-scholarship-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/air-canada-and-cae-announce-2024-judy-cameron-scholarship-winners\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Air Canada and CAE Announce 2024 Judy Cameron Scholarship Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On International Women&#8217;s Day, Air Canada and CAE announced\nthe eight winners of the 2024 Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships. The two\nMontreal-based global aviation companies have again joined forces, to award\nscholarships to eight women from across Canada who are pursuing careers as\ncommercial pilots or aircraft maintenance engineers. The four CAE recipients\ntraining to become commercial pilots will become CAE Women in Flight program\nambassadors and play a key role in encouraging more women to pursue careers in\naviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/B787-9-Rockies.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28105\" width=\"281\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/B787-9-Rockies.jpg 468w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/B787-9-Rockies-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship, now in its fifth year,\nwas established in honor of Air Canada&#8217;s first female pilot. Scholarships are\nawarded annually by Air Canada and CAE in conjunction with the Northern Lights\nAero Foundation, to foster the next generation of women in aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Air Canada takes great pride in its leadership role in\npromoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the aviation industry. Women\nare well represented across all levels and branches of our airline,&#8221; said\nArielle Meloul-Wechsler, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources\nOfficer, and Public Affairs at Air Canada. &#8220;The Judy Cameron Scholarship\nactively works to support and empower the next generation of women pursuing\nnon-traditional aviation STEM careers. Congratulations to this year&#8217;s\nwinners.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;CAE is proud to be a leader in promoting diversity,\nequity, and inclusion in aviation. Initiatives like CAE&#8217;s Women in Flight\nProgram and the Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships are critical to attracting\nand supporting more women in making their dream of a career in aviation a\nreality,&#8221; said Marie-Christine Cloutier, CAE&#8217;s Vice President, Civil\nAviation Performance, Strategy and Marketing. &#8220;CAE&#8217;s Aviation Talent\nForecast anticipates a global need for more than 1.3 million new aviation professionals\nby 2032, and attracting underrepresented groups, like women, will help keep the\nindustry aloft and allow it to thrive.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m incredibly excited that the <a href=\"https:\/\/northernlightsaerofoundation.com\/\">Northern Lights Aero Foundation<\/a> received a record number of applications for the Captain Judy Cameron scholarships this year. Kudos to Air Canada for initiating and building momentum for the program over the past five years, and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cae.com\/aviation-talent-forecast-2023\/\">CAE<\/a> for joining the effort in 2022 to encourage more women in their aviation careers,&#8221; said Judy Cameron, Boeing 777 Captain at Air Canada (retired) and Director of the Northern Lights Aero Foundation. &#8220;Past recipients have become flight instructors, maintenance engineers, and commercial pilots across Canada. This year&#8217;s recipients will inspire and support other women in their aviation journeys. Congratulations to the eight recipients and to Air Canada and CAE for generously funding the scholarships.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mraircanada.mediaroom.com\/2024-03-08-Air-Canada-and-CAE-Announce-2024-Judy-Cameron-Scholarship-Winners\">Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship Awards<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Canada award recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Harnoor Bagarhy &#8211; Brampton, Ontario<\/li><li>Harman Bagarhy &#8211; Brampton, Ontario <\/li><li>Emily Contos &#8211; Winnipeg, Manitoba <\/li><li>Chanelle Wilson &#8211; Coldstream, British Columbia<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CAE Women in Flight Ambassadors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ashley Gellatly &#8211; Cargill, Ontario<\/li><li>Nyssa Hansen &#8211; Delta, British Columbia<\/li><li>Chloe Muhl &#8211; Grimsby, Ontario<\/li><li>Trisha Virdee &#8211; Innisfil, Ontario <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Judy Cameron became the first female pilot hired by Air\nCanada, Canada&#8217;s largest airline, in April 1978 at the age of 23. She was the\nfirst woman to graduate from Selkirk College&#8217;s Aviation Technology Program in\n1975. Throughout her flying career of 40 years and over 23,000 hours, she has\nflown the DC-3, Twin Otter, Hawker Siddeley 748, DC-9, Lockheed 1011, Airbus\n320, Boeing 767, and Boeing 777 to the far corners of the world. She became a\ncaptain in 1997 and in 2010, she became the first female captain in Canada of a\nBoeing 777, the largest aircraft in Air Canada&#8217;s fleet. She retired in 2015,\nreceived the Elsie MacGill Northern Lights award in the Flight Operations\ncategory that year, and in 2016 she was chosen by the 99s (International\nOrganization of Women Pilots) to be on its Canadian postage stamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Air Canada committed to awarding $20,000 per year\nfor three years toward the Captain Judy Cameron scholarship, and in 2021\nre-committed its support for an additional three years. Last year, CAE added\nits support to the scholarship through its Women in Flight ambassador program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Captain Judy Cameron Scholarship is open to women who\nare Canadian citizens and who are enrolled in a fixed wing aviation flight\nprogram at a college, university, or flight school, or an aircraft repair and\nmaintenance program anywhere in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Scholarship is administered by the Northern Lights Aero\nFoundation, which inspires and celebrates Canadian women in aviation and\naerospace with mentorship, scholarships, a speaker&#8217;s bureau, and junior board,\nalong with an annual award event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CAE Women in Flight Ambassador program is helping to\ncreate a movement that encourages young girls and women to dream big and have\nno limits. Because women make up a very small percentage of commercial pilots\nworldwide, this program shows women that they, too, can reach for the sky. CAE\nis partnering with airline customers globally to provide partially funded and\nfully funded pilot training scholarships to deserving women who also become\nprogram ambassadors who inform and inspire other women to become pilots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program was launched in 2018 and expanded in July 2022\nto grow the movement by forging partnerships with more airline customers.\nInitially, the program was limited to candidates enrolled in one of CAE&#8217;s\nairline-sponsored cadet training programs. However, with the program&#8217;s\nevolution, CAE now matches existing airline scholarships. The program aims to\nbuild a community of ambassadors who demonstrate leadership skills, active\ncommunity involvement, perseverance, and passion for aviation and can inspire\nwomen to join the pilot profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the program, go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cae.com\/civil-aviation\/become-a-pilot\/our-pilot-training-programmes\/women-in-flight\/\">CAE Women in Flight Ambassador Program | CAE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On International Women&#8217;s Day, Air Canada and CAE announced the eight winners of the 2024 Captain Judy Cameron Scholarships. The two Montreal-based global aviation companies have again joined forces, to award scholarships to eight women from across Canada who are pursuing careers as commercial pilots or aircraft maintenance engineers. 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