UBC Sauder School of Business Comm 445 class had a good day yesterday. Alison from Norden and Sharlene from Colley West gave the soon-to-be grads a good lesson on a day in the life of a ship operator and a ship agent! This is a part of the local shipping industry’s ongoing initiative to recruit talent into our amazing business and to support diversity, equity, and inclusion. The class had many excellent and well-thought-out questions.

Along with the BC Chamber of Shipping’s recently named President Bonnie Gee, executives at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, and the multiple terminals in the Port of Vancouver now being run by women, we are seeing more and more examples of women making their mark in the traditionally male-dominated maritime industry. Thanks to Professor Maroney for supporting our efforts and allowing us to engage the class