GHD Foundation

We are delighted to welcome Ian Fraser to the GHD Foundation Board of Directors. Ian has over 30 years of science and engineering consulting experience, providing leadership and specialist knowledge across the globe from APAC to the Americas. He is passionate about education and its impact in creating thriving communities empowering remote communities and believes in the transformative power of STEAM education. in corporate responsibility contributing towards lasting community benefits. Please join us in congratulating and welcoming Ian to the GHD Foundation community. Read more about Ian on our website: https://lnkd.in/g_Sm6Csn

IWD25 – Accelerating change for equity in STEAM starts with working together. We are proud to stand with partners like The Smith Family, helping to open doors for students like Alexandra through tertiary STEAM scholarships and expanding the impact of their Learning for Life program. Together, we are ensuring that talent and potential, not location, finances, or systemic barriers, determine the future of STEAM. A special shoutout to our incredible partners, whom we support in furthering their focus on gender equity in STEAM education: University of Canterbury, Conestoga College, University of Guelph, Université Laval, Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST), Techbridge Girls, BAFTX, Teach For Australia, The University of Queensland and The Australian National University. This #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the strength, innovation and leadership of women and girls, and the power of collective action to accelerate meaningful change.   #IWD2025 #EquityInSTEAM #AccelerateAction https://lnkd.in/gZbuDbKu

We are honored to continue our partnership with @Berry College in fostering inclusion and diversity. Earlier this year, we co-hosted civil rights icon Ruby Bridges on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, coinciding with the U.S. Presidential Inauguration.   This event launched Berry College’s "Be Love Week," inspiring community service across Rome, Georgia. In that spirit, several GHD team members volunteered at service sites in North Georgia.   A huge thank you to our GHD representatives—Peter Capponi, Steven Davie, Samreen Kidwai, Garrett Skinner, PMP, CFM, Robert Davis, P.E., Penny Harrold, John DiZinno, Jasmine Walker, Haikal Cooper, and Grace Pleasant—for their dedication.   We look forward to continuing our work with Berry College in driving positive change.   Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eyZqqBw5.   #GHDFoundation #InclusionAndDiversity #BerryCollege

Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn’t always accessible. Young women and girls bring ingenuity, resilience, and fresh perspectives to science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). At GHD Foundation, we support our incredible partners including Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST), Techbridge Girls and Teach For Australia, who are creating real pathways for women and girls in STEAM—whether through mentorship, hands-on learning, or scholarships that increase access, expand networks, and open doors to new possibilities. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we celebrate not only the brilliance, perseverance, and impact of young women shaping the future but also the educators, mentors, and organisations working alongside them to make STEAM more inclusive for all. A big shout out to Teach For Australia for this fantastic Q+A with one of the female STEM teachers our Foundation is able to support this year. https://lnkd.in/gPxp3gCB #STEAMequity #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #GHDFoundation

Via GHD Foundation’s STEAM Horizons Fund with MakeWay Foundation, $50,000 grants were awarded in 2024 to exceptional organizations to enhance STEAM education across Canada. Discover how we're making a difference: 🔹Actua – Black Youth in STEM 🔹Connected North – STEAM Education, part of TakingITGlobal 🔹Ethos Lab – Bridge Program 🔹JUMP Math – Preschool Math   🔹Let's Talk Science | Parlons sciences – STEAM Skills 🔹Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) – STEM Access 🔹Prof Dino – Scientific Workshops  🔹Youth Science Canada – mySTEMspace Read more about our impact: https://lnkd.in/dH45i36x #STEAMeducationequity #Canada #GHDFoundation

~PhD Opportunity – Applications Open~ We’re excited to support the next generation of researchers through GHD Foundation Humanitarian Engineering Program, in partnership with University of Sydney. The successful applicant will receive support from GHD Foundation to assess faecal sludge treatment technologies suitable for communities in the Pacific and drive impact in this field. We’d love your help spreading the word! If you know someone who’d be a great fit, please share this with them. Together, we’re helping shape the future of humanitarian engineering. Thanks to Jacqueline Thomas and Aaron Opdyke at University of Sydney for leading this important work. https://lnkd.in/gDsHTwMg

Today, 24 January marks International Day of Education – a day recognised by the United Nations in celebration of the role of education for peace and development and for building sustainable and resilient societies. This day is significant to us because of our mission to help develop resilient communities globally, which is reflected in our focus of advancing equitable access to quality Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education. Our redefined STEAM priority areas centralise around Teacher Capacity Development, Primary School Programs and Scholarships and Bursaries. Zeena Abdelbasit , a GHD Foundation bursary recipient who now works at GHD full time as an Engineering graduate in the Air Quality Group in the Waterloo office says, “When I received the bursary from the GHD Foundation, the financial support it provided allowed me to focus more on my studies and extracurricular activities and give back to my community. As a woman in engineering, I face systematic challenges in pursuing my career goals – however this award provided me with hope and encouragement about diversity in STEAM fields.” Let’s keep working together to create resilient communities for a more diverse workforce of the future. #InternationalDayofEducation #GHDFoundation #Impactroadmap  

We are honored to join Berry College in welcoming the iconic Ruby Bridges as part of the Conson Wilson Lecture Series. Ms. Bridges was one of the first Black students to integrate into an all-white elementary school in 1960. Join us in celebrating her incredible journey and contributions to civil rights on Martin Luther King day, January 20. https://lnkd.in/e_H7-k-3   #GHDFoundation #MLKDay #DiversityAndInclusion

The end of the year is an opportunity to reflect. We are deeply grateful for everything we have been able to accomplish with our partner organisations around the world.  Looking ahead to 2025, we are we are inspired by the potential to further our impact in community relief and widening access to Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (#STEAM) #education and #careers for underrepresented groups. 

This International Volunteer Day, we are grateful to GHD employees around the world who have volunteered with our partner organisations, contributing to the UN SDGs with a focus on #4 - ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all. #IVD2024