Women Working Ahead

This week I sit down with Co-Founder and CEO of Rithmik Solutions, Amanda Truscott. Under the promise "Mine Maintenance, Made Intelligent", Rithmik Solutions increases uptime in mines with advanced analytics that help optimize maintenance, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and extend equipment life.

We chat about her background in English Literature and early career in Journalism, how she became the Co-Founder and CEO of a compa...

A very fun episode this week! I got to chat with Mikayla Morfin, who is currently working as the Senior Geotechnical Engineer for Nevada Gold Mines at their Cortez property. We chat about post-secondary and the Geological Engineering program, what it's like transitioning from junior engineer to supervisor in a few short years, leading a geotechnical team made up of mostly women in a male-dominated industry, and the ongoing struggle...

This week I had the incredible opportunity to sit down and chat with Lori Martin, who is the TruScan Manager for North America at Boart Longyear. Starting out as a graduate geologist logging core at a remote mine site, Lori has built both a successful technical career and management career, and is now paving the way for young women in mining and other technical fields. Working for the largest drilling company in the world, she mana...

This week I was able to interview Avery Wright who is currently working as an Underground Geologist at a gold mine in Western Australia. This interview was particularly exciting because it was my first time really getting to swap stories with someone who has also experienced working in an underground environment! Spoiler alert, even though we are on opposite sides of the planet, our stories were actually really similar!

We got to c...

This week I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Shelby Yee, who is the Co-Founder and CEO at a tech start-up company RockMass Technologies, which currently based in Toronto, ON. Graduating in 2016 from the Queen's Geological Engineering program, Shelby and her Co-Founder started the company as recent graduates with an idea, and four years later, they've developed the fastest digital rock mechanics tool for collecting stru...

In honour of my first interview with Skyla being the first episode to hit 100 downloads, and the Women Working Ahead podcast reaching 1,000 total downloads this week, my sister returns to the show for this special episode and replaces me (temporarily) as host! 

Together we go through more questions sent in by listeners over on the @womenworkingahead social medias, and cover a variety of topics ranging from struggling in school...

This week I sit down with Abbey Thompson, who is currently working as a staffer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. We discuss her post-secondary experience in the Business Administration program at Nipissing University, the importance of mental health and her advice for anyone struggling with it, her job working day-to-day on Parliament Hill, and what it's like getting to be apart of the world where some of the most important d...

In this episode I take listeners with me as head down to work in some of the deepest locations in an underground mine. From deafening fans to rumbling heavy equipment, working in an underground environment is sensory overload. Since I can't share the entire experience without bringing everyone underground with me, at least I can appeal to your ears and give you a glimpse into all the chaos that is working as a ground control engine...

This week I sit down with Loréane Goma-Gakissa, who is currently working as a short range planning engineer at an open pit in in Labrador City, NL. We discuss her post-secondary experience in the mining engineering program at McGill University, her many co-op placements (including one in Paris, France!), outreach initiatives to encourage young women in engineering and science, and what it's like working week-on/week-off in an ever-...

This week I sit down with Sarah Sassorossi, who is currently working as a Plant Engineer/Maintenance Manager at a Paper Mill in the US. We discuss her post-secondary experience in the Paper Science and Engineering program at North Carolina State University, the value of work placements, what her current role and responsibilities are, what it's like working as a young female engineering supervisor for a team of highly skilled and ex...

This week I sit down with Victoria Malo and discuss post-secondary in the French Immersion program at the University of Ottawa, doing an exchange in Australia, working day-to-day as a junior copywriter, and what it's like helping out with some of the biggest podcast names in the business. If you've ever considered attending the University of Ottawa, doing an exchange or coop program, or thought about working in a creative career, y...

A VERY fun interview episode this week! I got to chat with the wonderfully hilarious Mary McLachlan and Felicia Lepore, who are both currently working in Nevada as open pit geotechnical engineers. We chat about all things lawn flamingos, post-secondary and the Geological Engineering program, day-to-day work life at an open pit mine and the constant struggle of driving over wheel chocks. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as we e...

I sit down with my good friend Taylor Hummel this week to chat about all things post-secondary while still living at home, making a big move to the big city for the first time, keeping the spark alive in a 7-year relationship, and of course, what it's REALLY like working as an Account Coordinator at an award-winning advertising agency. If any of this sounds familiar in your own life, Taylor's got all the advice to get you through t...

What do you get when you combine a girl who is hungover and another girl who is drinking coffee at 10pm? One crazy interview episode. In this week's episode of Women Working Ahead I interview the lovely Meaghan Hiscocks who is currently working as an Exploration Geologist in Australia. 

We chat all about our university days and struggling our way through engineering together, we chat about her exchange in Sweden, and, of cours...

This is a SUPER fun episode where I get to interview my sister Skyla about all the craziness that is first year university. Even if you're no longer a student, this episode will bring you back to those exciting and chaotic days, and hopefully make you smile with nostalgia. Make sure you stay tuned to the end of the episode to get an inside scoop on what REALLY goes on in some of the UofT commerce lectures. If you've ever been curio...