Perfectly Unfiltered
Welcome to Perfectly Unfiltered the podcast where your host, Nour Hachem, has perfectly unfiltered conversations with real people sharing real stories about redefining roles at home and in the workplace. She will also be talking with change makers learning what they are doing to open the doors for women and the realities of creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. Together we can build a community where we all win.
Perfectly Unfiltered
025: Cara Grant, Director, EllisDon
Cara Grant is a graduate of Canada’s National Ballet School and a former dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. Ms. Grant also trained at the School of Hamburg Ballet John Neumeier, in Germany and also at the Rotterdam Danse Academy, Netherlands. Since retiring from the National Ballet of Canada Ms. Grant pursued a college degree in Interior Design, along with University studies in Architecture and Project Management.
Ms. Grant commenced her second career with WSP Group, a global engineering firm; working with the firm for 10 years. In 2018 Ms. Grant joined EllisDon Corporation, one of Canada’s largest construction services companies.
Over the course of her career, Cara has developed an impressive breadth of experience spanning a diverse variety of industry sectors including the Mission Critical, Commercial, Healthcare, Education, Retail and Municipal sectors.
Her extensive experience in the management of large-scale construction projects includes working on numerous projects domestically and internationally; from pre-design through construction to the commissioning and year-end reviews. She has represented owners and worked collaboratively with user groups, design teams, construction teams, and with all levels of government.
Her most notable projects include the Ryerson Student Learning Centre, Ryerson Theatre School, Stackt Shipping Container project, and St. Michael’s Hospital Redevelopment Project.
She continues to be engaged within the dance community, currently serving on the Board of Directors at Fall for Dance North and previously served as Chair of the Board for Peggy Baker Dance Projects.