Perfectly Unfiltered

025: Cara Grant, Director, EllisDon

May 17, 2021 Nour Hachem-Fawaz Episode 25
Perfectly Unfiltered
025: Cara Grant, Director, EllisDon
Show Notes

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.

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