Building on past success, Women in Nuclear Canada is pleased to be launching the 2026-2027 Mentorship Program! This year's cohort will include expert advice, new features, and enhanced ways to connect with your mentor/mentee and other participants.
The program will enable Women in Nuclear Canada members to achieve their professional development goals through a mentoring relationship. Members can participate as a mentee, mentor, or both. Mentors may take on more than one mentee if desired. The program will be facilitated through MentorCity, an online mentoring platform that helps you track your progress, manage your mentoring relationship, and even host virtual mentoring meetings.
Key Dates
Fee for Program
Includes access to online platform for the duration of the Mentoring Program
Contact us with any questions.
*Mentees are limited to a maximum of one mentor, and mentors can have two mentees. This was determined to improve the quality of the relationship and experiences created.
The Women in Nuclear Golden Horseshoe West (WiN GHW) chapter invites you to a tour of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s (NWMO) Discovery and Demonstration Centre in Oakville, Ont. This facility is home to their design, optimization and proof testing program and provides an opportunity to test conceptual designs, including materials and technologies, to ensure the NWMO can demonstrate a strong technical safety case for their work (e.g., testing used nuclear fuel containers, shaping and moving fully loaded bentonite buffer boxes, testing potential emplacement methods, etc.). The Discovery and Demonstration Centre is also an excellent way to demonstrate the science at work behind Canada’s plan for the safe, long-term management of used nuclear fuel and build confidence in their technical program. Tours of the facility provide an up-close opportunity to see some of the ongoing research and development.
Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026 Time: 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost: Free
Event Agenda
4:30-5 p.m.: Arrival and Registration 5 p.m.: Tour begins (typical tour is approximately two hours)
Please note that spaces are limited. If you have registered for the tour and can no longer attend, please cancel your registration so your spot is available for someone else.
Join us on August 6th in Oakville for a relaxed, creative, and delicious networking social! We’ll be gathering at Knox Presbyterian Church (89 Dunn Street, Oakville) from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM for a hands-on DIY Cookie Decorating Class—a perfect way to connect, unwind, and try something new.
Cost: $35.00 per person (plus HST)
Your DIY Cookie Class Includes:
Whether you're a seasoned decorator or trying it for the first time, this fun and informal session is a great opportunity to meet members from across the Golden Horseshoe West Chapter while tapping into your creativity. We hope to see you there!
A Special Contribution from Sugar Hill Cookies
We’re excited to share that Sugar Hill Cookies, led by owner Diana, will be donating 100% of the proceeds from this DIY Cookie Class to two meaningful initiatives in Halton:
Your participation directly supports these programs and helps strengthen our local community.
WiN GHW "Nine and Dine" Golf Event
Join the WiN Golden Horseshoe West (GHW) chapter at our "nine and dine" golf event. We'll start with a golf lesson, enjoy a light dinner, and play nine holes at the beautiful Hidden Lake Golf Course. All skill levels (including beginners) are welcome at this networking event!
Date: Sunday, Sept 13, 2026
Location: Hidden Lake Golf Courses (1137 1 Side Road, Burlington)
Cost: $37.50 + tax for 9 holes/per person (includes golf lesson, dinner buffet, and golf)
$18.00 for power cart
Golf Ontario will provide golf clubs for those that don't have them. Please indicate on your registration if you need a left-handed or right-handed set. There is no charge
$22.50-$32.50 for rental clubs from Hidden Lake (higher cost for premium). There are a limited number of ladies sets available. Please contact the clubhouse to book in advance.
Taxes additional.
Event schedule:
2:00pm - 3:00pm Lessons: Driving, Chipping & Putting Stations
3:00pm - 4:30pm. Networking & Early Dinner
4:45pm First foursome tees off (Finished by 7:00pm)
6:00pm. Last foursome tees off (Finished by 8:15pm)
Golf - 9 holes best ball out of 4; everyone hits
Pace of Play Standards are 2 hrs. 15mins max to play 9 holes
It is recommended that each two-some take a power cart to maintain pace of play standards.
Spaces are limited to only 30 people for this event. The deadline to register is August 29 to secure your spot. Please indicate your golfing level on your registration form.
EmPOWERed Women: Taking the Stage is a program that enables women to view leadership through the lens of communication – supporting them to develop the skills needed to be seen as strong, confident leaders. EmPOWERed Women achieves this by addressing fundamental communication habits that often reduce women’s ability to come across as influential leaders in their organizations. In this program participants will learn how to communicate effectively and discover how to adopt an empowered mindset, speak with clarity and intention, unlock the power of their voice, and achieve a confident and authentic presence. They discover how to adopt an empowered mindset, script themselves with clarity and intention, unlock the power of their voice, and achieve a confident and authentic presence.
Women In Nuclear Canada is pleased to offer this specific cohort as an in-person experience. Group sizes are capped at a 12:2 participant to instructor ratio to ensure ample individual feedback and opportunities for social learning. Participants will leave this program with skills they have already had a chance to apply, test, and receive feedback on over the course of the experience.
When: Tuesday, September 22 to Wednesday, September 23, 2026 from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Darlington Energy Complex (DEC), 1855 Energy Dr, Courtice, ON L1E 0E7
Fee: $800 + HST
EmPOWERed Women: Taking the Stage Sponsored by Bird and Kinectrics
Join Women in Nuclear (WiN) Manitoba for an exclusive Nuclear Facility Tour of the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories' (CNL) Whiteshell Laboratories Restoration Project (WLRP).
Are you or your organization interested in:
With an area of 11,000 acres, the Whiteshell Laboratories site is a former nuclear research and test facility, and one of the biggest environmental restoration projects in Canada. We invite you to explore the campus and discover the impactful contributions of women working in this dynamic environment.
The Whiteshell Laboratories site tour will include guided tours of the Whiteshell Reactor 1 (WR-1), which played a key role in Canada's nuclear history, achieving criticality in 1965 and serving for 20 years as a research reactor that, among other missions, became a testing site for the CANDU fleet.
The tour will also take visitors to the Hot Cells, the Fire Hall, and an environmentally focused bus tour of the Main Campus and Waste Management Area.
Participants will also have the opportunity to connect with women working at the Whiteshell Laboratories site and Subject Matter Experts in the nuclear field. We welcome you to learn more about nuclear-related professions and to engage with the WiN Manitoba Leading Group for partnership opportunities.
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