Anna Lary M Ed (she/her) is a Master Electrician and Founder & Project Lead of the BCIT ConnectHER Hub. This is a resource centre supporting the retention and advancement of women and gender-diverse trades workers. Anna is the recipient of the VRCA Inclusive Leadership in Construction Award and Chair of the VRCA Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility Committee.
Anna has a deep knowledge and respect for the industries that are the backbone of the Canadian economy and for the apprenticeship pathway which provides its workforce. She brings with her empathy and understanding, fostered by her twenty-seven years of experience with the biological and social realities of being a woman in almost exclusively male workplaces. Through her twelve-year tenure as an instructor at BCIT, Anna’s work has grown to include curriculum development, peer mentorship, and support.
Anna achieved her Red Seal Endorsement in 2002 and derives great satisfaction from electrical work as an embodied practice with layers of experience, education and mechanical skills informing every aspect of the work that she does. She spent fifteen years on the tools, executing electrical work in the residential, commercial, service and film industries. Anna is familiar with the challenges faced by industry and educators in providing a stable supply of skilled-trades workers with diverse skillsets. She seeks to improve the recruitment and retention of all apprentices by creating more pleasant and inclusive training and workplace environments.
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