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Babcock is pleased to announce that it will be attending and exhibiting at the 2019 Aerospace, Defence & Security Expo taking place in Abbotsford, BC from August 8th to 9th.

Babcock Canada is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Potter as our new Vice President – Marine. Mark will be responsible for the Marine business in Canada; including the sustainment of the Victoria-class submarines, and supporting the strategic growth of the Marine business across Canada.

In celebration of International Women in Engineering Day, we are highlighting some of our talented team members who are helping blaze the trail for women in STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology, and Mathematics). To get a better perspective, we sat down with Silvia Penkova, Team Lead Naval Architect, who supports the In-Service Support work on the Royal Canadian Navy’s Victoria-Class submarines.

On April 9th, Babcock attended the Women in Defence and Security (WiDS) Annual Speed Mentoring Series. The event is designed to provide professional and personal development opportunities to both mentors and mentees in Canada’s defence and security industry. Babcock’s Jake Jacobson, Vice President, and Catherine O’Reilly, VP of Human Resources were on hand to act as industry mentors. Also in attendance as mentees were five Babcock employees from the Ottawa office.

Over the course of three days in March, students from the University of Ottawa, took part in the inaugural ‘Pitch Your Brand’ marketing competition. Organized by the Telfer Marketing Association and with the support of industry partners Babcock and The Social Enterprise, the event is designed to help students gain experience and apply their classroom knowledge to real-world marketing challenges that companies face in an ever evolving and noise filled media landscape.

Babcock is pleased to announce that it has partnered with the University of Victoria and sponsored their student-led human powered submarine team for a second consecutive year.

A long time champion of programs that promote STEM career fields to youth around the world, Babcock is committed to supporting Canada’s next generation of engineers and technologists. In addition to a financial contribution, Babcock employees will provide mentorship and technical guidance to the students as they design, build and test their human powered submarine.

Babcock Canada is proud to have been selected as the University of Victoria’s 2018 Co-op Employer of the year for the 50+ employee category.

Babcock is pleased to announce that it has partnered with Women in Defence & Security (WIDS) to support the association’s 2019 Memorial Scholarship.

Babcock is pleased to announce that it has renewed its partnership with one of Canada’s leading engineering universities, l’École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), for a third consecutive year. Through this partnership, Babcock will be supporting the school’s development fund and its student led human powered submarine racing team – OMER.