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I think that, I’m almost sure that I was
the first head of engineering,

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female head of engineering in Canada.

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Well, first, when I accepted
the appointment,

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I thought English is not my mother tongue.

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I am the only woman
in the department of men. 

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Is it going to be all right?
But it was much more than all right,

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it was really very, very good.

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I worked hard, but I also feel
that I got a lot of recognitions.

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I never, never thought
that that would be possible.

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It’s a great series,

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a fellow of the Royal Society and
the Canadian engineering academy.

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I was a Julian Smith award and Order of BC,

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and Queen’s commemorative medal
of 50, of 60,

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and Order of Canada and
honorary doctorates from UBC, from Ottawa,

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which was very special because
I started there, and from Waterloo. 

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And I feel that really, really...

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I was recognized for my work
in an extraordinary way

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and I credit that with community
in which I was working.

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So I am always going to be
very grateful for that.