Jeannette Montufar, PhD, P.Eng.

Whether it’s empowering women in STEM programs at university, or developing national guidelines to make crosswalks safer for people with limited mobility, Jeannette Montufar has proven time and again that, with enough vision, accessibility for all is achievable. The civil engineer, who is internationally renowned for her leadership and expertise in the field of transportation engineering, has been a champion of accessibility for women in engineering, supervising and empowering a large proportion of female graduate students and creating a fund to encourage underprivileged women to pursue engineering or science in university. Recently, she has been instrumental in driving the bold initiative between the Manitoba provincial government and Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, Engineering Changes Lives, to ensure that Manitoba meets the 30 by 30 target set out by Engineers Canada.