From aspiring student to sustainability leader, Lise Morton, Vice President of Site Selection at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), credits her inspiring career in part to Shad Canada. 

This prestigious national program — which the NWMO has proudly sponsored for many years — hosts high-achieving high school students each summer at 21 university campuses across Canada, including a digital campus. It challenges participants with a rigorous, month-long STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) curriculum. Shad Canada is dedicated to molding the next generation of innovative leaders by focusing on real-world societal challenges.

In the early days of Shad in 1982, Morton was first exposed to a world where her passion for math and science could blossom into a career.

“Shad allowed me to understand that engineering was a career option that I might be interested in,” she explained. This early exposure was crucial, as it introduced her to the possibilities within the STEAM fields at a pivotal time in her education.