{"id":21939,"date":"2026-10-06T09:05:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackandmcdonald.com\/news\/paula-irwin-receives-2026-cawic-dei-award\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T09:05:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:05:21","slug":"paula-irwin-receives-2026-cawic-dei-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/blackandmcdonald.com\/us\/news\/paula-irwin-receives-2026-cawic-dei-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Irwin Receives 2026 CAWIC DEI Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black &amp; McDonald is proud to celebrate <strong>Paula Irwin<\/strong>, recipient of the <strong>2026 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award<\/strong> presented by the <strong>Canadian Association of Women in Construction (CAWIC)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The award recognizes individuals who are making a meaningful contribution to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion within the construction industry. In announcing the award, CAWIC highlighted the impact Paula has made throughout her career and the qualities and contributions that made her stand out among this year&#8217;s nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout her career, Paula has been a passionate advocate for creating opportunities, supporting colleagues, and fostering environments where people feel valued, respected, and empowered to contribute. Her leadership reflects a commitment to building strong teams, encouraging diverse perspectives, and helping others grow and succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations, Paula, on this well-deserved honour. We are proud to celebrate this achievement and grateful for the contributions you continue to make across Black &amp; McDonald and the broader construction community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black &amp; McDonald is proud to celebrate Paula Irwin, recipient of the 2026 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award presented by the Canadian Association [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":21937,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-21939","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paula Irwin Receives 2026 CAWIC DEI Award - Black &amp; McDonald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Black &amp; McDonald is proud to celebrate Paula Irwin, recipient of the 2026 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Award presented by the Canadian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blackandmcdonald.com\/us\/news\/paula-irwin-receives-2026-cawic-dei-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paula Irwin Receives 2026 CAWIC DEI Award\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Black &amp; 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