Gina Cody
In 2020, Gina Parvaneh Cody was named one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence. In 2018, following her donation of $15 million, Concordia University renamed its faculty of engineering and computer science after her (the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science), making it the first university engineering faculty to be named after a woman in Canada, and internationally.
Gina was born in Iran in 1956. In 1978, Gina completed a Bachelor of Science degree in structural engineering at the Aryamehr University of Technology (now called Sharif University of Technology). She left Iran for Canada in 1979 with only $2,000. In 1989, Gina became the first woman in Concordia University’s history to earn a Ph.D. in building engineering.
Main Contributions
- Donation of $15 million to Concordia Concordia’s Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, 2018
- Numerous awards including
- Named as one of Canada’s Top Women Entrepreneurs, 2010
- Named to the Order of Montreal, 2019
- Named one of Canada’s Top 25 Women of Influence, 2020
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