Norland Limited

We are so pleased to be able to celebrate two awards that HSE and Pacific Blasting & Demolition received this past February!

Health & Safety wins NAOSH Award: “Best Entry Award”

International Women’s Day 2021 was on Monday, March 8. We reached out and connected with multiple women at NorLand to ask about their own work experiences and what IWD means to them. The responses were so overwhelming and inspiring, that we decided to feature one or two every week on our NorLand News page and social media channels, plus March is “History of Women” month! Teammates Get Treated Like Family, and we are proud to share these experiences and stories of our own NorLand women.

Before continuing on with our regularly scheduled programming for“History of Women” month, we'd like to share this fantastic article by the Journal of Commerce. This article, titled "Tips for women to survive, thrive in the trades" discusses the challenges women can face in trades and tactics to overcome them. 

Now, back to NorLand's featured women of the week...

International Women’s Day 2021 was on Monday, March 8. We reached out and connected with multiple women at NorLand to ask about their own work experiences and what IWD means to them. The responses were so overwhelming and inspiring, that we decided to feature one or two every week on our NorLand News page and social media channels, plus March is “History of Women” month! Teammates Get Treated Like Family, and we are proud to share these experiences and stories of our own NorLand women.

March 8, 2021 is International Women’s Day! We are so proud to recognize and celebrate the women at NorLand – here’s to you! 

February 24 is Pink Shirt Day. This day focuses on anti-bullying, working together, and treating others with dignity and respect. This initiative started in 2007, when a Grade 9 boy in small-town Nova Scotia was bullied for

Last year, NorLand hosted a Company-Wide Workout Challenge encouraging NorLanders to stay active while adhering to COVID-19 restrictions. As 2021 rolled around, it became clear that the global pandemic was far from over – so NorLand has launched a new and improved workout challenge to keep employees active, connected, and engaged in 2021.

"Canadian Construction Women (CCW) creates a stronger construction industry by inspiring and supporting women.” CCW is a Vancouver-based association that exists to attract and retain women in the construction industry. They have committed to increasing women’s representation in the field since 1981, and NorLand has been a proud Gold Sponsor Member since January 2019.

In Canada, the month of February is celebrated as Black History Month and in the spirit of this we are going to shortly reflect on last year and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. 

In 2020, we have seen the international rise of the BLM movement, which started in 2013 in the United States. This past year we saw protests across North America and the world in support of anti-racism and eradicating violence against Black people, people of colour, and Indigenous peoples.