TPBC CEO John Leech presented the award to Dawn at a Board meeting of the Skeetchestn Indian Band
TPBC recognized Dawn McGrath with the inaugural Doug Duncan Leader Award. Dawn is a well-regarded professional known for her leadership and ability to get things done. She is an AScT and ROWP and has managed to acquire a MBA while at the same time working on a PhD in Civil Engineering at UBCO. She is a well-educated Secwepemc matriarch who is on a mission to help inform and share her experience so that youth may find a less challenging pathway to success. Not too bad when you come from a remote rural isolated community.
She’s turned a ‘no’ into a ‘yes’ many times and carries a resilience that is difficult to bottle. Her approach is to support and encourage youth to figure out how to approach STEM related fields and to find a fit that may work.
As a Board Director with TPBC and Co-Chair of TPBC’s TEChub Dawn is a visionary… a leader… doer… collaborator,,, and a loved mother… auntie… friend…and more. Dawn is so very deserving of the Doug Duncan Leader Award.