Gina Cody

Gina Cody
CM
Born
Iran
Alma mater
SpouseThomas Cody
Scientific career
FieldsStructural Engineering
Institutions
  • Concordia University
  • Ontario Ministry of Affairs and Housing
  • CCI Group Inc.
Thesis (1989)

Gina Parvaneh Cody CM is a Canadian-Iranian engineer and business leader.

In 1989, Cody became the first woman in Canada to earn a PhD in building engineering.[1] 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 and computer science faculty to be named after a woman in Canada, and one of the first internationally.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Gina Cody". Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Concordia University names engineering faculty after female graduate Gina Cody". CTVNews. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Concordia engineering school becomes first in Canada named after a woman as alumna donates $15-million". Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Concordia University alumna donates $15M, faculty of engineering named after her". Global News. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Concordia University's engineering school is first in Canada to be named after a woman | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.