The investment includes $36 million to build a replacement facility for Bishop Allen Academy, and $26.4 million for the construction of an additional Catholic secondary school in central Etobicoke.

The first-ever awards celebrate those contractors, owners and unions that are taking extraordinary steps increase the participation of Black, Indigenous and racialized workers, including youth, women and newcomers within their organizations.

The goal of the initiative is to help Canada’s $141-billion construction industry capitalize on the $14 billion of research performed by universities annually.

A 2018 incident on a Highway 417 worksite in Ottawa led to a worker suffering critical injuries after being struck by a bulldozer. Aecon Construction Ontario East Limited pled guilty to failing to ensure that a bulldozer operator was assisted by a signaller.

The former CEO of Infrastructure Ontario slides into the role of CEO of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, and will focus on rolling out the organization’s $10-billion growth plan.