Candid images of Amanda Steed, Rachel Woods, Ruby Frenette, and Shezana Hassko at work.

International Women’s Day 2022: Celebrating the women who move us and #BreakTheBias

  March 8 is International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is #BreakTheBias, and we're focusing on how we can break the bias within transit.…


Photo of Gigi Chen-Kuo and Kyla Daman-Willems

IWD2021: Moving conversations with Gigi Chen-Kuo & Kyla Daman-Willems

Today is International Women's Day. This year’s theme is #ChoosetoChallenge. A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all…


The Conductorette

The conductorettes: the first women to drive transit in Vancouver

A group of 33 conductorettes posing in front of the 16th Avenue streetcar at Prior Street barns in 1944. They were at first issued skirts as part of…


For International Women’s Day: the story of the conductorettes

A group of 33 conductorettes posing in front of the 16th Avenue streetcar at Prior Street barns in 1944. They were at first issued skirts as part of…


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