For National Electricity Month, Electricity Canada’s Faces of the Industry award highlights the work of six industry professionals, who have demonstrated leadership in every aspect of the electricity sector from linework, to operations, to engineering, to safety, to construction and everything else.
The electricity sector has some of the most talented people working today. We have innovators. Visionaries. Leaders. Heroes.
This award is given to any member utility employee who demonstrates the following qualities:
- Outstanding achievement in their field
- Innovation
- Leadership
Applicants can be from any sector of the industry, at any level.
Nominations will be evaluated by an external judging panel.
Award winners will be invited to Ottawa to participate in a video/photoshoot.
Past Recipients

2025
Jennifer Williams, President and CEO Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
Jennifer led a historic agreement last year by renegotiating the decades-old Upper Churchill contract 17 years ahead of schedule. This is one of the largest energy deals in North American history that will benefit future generations in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.

2025
Sandra Haskins, Senior Vice President and CFO at Capital Power
Sandra has over three decades of groundbreaking financial leadership and has raised over $3 billion in public capital markets over the past two years—an outstanding achievement for a publicly-traded independent power producer.

2025
Jeffrey Laninga, Live Line Engineer and Section Head at Manitoba Hydro
Jeffrey is an innovator in safety and live lines who invented tools to make powerline technicians’ work safer. Jeffrey’s groundbreaking tools and techniques have revolutionized field practices and are protecting workers across Canada and around the world.

2025
Joy Brake, Senior Technical Advisor, System Planning at Nova Scotia Power
Joy is a leader in building Nova Scotia’s renewable future by designing and implementing critical transmission strategies to integrate wind, solar, and battery storage, facilitating Nova Scotia’s transition from coal to renewables in the next five years.

2025
Mohamed ElNozahy, Engineering Manager – EMT Studies, from Independent Electricity System Operator
Mohamed is a pioneer in power system engineering, and he’s transformed Ontario’s future grid planning through electromagnetic transient modeling (or EMT) which will become an important tool for safe and reliable integration of renewables.

2025
Dan Irvine, Director of Procurement and Contracts at SaskPower
Dan has redefined SaskPower’s procurement strategy in Saskatchewan. He has championed the growth of the domestic supply chain and built capacity for procurement using local and Indigenous suppliers.
Questions?
For further information, please contact Daniella Bidin, Electricity Canada's Manager of Communications Projects.