Gina Parvaneh Cody

Date of birth

1956

Point of origin

Iran

Cody arrived in Canada in 1979 to start her master's degree.

Labour & Economy

Two photos, one of a glass building entrance and the other of a large modern building.

Concordia University's Engineering, Computer Science, and Visual Arts complex houses the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, the first Canadian engineering school named for a woman.

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Gina Cody: engineer, executive, and philanthropist.

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Gina Cody standing in front of a wall of framed certificates and other texts, some with logos,

Gina Cody in the boardroom of CCI, the engineering firm where she was the principal shareholder and president.

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Gina Cody standing between two women, all wearing graduation gowns.

Gina Cody (centre) at Concordia University's 2018 spring convocation with Senior Fellow Corinne Charette (left), and Vice-Provost, Partnerships and Experiential Learning Nadia Bhuiyan (right).

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Gina Cody seated with her husband, two daughters standing behind.

Gina Cody with her husband Tom and daughters Roya (left) and Tina (right).

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Gina Parvaneh Cody, 1956- , Iran.

Cody arrived in Canada in 1979, taking up her master's and then her PhD in engineering at Concordia University, becoming the first woman to graduate from the doctoral program in building engineering in 1989. She joined Construction Control Incorporated, going from crane inspector to president and principal shareholder. She sold her company in 2016 and retired, although she continues her professional service to engineering organizations and in particular to Concordia University by sitting on committees and governance boards.