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1,000+
new hires in 2025
4%
(up to) RSP match
$
1,500
maximum referral program
4
charities supported last year
of the De Havilland Canada
story, the passion to be part of
something special,” he says. “And
they will have every opportunity
of growing and advancing in
this company.”
Shakuda, for his part, deeply
The PropelHER initiative at De Havilland Aircraft of Canada focuses on leadership development for women in
the aerospace field.
appreciates his experience at De
Havilland Canada, from the daily
exchanges with his fellow employees to the many opportunities for
advancement he sees. And he has
the passion in full — especially for
the aircraft he now assembles,
the DHC-515.
De Havilland Canada’s cutting-edge waterbomber, capable
of scooping over 6,000 litres of
water in a single 12-second skim
over a lake, awed Shakuda from
the first. “It’s not just a machine
that takes people from place to
place. The DHC-515 waterbomber
save lives and nature and helps
people around the globe. It’s not
just a plane, it’s something bigger,
something better,” says Shakuda.
“It’s something with a song inside it.”
