Meet 10 trucking Pioneers of Change

TORONTO, Ont. -- The one constant in life is change. Today's Trucking has profiled 10 Canadians who challenge the status quo in the trucking industry.

Woman with Drive: Shelley Uvanile-Hesch

Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is a woman onr a mission as the CEO and founder of the grassroots Women's Trucking Federation of Canada.

Trucking continues to face a gender divide

TORONTO, Ont. -- Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is a rarity. Of the 181,330 tractor-trailer drivers working in Canada’s trucking industry in 2016, barely 3% were women, according to Newcom Media’s Changing Face of Trucking research. In contrast, women made up about half (47%) the entire workforce overall.

Guiding Star, Shelley’s Destiny

AYR, Ont. – Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is beaming like anyone who receives the keys to a brand new truck. But the Sharp Transportation driver is particularly proud of the message her Western Star 5700XE will soon carry back and forth to the U.S. The truck is wrapped with pictures of women who have found a place in Canada’s trucking industry, and promotes the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada.