Corina Moore

Corina Moore Hon Doc 2024

Doctor of Letters

(honoris causa) DLitt

Corina Moore is the Executive-Vice President of Transportation and Infrastructure at WSP in Canada, joining in January 2024. In her role, she leads a team of over 3,400 employees across the country that is dedicated to developing sustainable, resilient, innovative, and Future Ready™ Transportation and Infrastructure solutions.

Prior to joining WSP, Corina spent 17 years with Ontario Northland, a transportation company providing rail freight, rail passenger, motor coach and remanufacturing services. She held multiple senior leadership positions with the company, including being named Chief Operating Officer in 2010, and President and Chief Executive Officer in 2014. During that time, she transformed the company to a thriving commercially driven organization known for being data-driven, customer-centric, and financially sustainable.

Her commitment to Indigenous people, and Truth and Reconciliation led to training and awareness programs and rail and motor coach services essential to safe and reliable access to education, health care, and food. Corina is passionate about mentoring women to gain confidence and achieve their potential.

Prior to joining Ontario Northland, Corina started her career at SST/Brock Solutions, a global industrial automation and engineering software company, followed by positions at Wayport, and Ontera providing wireless and telecom services.

Corina has many notable achievements including:

  • First female President and CEO of Ontario Northland since its inception in 1902 and the first female President of a Canadian Railway (2014)
  • Awarded “Canada’s Most Powerful CEO” (WXN “Top 100” 2021)
  • Appointed as an Honorary Colonel for the Canadian Armed Forces, 21 Squadron (2020)
  • Recognized by Progressive Railroading and the League of Railway Women as North America’s Outstanding Woman of the Year (2018)
  • First woman to be appointed to the Railway Association of Canada’s Board of Directors since its inception in 1917 (2018)
  • Selected by Railway Age as one of ten women who are visionaries in the rail industry in North America (2018)

Corina is a graduate of Waterloo University in Systems Design Engineering and Business Administration and Management. She is married, and a mother of three.

A Conversation with Corina Moore, Honorary Degree Recipient 2024