Scanlan:Ottawa woman wins prestigious Earhart award for aerospace work

The best teachers encourage their students to aim for the moon and stars.
Emily Gleeson does that every day in her work as a second-year PhD student in aerospace engineering at Ryerson University.
Gleeson, who grew up in south Ottawa and attended Hillcrest High School, recently learned she has won a 2018 Amelia Earhart Fellowship, part of the Zonta International Foundation advocating for women in science, business and public life.
The Earhart Fellowship honours up to 30 women around the globe fo