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In 2018, Cody donated $15 million to Concordia University, and had its faculty of engineering and computer science named after her (the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science), making it the first university engineering faculty to be named after a woman in Canada, and one of the first internationally. Her support will foster gender equity, diversity and inclusion through 100 undergraduate and 40 graduate entrance scholarships across the faculty. In addition, it will support the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Smart and Resilient Cities and Communities, and enable next-generation work of three new research chairs in the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and industry 4.0.

Until her retirement, Cody was the executive chair and principal shareholder of CCI Group Inc. Cody sold CCI Group Inc. and retired in 2016. Following a 2016 merger, the CCI Group Inc. now operates as McIntosh Perry Consulting Engineers.

For her contributions to engineering, business and her community, Cody has received numerous awards, including an Award of Merit from the Canadian Standards Association, a Volunteer Service Award from the Government of Ontario and Officer of the Order of Honour of Professional Engineers Ontario. The Financial Post recognized Construction Control (then under Cody's management) as one of Canada's best managed companies. In 2010, Profit magazine named Cody one of Canada's Top Women Entrepreneurs, and listed CCI as the ninth most profitable Canadian company owned by a woman. The following year, the Concordia University Alumni Association named her Alumna of the Year. In 2019, Cody was named to the Order of Montreal, and was inducted as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering . In 2020, Cody was named one of Canada's Top 25 Women of Influence .

In 1989, Gina became the first woman in Concordia University’s history to earn a PhD in building engineering. In 2018, following her donation of $15 million, Concordia University renamed its faculty of engineering and computer science after her (the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science), making it the first university engineering faculty to be named after a woman in Canada, and internationally.

In 1989, Cody became the first woman in Concordia University's history to earn a PhD in building engineering.

She left Iran for Canada in 1979 with $2,000 and the intent to pursue a master's at McGill University. At this point, Cody's brother had completed a Bachelor's of Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal, and arranged for her to meet with the engineering professor Cedric Marsh. Through this meeting, Cody received a scholarship in engineering to attend the Concordia University in Montreal, where she completed a master's degree in engineering in 1981.

Cody was born in Iran in 1957. Her father worked in construction, but also owned a boy's high school, where Cody would teach during the summer. Cody's three brothers became engineers, while her sister became a dentist. In 1978, Cody completed a Bachelor of Science degree in structural engineering at Aryamehr University of Technology (now called Sharif University of Technology).