What does the Accreditation Board do?

The Accreditation Board accredits undergraduate engineering programs. These programs provide the academic requirements for licensure as a professional engineer in Canada.

Why does the Accreditation Board exist?

  • To ensure Canada’s engineering education system remains amongst the best in the world
  • To set national standards for engineering education
  • To provide expertise and efficiency in assessing engineering education on behalf of the provincial and territorial engineering regulatory bodies

Who does the Accreditation Board report to?

The Accreditation Board is a committee of the Engineers Canada Board.

Several sub-committees assist the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board in its work, including:

Who are the members of the Accreditation Board?

Our members are volunteers. They are senior engineering practitioners from academia, the public sector and private industry.

Accreditation Board Members

Paula Klink
Chair

Pemberton Cyrus
Vice-chair

Mya Warken
Secretary 

Darlene Spracklin-Reid
Engineers Canada director appointee

Ernest Barber
Engineers Canada director appointee

Suzelle Barrington
Member

Pierre Bourque
Member

Emily Cheung
Member

Waguih ElMaraghy
Member

Ray Gosine
Member

Diane Kennedy
Member

Nicholas Krouglicof​
Member

Anne-Marie Laroche ​
Member

Jim Lee
Member

Mrinal Mandal ​
Member

Julius Pataky
Member

Jeff Pieper
Member

Allen Stewart
Member

Ramesh Subramanian 
Member

Tara Zrymiak 
Member

Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board, CEAB, Accreditation Board and AB mean the Board Committee referred to in Engineers Canada Board Policy 6.9 Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) Terms of Reference.