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New National Position Statement on engineers’ role in building a safe and resilient Canada
June 30, 2022
At the Spring Meetings and Annual Meeting of Members, the Engineers Canada Board approved a new National Position Statement about the role of engineers in building a safe and resilient Canada.
Energy efficiency in the summer
June 30, 2022
In Canada we spend much of our year focused on keeping warm against the colder months, but in recent years many are doubling down on keeping the heat out during the summer, a season that appears to be starting earlier and earlier.
Daily Media Report recap: June 17-30, 2022
June 30, 2022
BC government’s licensed professionals vote to strike. Disciplinary hearings into collapsed Saskatchewan bridge point to wider rural safety needs. BC releases new strategy to strengthen climate change preparations. These were the most-read articles in the Daily Media Report in mid- to late-June.
Request for proposals: Strengthening collaboration and harmonization
June 23, 2022
Engineers Canada is seeking proposals to aid in a project to define Engineers Canada’s mandate for regulatory harmonization and to identify areas for future collaboration and/or harmonization with the 12 engineering regulators. This project will help Engineers Canada identify valuable work, priorit…
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INWED 2022: Celebrating women and non-binary people in engineering
June 22, 2022
June 23, 2022, is International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), a day to raise the profile of women and gender-diverse people in engineering. INWED highlights the important contributions that women and gender-diverse engineers make in their communities throug…
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Daily Media Repot recap: June 3-16, 2022
June 16, 2022
Engineers and Geoscientists BC cancels licence of engineer who designed Danbrook One. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives spoke to engineers and geoscientists about actions that the BC government must take to avoid preventable landslide and flood deaths and damage. A disciplinary hearing for the Saskatchewan engineer who designed bridge that collapse hours after opening. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in the first part of June.
New report explores the experiences of Indigenous engineers
June 16, 2022
A new report commissioned by Engineers Canada and completed by Big River Analytics about Indigenous inclusion in engineering explores the experiences of Indigenous engineers in three provinces.
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2,600+ youth demonstrate their lunar cities at Future City Experience Showcase
June 16, 2022
More than 2,600 students in Grades 6-8 from across Canada proudly showed off their visions for future cities on the Moon at the Future City Experience Showcase on May 11, 2022.
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Recording: Progressive Aboriginal Relations Program webinar
June 2, 2022
Engineers Canada has partnered with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and their impactful Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program on an awareness raising and information webinar.
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Engineering heroes: Who inspires and guides engineers through their careers
June 2, 2022
Growing up, it’s easy to wonder if Nikola Tesla realized he wanted to be an engineer. Did he know what engineering was or what an engineer could do?
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