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ReNew Canada releases Top 100 infrastructure project list
January 30, 2020
In January, ReNew Canada published its annual “Top 100: Canada’s biggest infrastructure projects” report, which features a list of the largest Canadian infrastructure projects currently underway.
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Registration now open for the 2020 Global Marathon
January 30, 2020
Engineers Canada is happy to once again this year support DiscoverE’s Global Marathon, a series of engaging online discussions for women and their champions in engineering and technology worldwide.
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Daily Media Report recap: January 16-January 30
January 30, 2020
The Queen’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders ends its boycott of the national office. An opinion piece on competency-based assessment. An engineer appointed to the Order of Canada. And the UBC president hails the benefits of liberal arts. These were the most-read stories in the media monitoring…
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Future City Atlantic competition invites students to consider the future of water
January 30, 2020
Jon Barrett, a co-organizer for the Atlantic regional competition for the 2019-2020 Future City competition, recently shared some of his thoughts on the important role these events play in introducing students to engineering concepts and careers.
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Some key engineering trends for the coming decade
January 16, 2020
With the calendar now showing a nice, round number, many are reflecting on what the coming years may hold for engineering. A review of recent articles and blog posts on the future of engineering suggests a mixture of trepidation and optimism as to how the next ten years might look.
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Six regulators celebrate centennials in 2020
January 16, 2020
This year the first of our regulators will be celebrating their centenaries, marking 100 years of self-regulation of the engineering profession in Canada. In 1920, the first six provincial regulators were formed in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Quebec. Their original aim was to establish a legal status for the profession of engineering in their respective jurisdictions.
Crash of Flight PS752 impacts Canadian engineering community
January 16, 2020
Fifty-seven Canadians were killed in the crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 in Iran on January 8, 2020, with 138 of the flight’s passengers headed to Canada. More than a dozen had connections to engineering in Canada.
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Daily Media Report recap: January 2-January 16
January 16, 2020
The crash of PS752. An update on the Halifax crane that collapsed during Hurricane Dorian. A Langford, BC, apartment building deemed to not be structurally safe. A professional engineer announces her bid for the federal Conservative Party leadership. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Me…
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Canadian Engineering Leadership Conference puts focus on versatility
January 16, 2020
This year’s conference was “Versatility in Engineering.” Engineers must adapt to an ever-changing profession and ever-more complex problems.
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Key accreditation reports now available
January 1, 2020
In January we made two new reports available to accreditation stakeholders: Statistical Analysis on the Time-Variance of Accreditation Units (2001-2017) offers analysis and assessment of statistically significant trends in the time variance of accreditation units (AU) allocated by engineering prog…
