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Registration now open for third edition of Sustainability in Practice online course
September 9, 2019
Engineers Canada and Polytechnique Montréal have once again teamed up to offer the third edition of their successful free online course, Sustainability in Practice. Registration is now open.
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Discovery sessions continue with Armature
September 1, 2019
This month we continued our discovery conversations with Armature, which are focused on exploring the best configuration of the Tandem system so it will meet our accreditation needs. Areas of functionality currently being examined are the request for accreditation, accreditation questionnaire, and …
Advisory Committee confirms calculation requirements
September 1, 2019
At our System Advisory Committee meeting in August, members confirmed that the calculations we’ve designed for the Tandem system back-end will meet the accreditation criteria for quantifying curriculum content. Our review with the committee also resulted in a requirement clarification, new ideas fo…
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Tandem follow-up survey results being analyzed
September 1, 2019
We’re now analyzing the follow-up survey that we sent to those who completed the Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey using Tandem. Thank you again to those who responded—the information we collect from such feedback surveys directly feeds into improvements to the system and enables us to better se…
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Resources report in development
September 1, 2019
Our annual resource reports are on target for delivery to HEIs in the fall. These reports comprise one of the major outputs from the Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey, providing institutions with a useful overview of programs in their region and nationally, which helps them with planning and res…
CEAB meeting
September 1, 2019
The CEAB met in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, on September 14, 2019. The agenda included the election of a new vice-chair, whose term begins July 1, 2020. Members also discussed upcoming visiting team chair assignments and approved visiting team documentation and tools for the 2019-2020 vi…
Experts call on Quebec government to use qualifications-based selection in awarding engineering and architecture contracts
August 29, 2019
In an open letter published in mid-August by key media outlets in Quebec, more than twenty experts and organizations called on the Quebec government to use qualifications-based selection in awarding public contracts for engineering and architecture projects in the province.
Engineers Canada submits recommendations to federal government for 2020 budget
August 29, 2019
Engineers Canada has submitted its annual pre-budget recommendations to the federal government in advance of the 2020 budget.
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Engineers Canada takes Pride
August 29, 2019
Engineers Canada staff celebrated diversity, equity, and inclusion in our community by joining 190 other associations, community groups, businesses, and political parties walking in the national capital’s largest Pride parade to date.
Daily Media Report recap: August 16 to 29
August 29, 2019
A year after the project was finished, a condominium designer was stripped of their engineering permit for unrelated disciplinary action. New program to support foreign credential recognition. Climate change impacts on concrete. These were the most-read stories from the Daily Media Report since the…
