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Daily Media Report recap: February 15-28
February 28, 2019
End of OIQ’s trusteeship. The continuing gender gap in STEM subjects. The digital economy and Canada’s offshore oil and gas industry. And self-regulation of the safety profession. These were some of the top stories from the Media monitor in mid-February. End of OIQ’s trusteeship: After two and a ha…
Gerard McDonald shares thoughts on year one as Engineers Canada CEO
February 14, 2019
About this time last year, Engineers Canada welcomed Gerard McDonald as its new CEO. Since then, the organization has achieved several milestones, including the introduction of a new three-year strategic plan and substantial improvements to its governance policies.
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First edition of Sustainability in Practice class wraps up with great success
February 14, 2019
The first edition of Sustainability in Practice—a massive open online course jointly developed by Engineers Canada and Polytechnique Montréal—wrapped up in December to great reviews from participants.
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Daily Media Report recap: February 1-14
February 14, 2019
A new registrar for PEO. Public discussion on building bridges in Kingston and Vancouver. The CBC corrects its reporting on insurance industry climate change report. These were the top stories from the Media Monitor in early February. Johnny Zuccon appointed PEO Registrar: PEO announced last week …
Canadian students show off Future City designs at regional competitions
February 14, 2019
Close to 1,500 grades 6, 7, and 8 students in PEI, Ontario, and British Columbia have spent the past few months designing the resilient power grids of the future.
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Introducing… Tandem!
February 1, 2019
After consultations with HEIs and accreditation stakeholders, we’re pleased to announce that our new data management system will be called Tandem. With the name, we’ve also enlisted the creative services of a graphic designer to develop the system’s visual identity. The Tandem logo design represent…
Meet-and-greet between HEIs and CEAB
February 1, 2019
Building on the success of last year, on February 3, 2019 we once again hosted an accreditation meet-and-greet in Ottawa alongside the CEAB winter meeting. Higher education institutions receiving a visit during the 2019-2020 accreditation cycle had the opportunity to chat with representatives from …
Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey training timeline
February 1, 2019
We are working towards the launch of the 2019 Enrolment and Degrees Awarded Survey using our new data management system. While we had originally anticipated that training would occur in March, we have shifted this to April to finalize Tandem functionality and improve our training resources. Data en…
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Early implementation of accreditation improvements
February 1, 2019
As part of the AIP, we have identified accreditation improvements suggested by stakeholders that can be easily implemented with a sizable benefit. Based on this analysis, several such improvements have either been completed or are currently underway. Problem HEIs have indicated that it is difficul…
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When software becomes a work of engineering
January 31, 2019
The discipline of software engineering has been discussed in academic and professional circles since the 1960s but has become more in the public eye as software systems have become so much more prevalent and are entrusted to make safety-critical decisions in more and more aspects of our daily lives.
