An engineer says an abandoned logging road contributed to BC landslide. Queen’s Engineering launches strategic plan. Heidi Ploeg on the United Nations’ Day of Women and Girls in Science. These were the most-read articles in the Daily Media Report for mid-February.
BC landslide: In the wake of intense rains at the close of 2021, a former Salmon Arm engineer objects to storms and climate change being scapegoated as the cause of all bridge and road washouts. He believes that an abandoned logging road played a role as well in this BC landslide.
Queen’s Engineering: Dean Kevin Deluzio announced Driving Curiosity Forward, the Queen's Engineering strategic plan. Developed over the past year in consultation with Queen’s Engineering students, staff, faculty and alumni, the plan maps a transformative vision for engineering education in Canada.
UN Day of Women and Girls in Science: In an interview with the Kingston Whig-Standard, Queen’s University Chair for Women in Engineering, Heidi Ploeg, spoke about how having more girls and women in science and engineering is essential, and that work still needs to be done to balance their representation in the field.
