A new biomedical engineering department at the Schulich School of Engineering. The Aboriginal Access to Engineering program at Queen’s University takes on a new name. And disaster response in BC. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in mid-January.
Schulich: The University of Calgary has launched a new Department of Biomedical Engineering, a multidisciplinary department that will call the Schulich School of Engineering home.
Indigenous Futures in Engineering: At its ten-year anniversary, Queen’s University Indigenous student support and youth outreach initiative known as Aboriginal Access to Engineering Education is taking on a new name: Indigenous Futures in Engineering (InEng).
BC disaster response: With BC having faced the worst fire and flood seasons in memory in 2021, Dwayne Anderson wrote in The Province that engineers and agrologists are among the professionals behind flood and fire response. Business in Vancouver also wrote about the vital role that the construction industry plays in the rebuilding effort.
