Calling for change to the iron ring ceremony. ACEC-Ontario launches professional development learning platform. A discipline notice in BC. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in early March.
Iron ring: Robyn Paul, a co-facilitator of Retool the Ring, was interviewed in a Toronto Star podcast about why the group is calling for change to the Ritual of the Calling of the Engineer.
Professional development platform: ACEC-Ontario has launched a continuing professional development (CPD) learning platform for professional engineers ahead of PEO’s new mandatory requirements. EngineeringCPD.ca provides technical courses for continuing professional development, aligned with PEO’s requirements.
Discipline: In a January consent order, Sofya Frey admitted that she demonstrated unprofessional conduct relating to the structural engineering services she provided for several residential buildings in Burnaby, BC. Frey’s registration with Engineers and Geoscientists BC is cancelled and she has agreed to pay $10,000 toward the legal costs of Engineers and Geoscientists BC.
