A controversial question on a Queen’s engineering exam. PEO’s decision to remove Canadian work experience requirements. The use of illegally obtained information by regulators. These were the most-read stories in the Daily Media Report in the beginning of June.
Queen’s engineering exam controversy. An engineering exam at Queen’s asked students to design a ‘woke’ light assembly. EngiQueers, a group that advocates for queer students in the engineering faculty, raised concerns about the question.
PEO has removed Canadian work experience from licensing requirement. Internationally trained engineers will no longer be required to have Canadian experience to be licensed in Ontario, as the province adopts a new law that’s meant to remove the barriers keeping skilled immigrants from working in their former professions.
The use of illegally obtained information by regulators. What should a regulator do when provided, illegally, with unsolicited information of registrant misconduct? This commonly occurs when information comes to light during a civil lawsuit. As that information is protected, without permission from the courts, using it to discipline an engineer is not legal. British Columbia’s highest court provided guidance in the case of Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia v. Engineer X, 2023 BCCA 211 (CanLII).
