At the Canadian Engineering Education Assocation Annual Conference, held in Toronto, ON, from June 4-7, 2017, Engineers Canada staff and members of its Indigenous Peoples Access to Engineering Working Group participated in a sharing circle on Indigenous Education in Canada.
At the Canadian Engineering Education Assocation Annual Conference, held in Toronto, ON, from June 4-7, 2017, Engineers Canada staff and members of its Indigenous Peoples Access to Engineering Working Group participated in a sharing circle on Indigenous Education in Canada.
Held on the lawn of the University of Toronto’s Cumberland House on June 6, the session was attended by close to 60 participants engaged in or concerned about increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples in the engineering profession.
Following the tradition of a sharing circle, and under the guidance of Elder Kim Running Bear McDougall of the Oneida Nation, seven active participants briefly shared their personal and professional experiences and the challenges they face in recruiting more Indigenous peoples to engineering:
- Jason Bazylak, Dean’s Advisor on Indigenous Initiatives, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
- Jamie Ricci, Practice Lead – Research, Engineers Canada
- Randy Herrmann, Director of the University of Manitoba Engineering Access Program, and member of the Engineers Canada Indigenous Peoples Access to Engineering Working Group
- John Desjarlais, APEGS Councillor
- Melanie Howard, Director – Outreach and Aboriginal Access, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Queen’s University
- Lyndia Stacey, Outreach Coordinator, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo
- Matthew Dunn, Indigenous Peoples Initiatives Coordinator, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, and member of the Engineers Canada Indigenous Peoples Access to Engineering Working Group
