Engineers Canada covered many stories and events throughout 2024. Several in particular captured readers’ interest this past year. Here are the most read stories from Engineers Canada in 2024.
Engineers Canada recognized the exceptional work and achievement of six outstanding members of the engineering profession. Our 2024 Engineers Canada recipients are championing innovation, equity, diversity, and inclusion in engineering, and leading impactful projects and research. Through entrepreneurship, engineering education, research, community involvement, and the advancement of women in engineering, these recipients are igniting change for a better world.
At the beginning of August 2024, Philip Rizcallah joined Engineers Canada as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. He comes to us from Accessibility Standards Canada where he was the federal departmental corporation’s first Chief Executive Officer. In that role, he spearheaded the development of several standards and research projects helping to remove barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities. Engineering Matters sat down with Rizcallah to discuss the first month in his new role.
Engineers Canada submitted its annual pre-budget recommendations to the federal government in advance of the 2025 budget. This year’s submission includes four recommendations relating to climate-resilient infrastructure, STEM education for Indigenous people, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in engineering, and licensing of engineers in the federal public service.
Engineers Canada has released its 2024 National Membership Report. The annual report gathers information on the provincial and territorial engineering regulators’ membership, providing information about the growth and composition of the engineering profession in Canada. This year’s report presents data from the 2023 calendar year.
Engineers Canada’s Canadian Engineering Qualifications Board (CEBQ) recently published an updated version of the national Guideline on Code of Ethics. The updated guideline represents a synthesis of the individual regulators’ codes and is intended to provide a non-binding general guide for registrants, educators, and the public, regardless of jurisdiction.
Each year, engineering regulators across Canada recognize engineers who have made outstanding contributions to the profession and to their communities. They highlight exemplary engineering practice, foster excellence among the engineering community, and inspire others. They also highlight the significant impact that engineers and teams of engineers have in society.
Last summer, we started the Behind the Scenes with Engineers Canada series to introduce some of the faces behind Engineers Canada’s work. With over 50 staff at the Engineers Canada office in Ottawa and approximately 350 volunteers nationwide, these individuals represent just a small selection of the minds and hearts driving current, ongoing, and upcoming projects and initiatives influencing the profession. Catch up with the series by reading the interviews below and stay tuned for more behind the scenes this summer.
After nine previous successful offerings and more than 10,000 participants worldwide, Engineers Canada and Polytechnique Montréal have opened registration for a tenth offering of their free online course, Sustainability in Practice.
