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News & Features  

The OSPE Questionnaire: PEO Council Elections
OSPE recently sent a questionnaire to all candidates running for election to PEO's Council, including those acclaimed to their positions, to solicit their views on issues affecting engineers and the engineering profession. Please click here to see what participating candidates had to say.

 

Engineers Canada's Interim Labour Market Study
Updates on this Canada-wide study and a link to the Interim Report can be found within the OSPE Issues Engineering Labour Market Supply section.
A presentation and discussion of this highly relevant and timely study has been planned for February 18th in Hamilton.
Call for Nominations:
2009 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards

PEO and OSPE are seeking nominations of outstanding professional engineers for the 2009 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Submission deadline February 27, 2009.
 
 
Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) Moving Forward in India
The OCC is organizing a trade mission to India, focussing on India’s energy and infrastructure sectors, between the end of March and the beginning of April 2009. If you are interested in being one of the 10 to 15 companies included on this trade mission, please click here for details.
 
   

National Engineering Month Needs Volunteers
Volunteers needed for the following National Engineering Month 2009 events:

K’NEX workshops in Kitchener, London, Ottawa, Sudbury and Toronto.
Engineers Without Borders ‘Water for the World’ workshops at the Toronto Public Libraries.
Please click here for more information and to register.

 
                               
The Lighter Side of Engineering   Upcoming Events  

Life as an Engineer: Blog Style
Todd, a graphical programming software engineer, has created a blog with a distinct engineer's flavour, entitled An Engineering Mind. His Blogspot creation features a collection of tongue-in-cheek YouTube video commentaries with a sarcastic edge and technical flair. Browsing the site reveals such video gems as "Superman in No Engineer", "Investment Tips from an Engineer During Economic Crisis", "Engineering Bedtime Stories" and "An Engineers' Guide to Dating". An Engineering Mind's creator, the singular-named Todd, launched his site about life as an engineer in July 2008 in response to a string of successful videos created for a company meeting (including a great PSA reminding conference patrons to turn off cell phones while mocking persistent users of the now-archaic pager). Click here to enjoy!

National Engineering Month
Various locations across Ontario
February 28 - March 8, 2009

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Watch for the special Globe and Mail supplement on Feb 26
Hamilton Halton Engineering Week Awards Gala
Burlington Golf and Country Club
February 28, 2009

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Engineering Innovation Forum
Ontario Science Centre
March 4, 2009

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“Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.”

- Scott Adams, American Cartoonist
Specialty Seminar with Dr. John Luxat
McMaster University
March 4, 2009

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Canadian Brownfield Urban and Industrial Land Development Summit 2009 – CAN BUILD 09
April 1-2, 2009

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