Call for Nominations for the 2010 OSPE Board of Directors officially opened January 4th. Nomination forms and responsibility details are posted online. All nominations must be received by February 1st, with ballots and voting instructions being sent to all Professional, Associate, Intern and Honorary members in good standing of OSPE on March 15th.
Register
Now & Beat the Early Bird Deadline
Full program details for Engineering in a Climate
of Change: Making the Lakes Great, a North American Symposium
on April 29, 2010 at the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto have now been
posted. Register online today, early bird pricing still available.
Marking our 10th Anniversary, OSPE continues to expand its programs across Ontario. OSPE President and Chair Annette Bergeron, MBA, P.Eng. summarizes OSPE's recent outreach efforts, including university visits, PEO chapter events, and ongoing professional development programs.
National
Engineering Month (NEM) Ontario
NEM 2010 is fast approaching! Volunteers are still needed for
events in Toronto, London, Kitchener, and Sudbury.
Click
here for list of NEM events in your area
Click
here to view the volunteer poster
Featuring the theme "Engineering Innovations in Consumer Electronics", the 2010 Forum aims to raise public awareness of engineering innovations and their impact on our quality of life. Thursday, March 4th at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. Advance registration required. There is no charge for this event.
Go
ENG Girl: Engaging Girls in Engineering Across Ontario
Celebrating five years of success, the 2009 Go ENG Girl event
on October 17th welcomed 675 girls in grades 7-10 and 542 parents province-wide
to learn about engineering programs and rewarding careers involving working
with people, social responsibility and creating designs that improve our
quality of life.
The “build” industry, including: architects, engineers, designers etc., will experience an immediate bottom line effect from the July 1, 2010 implementation of the Harmonized Sales Tax (HST). Learn more at this engaging seminar! January 19, Toronto. Registration required.
May 5 - OSPE Annual General Meeting (details)
June 10 - OSPE Golf Tournament (details)
Please click here to view OSPE's complete event calendar.
Is
Becoming An Engineer Worth All the Hard Work?
Todd, the graphical
programming software engineer known to Society Notes
readers as the face behind An Engineering Mind,
returned to YouTube this winter to ask the big question titled above.
Citing all the cool things modern engineers have the potential to create
(including self-driving cars, pop-up blockers that fire missiles, and
of course, the highly desired hover board), Todd reminds viewers to not
"trade your noble birthright as the creator of awesomeness"
and become an engineer! Click
here to see for yourself!
*best viewed with audio enabled
"the best student technology conference ever!"
Waterloo, ON
January 15-16, 2010
Click here for details
Mining Institute Human Resources Council
January 27, 2010
Click here for details
Theme: "redefining engineering"
Hosted by the University of Waterloo
January 29-31, 2010
Click here for details
IT360
Conference and Expo
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
April 7, 2010
Click
here for details
“A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.”
