OSPE Signs Partnership with SWE Global
We’re very excited to announce a formal partnership between the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) and the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). As advocates of a more inclusive and […]
CCRM & the new CCVP Facility: an interview with Director of Operations, Helen Pejnovich, P.Eng.
OSPE recently sat down with Helen Pejnovich, P.Eng., the Director of Operations at the Centre for Cell and Vector Production – a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) facility run by the […]
OSPE Member Pedram Mortazavi, P.Eng., Awarded for Research in Earthquake Engineering with Emphasis on Steel Structures
From an early age, OSPE member Pedram Mortazavi, MASc., P.Eng., knew that he wanted to be a structural engineer. More specifically, Mortazavi knew exactly how he intended to use his […]
OSPE hosts roundtable discussion on Smart Cities
In April 2019, OSPE hosted a research and innovation roundtable on Smart Cities in partnership with Cisco and Allstream. The event had three key objectives: define a Smart City, explore […]
The ESSCO Perspective: How can Students & Recent Grads Benefit from OSPE Membership?
We interviewed three students to find out how ESSCO and OSPE have helped them in their student and professional lives. Thanks to: — “Engineering is not static, it’s always growing,” […]
The Motion Research Group: A Q&A with Professor John McPhee, P.Eng.
Professor John McPhee, P.Eng., studies things that move. What does that mean exactly? In McPhee’s words, his “research is devoted to the modelling, control, simulation and design of dynamic physical […]
Women in Engineering: Raising the next generation
Did you know that across Canada, the percentage of the newly licensed engineers who are women is only 17.9%? Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 initiative aims to address this gender […]
OSPE Member Roy Slack, P.Eng., named new President of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)
During the Annual General Meeting portion of the CIM 2019 Convention, the CIM welcomed in their new President, Roy Slack, P.Eng. Roy is an OSPE member and a professional engineer […]
The Global Occupational Disease Problem – And the Engineering Solution
Are the chemicals in your workplace really as safe as they seem? Handling workplace chemicals is not as easy as it seems. The average workplace uses roughly 200 chemicals for […]
Mentors vs. Sponsors: It’s Time We Build
Mentorship is a word we hear often as we begin and advance our careers. Sometimes, mentoring relationships are organic, formed through chance encounters and genuine connections between two individuals. Often, one individual will […]