WHAT IS NATIONAL ENGINEERING MONTH?

Each March, the engineering community across Canada celebrates National Engineering Month, Canada’s largest celebration of engineering excellence. Created in 1992 by Engineers Canada and the provincial and territorial engineering regulators, National Engineering Month sees the engineering profession spark an interest in the next generation of engineering professionals and to the engineering community to celebrate the role that engineers play in society. With its theme, “There’s a place for you in engineering!,” National Engineering Month celebrates the diversity of thought, opportunities, and people that make up the engineering profession, and demonstrates that there’s a place for everyone in engineering.

NEM ONTARIO

This year we’re supporting event leaders to run online Zoom events designed for post-secondary students and professional lifelong learning including panel discussions, skill building workshops and networking events. Our goal is to offer: “purposeful learning activity undertaken throughout life with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competencies within a personal, civic, social and/or employment related perspective” European Commission.

ENGINEERS CANADA

Engineers Canada’s Explore Engineering.ca is the national website that showcases the wide range of digital and in-person activities taking place across Canada for children, youth and post-secondary students. Many Provinces and Territories, like Ontario, also host their own events in March as part of the National Engineering Month celebrations!