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This week I met with Joseph Wabegij, Coordinator of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Indigenous Community Infrastructure (CICI). The CICI is a new collaborative research hub within the Faculty of Engineering that lends its focus to the challenges faced by Indigenous communities in Canada. What follows is a Q&A-style conversation about this exciting new initiative.

Throughout National Engineering Month, we are connecting with leaders in Ontario’s engineering community to talk about the future of engineering. This week I met with Nick Mocan, who is the President of Crozier Consulting Engineers. What follows is a Q&A session about how consulting engineers are shaping the future in so many ways. 

Leading up to National Engineering Month Ontario events, we are connecting with leaders in Ontario’s engineering community to talk about the future of engineering. This week I met with Tiz Mekonnen, Director at the Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET PhD Project)  and Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. What follows is a Q&A-style discussion about the IBET PhD Project – a new consortium initiated by the university’s Faculty of Engineering.

Leading up to National Engineering Month Ontario events, we are meeting with leaders in Ontario’s engineering community. This week I met with Dr. Amjed Majeed – the Associate Dean of the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology at the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology at Sheridan College to talk about the importance of applied learning within engineering fields. 

Leading up to National Engineering Month Ontario events, we are profiling leaders in Ontario’s engineering community. This week we are profiling  J.L. Richards & Associates Limited.