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UP FRONT National Engineering Month ONTARIO 2013 Opening minds, celebrating engineering What do engineers do? They build bridges, don’t they? All too often that is where the public imagination ends. OSPE is committed to showing the public that engineers do so much more. Each year, National Engineering Month (NEM) Ontario provides the platform to show our fellow citizens that engineers improve lives and enable change in exciting, ground breaking ways every day. 8 TheVoice Summer 2013 Established by Engineers Canada in 1992, National Engineering Month (NEM) is a Canada-wide celebration designed to energize engineering professionals, educate the public and inspire the next generation to see that engineering is about more than building bridges — it is a means to change our world. Throughout March 2013, NEM Ontario proved a fun four weeks of events and activities. Across the province, a wide array of volunteer-led events and activities highlighted the wonders of engineering and engineering technology in virtually every discipline and sector. From professional lectures to fun hands-on youth activities; from classroom visits to awareness-building public outreach, NEM Ontario activities shone a spotlight on engineering as an essential part of building communities and leading change. OSPE launched this exciting month-long celebration with a NEM Tip-off Party in downtown Toronto, followed by an opportunity to cheer on the Toronto Raptors at the Air Canada Centre. Then, throughout March, OSPE was on the road, hosting events at Ottawa’s Science and Technology Museum and Sudbury’s Science North, as well Toronto’s famed CN Tower. Through these initiatives, OSPE reached thousands of engineers, engineering students, children and supporters of the engineering profession. Whether it was constructing catapults or perfecting parachutes, celebrating and promoting the profession was always front and centre.

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of OSPE - The Voice - Summer 2013

OSPE - The Voice - Summer 2013
Contents
Viewpoint
Newsbytes
Anne Sado, P.Eng.
National Engineering Month Ontario 2013
Engaging Tomorrow’s Engineers
Student Ambassador Profile
Innovation
The OSPE Research and Innovation Guide
The Advocacy Agenda
Maintaining and Expanding Our Engineering Capability
Engineers as Leaders
Why Throw It Away?
Connecting with Queen’s Park
Can We Engineer Better Drivers?
Insuring Your Work
Closing the Gap
Bridging the Gap
Learn, Develop, Grow Your Career
Grow Your Engineering Team

OSPE - The Voice - Summer 2013