CONTENTS COVERSTORIES NEWS CAREERS STUDENTS 8 24 36 OSPE Lobby Day and Queen's Park MPP Reception Trading Spaces: How GHD Tapped into the Benefits of Designing a Creative Workspace Creating Programs for the Future and Job-ready Engineering Graduates at Conestoga College UPFRONT ADVOCACY IN ACTION 6 Message from your President and Chair 7 11 12 14 Research and Innovation Task Force hosts Smart Cities Roundtable OSPE Attends Lock Up Ahead of Release of Ontario's Provincial Budget OSPE hosts General Assembly & Annual General Meeting in Kingston Introducing DiversifySTEM COVER 19 Can Artificial Intelligence Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation in Canada? 22 Member Profile: Marcia Lim, P.Eng. Stay up to date with OSPE. Visit blog.ospe.on.ca CAREERS 27 Do Newcomers to Canada Face Barriers in Obtaining Work? The Census Says, Yes 32 It's not all Fun and Games, it's Innovation in the Toy Industry: Spin Master STUDENTS 35 How Engineering Students at ESSCO Think OSPE can Benefit New Grads 38 OSPE Student Member Profile: Tiffany Joseph from York University 16 COVER STORY MICROAGGRESSIONS IN THE WORKPLACE: The Uncomfortable Sensation Women and Other Equity-seeking Groups Experience all too Often Summer 2019 THE VOICE 3http://blog.ospe.on.ca