The Voice
OSPE’s E-Magazine
OSPE’s quarterly Engineering Magazine, The Voice, features the latest engineering projects, innovations and advocacy topics and highlights the expertise and insights of OSPE’s members and Partners.
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June 2025
The Water Resilience Issue
This issue features:
- Engineering Water Resilience: Building Infrastructure for a Changing Climate
- From Trash to Treasure: Maximizing Renewable Fuel with Codigestion
- Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Demands
- Engineering Accountability and Environmental Justice: Lessons from Grassy Narrows
- (Bio)Engineering to Build a Sustainable Biorefinery
- And more!
March 2025
The Fire Science Issue
This issue features:
- Advancements in Fire Safety, Behaviour, and Technology
- Fire and Environmental Sustainability: Engineering Solutions for a Greener Future
- An Overview of Canadian Wildfire Risks and Evolving Mitigation Strategies
- Fire Safety in Transportation Engineering
- Analysis of Human Behaviour During Wildfire Evacuation
- And more!
December 2024
Engineering Smart Communities
This issue features:
- Effective Transportation as the Key to Sustainable Cities
- Bridging the Skills Gap for Effective Carbon Emission Reduction
- Integrating Green Technologies to Build Smarter, More Sustainable Communities
- A Path Toward Reliable, Sustainable Energy Systems
- Strategies to Future-Proof Infrastructure Against Climate Risks
- And more!
September 2024
Empowering Women in Engineering
This issue features:
- A special Q & A with a panel of women in engineering
- Why we need to create safe spaces for 2SLGBTQI+ engineers
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- #WeAreEngineering: Bridging Heritage and Contemporary Engineering
- The EngCon 2024 Guide
- and more…
June 2024
The Privacy Paradox
This issue features:
- Articles on the privacy of AI, sustainable electronics manufacturing, and engineering salary research
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- The Engineering Conference Overview
- AGM Recap
- Ontario Professional Engineers Awards Announcements
- and more…
March 2024
The Transportation Issue
This issue features:
- Articles on EV battery recycling, the greenhouse gas emissions of diesel highway trucks, and transforming transit in the GTA
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- Lobby Day, MPP Reception and P.Eng. Day recaps
- Public engineering events for NEM 2024
- Board election information
- and more…
December 2023
Networks for Decarbonization
This issue features:
- Articles on thermal networks, sustainable construction, forestry, and employment trends
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- EngCon 2023 and OPEA Recaps
- Board election information
- and more…
September 2023
The #EngCon Issue
This issue features:
- #EngCon 2023 – Everything you need to know
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- New publications from our Research and Innovation Task Force
- OPEA Profiles
- and more…
June 2023
Engineering Employment in Ontario: 2021 Census Confirms the Need for Change
This issue features:
- Beyond the Binary: Queering Technology for Inclusive Facial Recognition
- Using Public Procurement to Reinforce Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Getting to Know OSPE’s Task Forces
- Bringing Engineering into Politics
- #EngCon 2023: Programming Preview
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- OSPE’s 2023 Annual General Meeting
March 2023
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence
This issue features:
- The Potential of Artificial Intelligence
- Civil Liberties and Data
- Advocacy: News from the Front
- Highlights from MPP Lobby Day and P.Eng. Day
- 2023 Board Election Candidates
- National Engineering Month Events
Winter 2022
Benchmarking Report 2022: A Profession in Transition
This issue features:
- Ontario Engineers Developing Clean Technology
- Reusing Concrete Aggregates in Road Construction
- PEO Begins Mandatory Continuing Professional Development
- Moving Forward on Diversity in Procurement
- Benchmarking Report 2022: Ontario’s Engineering Community in Transition
- Indoor Air Quality Recommendations
- Writing Tips for Engineers
- Tech Stewardship: A Path Forward for the Engineering Community
Summer 2022
Data: The Importance of Being Connected and Protected
This issue features:
- Incentivizing Deep Energy Retrofits
- Ontario Pre-Budget Submission 2022
- Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ontario Diesel Highway Trucks
- OSPE Board of Directors Releases New Strategic Plan
- OSPE’s Annual General Meeting
- Planning for the Future: The Next Generation of Engineers
- Role of Sight Distance: Making Mixed Autonomous and Human-Driven Vehicles Operate Safely
- No Going Back: The Future of Engineering
- What are the Barriers to Engineering Leadership?
Winter 2021
The Future is Now – Change Is Coming For The Professional Engineers Act, and Your P.Eng. Licence
This issue features:
- Engineers Advocate for Proper Ventilation in Schools
- Engineers Call on Attorney General to changes to Professional Engineers act
- The Engineering Profession’s Role in Climate Action – Let’s Start the Conversation in Ontario
- Identifying Microaggressions towards Equity-Deserving Groups in Engineering Across Higher Education In Ontario
- OSPE receives Funding for Research Projects and Supports For Underrepresented Groups and Women in Engineering.
Summer 2021
Mandatory Continuing Professional Development & the Future of Engineering
This issue features:
- How Engineers Advocate for Their Profession: OSPE’s 5-Step Process to Advocacy
- OSPE Calls for the Adoption of Qualifications-Based Selection as a Post-COVID Economic Recovery Tool
- OSPE’s Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors Elections
- Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Compensation
- McMaster Engineering Launches Fellowships and Scholarships to Increase Black and Indigenous Representation in Engineering
- Beneficial Reuse of Excess Soil at Aggregate Pits and Quarries
- Small Modular Reactors to Power Canada’s Future
Winter 2020
Ontario’s Clean Electricity Problem
This issue features:
- What You Need to Know About OSPE’s 2021 Election
- OSPE Engineer Uncovers Widespread Forgery
- Advocacy for the Engineering Profession
- Join OSPE to Demand Real Change for a Diverse Engineering Future
- Project Engineering with Darya Duma, P.Eng. and Tim Dunn
- Lifelong Learning Takes the Stage at National Engineering Month
- OSPE Bridging Programs: Finding Your Path to Employment and Licensure in Ontario
- EDI in the workplace: STEM Employees Speak to OSPE Hubs About Their Lived Experience
Fall 2020
COVID-19: Engineers Adapting to a New Reality
This issue features:
- Introducing Your New Board Members
- 5G is here — but is Canada ready?
- Introducing the ENGage Forum: Your Destination for OSPE Member Discussion
- 2021 Engineering Conference Call for Speakers
- The New Age of On-Demand Transit in Canada
- OSPE President’s Awards
- Tips to Prepare for the Virtual Employment Event (VE3)
- Prospering Through Lifelong Learning
Summer 2020
OSPE Forges Career-Long Learning with New Academy
This issue features:
- Learn About the Ontario Engineering Academy
- OSPE’s COVID-19 Response
- The History of the Society
- Celebrating 20 Years of Advocacy
- Review of the 2020 Annual General Meeting
- Dionne Aleman, Ph.D., P.Eng. is Using Industrial Engineering Techniques to Track COVID-19’s Spread
- The Inaugural Engineering Conference
Spring 2020
Strength in Numbers: Breaking down the barriers of a changing market
This issue features:
- Changing our Ideas of how Engineers Lead
- 2019 Mercer and OSPE National Engineering Compensation Survey
- OSPE Pre-Budget Submission
- An Update on Legal Changes
- CO2 Conversion Technology with Queen’s University’s Dr. Cao Thang Dinh, Ph.D.
- Focus Group on What Young Professionals Want
- OSPE Member Satisfaction Survey
- First Annual Engineering Conference 2021
Winter 2019
The New Austrian Tunneling Method in Toronto: Dewatering the Eglinton Crosstown LRT
This issue features:
- OSPE Recommendations Included in Construction Act
- Advocacy for the Engineering Profession
- Workplace Safety Clothing: Where Hijab Meets Hardhat
- Advanced Manufacturing – Using Innovative Technology to Improve the Quality of Products or Efficiency of Processes
- Update on OSPE’s Exchange Hubs Across Ontario to Engage the Engineering Community in Advocacy
- 2019 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards Gala
- First Annual Engineering Conference 2021
- Essay Contest Winner Tackle Canada’s Energy Problems
Fall 2019
OSPE Launches Six Exchange Hubs Across Ontario to Engage the Engineering Community in Advocacy
This issue features:
- Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Technologies
- Make the Future at uOttawa’s New STEM Complex
- Government Relations and Submissions
- All Committees Meeting and Volunteer Appreciation Event
- Join us for the 39th Annual Halton-Hamilton Engineering Week Luncheon
- Canada Goes to the Polls – OSPE’s Federal Election Roundtable
- Independent Regulatory Review
- New Benefit Exlusive to OSPE Members: Certification in Engineering Management
- OSPE’s EIT Summit
- Tech Hub…North? Tech Firms are Forming a Critical Mass in South Georgian Bay
Summer 2019
Microaggressions in the Workplace: The Uncomfortable Sensation Women and Other Equity-seeking Groups Experience all too Often
This issue features:
- Can Artificial Intelligence Fuel the Next Wave of Innovation in Canada?
- Member Profile: Marcia Lim, P.Eng.
- 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
- 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
- Do Newcomers to Canada Face Barriers in Obtaining Work? The Census Says, Yes
- It’s not all Fun and Games, it’s Innovation in the Toy Industry: Spin Master
- How Engineering Students at ESSCO Think OSPE can Benefit New Grads
- OSPE Student Member Profile: Tiffany Joseph from York University
Spring 2019
Effective Regulation Requires a Sole Focus
This issue features:
- OSPE Celebrates 2nd Annual Professional Engineers Day
- Thales: Putting Ontario Engineers on the [Transit] Map for Innovative Urban Rail Signalling Solutions
- Queen’s and Western offer M.Eng. Degree Tailored to Working Engineers in the Manufacturing Sector
- OSPE’s 2019 Pre-Budget Submission
- Upcoming Advocacy Events
- Government Implements OSPE’s Excess Soil Report Recommendations
- OSPE Brings Engineers and Experts Together to Discuss Green Infrastructure
- Notice of OSPE Annual General Meeting & General Assembly
- OSPE and OACETT sign Leadership Accord on Gender Diversity
- OSPE hosts Town Halls Across the Province
- Professional Education for Sustainable Development
- Become an Ambassador and Volunteer with OSPE
Winter 2018
Momentum = Mass X Velocity
This issue features:
- Making Sure Technology is as Beneficial to Society as Possible
- Are Ontarians Using Their Engineering Degrees?
- DesignAbility: Helping Break Down Physical Barriers
- Opportunities Abound in the Canadian Armed Forces
- It’s Time We Act Annual Fall Forum Recap
- What You Need to Know about OSPE’s 2019 Board Election
- PSPC Engineers: Moving the Nation’s Capital into the Future
- Anomera Inc.: A Tale of Scale-Up Success
Fall 2018
#AnEngineerWasHere
This issue features:
- We’re Celebrating Engineers Here, There and Everywhere
- OSPE Makes Offshore Connections
- Daring to be Extraordinary in the Canadian Armed Forces
- Lassonde: Home of the Renaissance Engineers
- OSPE’s Engineering Summit, Kickstarting Careers at Dave & Busters, Cruising and Connecting
- Tackling the Serious Business of Getting Hired in a Fun and Relaxing Venue
- Celebrating the Success of OSPE’s First-Ever Engineering Ally Election Campaign
- Inspire the Next Generation of Engineers: Become an OSPE Mentor