Driving growth & innovation in the automotive sector: OSPE weighs in on GM’s announcement
Today’s highly anticipated announcement at GM’s innovation lab in Oshawa – the Canadian Engineering Centre – delivered good news for Ontario’s engineers, with the promise of creating 1,000 cutting-edge jobs. GM envisions future mobility as “electric, connected, autonomous and shared,” and the company is relying on Canadian engineering talent to deliver this new phase of […]
Ontario’s new climate strategy looks to the future, ignores problems of today
Today, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) joined Premier Wynne and members of Cabinet for the unveiling of Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan. Anchored and financed by Ontario’s recently finalized cap-and-trade emissions program, the Plan outlines the key actions the government plans to take to combat climate change. The Action Plan calls […]
Professional Practice Exam (PPE) Prep – why take a course with OSPE?
We spoke with Paula Puddy, LL.B., M.B.A., one of OSPE’s PPE instructors who teaches the course alongside David House, P.Eng., M.B.A., about why Engineering Interns (EITs) benefit greatly by taking a PPE Prep course through OSPE. In-class is a much more effective than self study “When you’re studying on your own from the recommended texts […]
Why do I need to purchase insurance?
As licensed professionals, engineers are exposed to liability resulting from their daily work. If you (or your firm) offer and provide professional engineering services to clients, you (or the firm) assume professional responsibility for the services provided. This means that your client or others can make a complaint against you or the firm to your […]
A warm welcome: check out OSPE’s New Member Orientation Webinar
Whether you are a new or seasoned member, we know it can be hard to navigate all the benefits available to you through membership with OSPE. That’s why we’ve created a New Member Orientation Webinar to help get you started. As an OSPE member, you are part of an engineering community of more than 15,000 […]
Vacation destinations you may not have considered
With summer just around the corner, many of us start feeling the symptoms of the “travel bug”. Are you itching to leave behind your daily routine and explore someplace new? OSPE wants to help make your ideal getaway a reality. Whether you’re plotting your summer getaway or you’re using the summer months to plan the […]
Engineers demand involvement in Ontario’s cap-and-trade program
In an open letter to the Premier today, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) implores the provincial government to consult with engineers before implementing its cap-and-trade program. “Ontario’s engineers are tired of being ignored. Areas of complex science, functionality and design demand the expertise of Ontario’s highly trained engineers, yet we don’t have a […]
Three inventions that could change the world
Tackling the world’s most pressing issues doesn’t always require the most technologically complex solutions. The engineers and inventions featured in this post demonstrate that there are innovative ways to harness some of the Earth’s natural properties to make a difference. Mushroom Packaging Eben Bayer CEO and co-founder Ecovative, graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with degrees […]
Backing Canadian Clean Tech Winners
This post was prepared by Canadian climate change expert and clean-technology venture capitalist Tom Rand. Last week’s signing of the Paris climate accord marks the start of a new age, with huge implications for Canada. The fossil fuels that power the global economy today are entering a permanent (if slow) decline. Gone are cozy assumptions […]
Shocking migratory changes bring electric rays to Canada’s Pacific
This post was prepared by David Suzuki with contributions from David Suzuki Foundation senior research scientist Scott Wallace. Gary Krause was mystified by an unusual fish he caught in his trawl net off B.C.’s Pacific north coast in October. It was a Pacific electric ray, named for a pair of organs behind its head that […]
