Shovel Worthy Infrastructure: What Projects are the Priorities?
“It’s not enough to be shovel-ready – projects need to be shovel-worthy as well.” – The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities to the Toronto Region Board of Trade Much attention has been paid lately to infrastructure spending as an investment in the future of Canada’s economic and social well-being. All levels of […]
Tips for logging into OSPE’s updated website for the first time
In February, OSPE launched its updated website and online member platform to simplify the process for online membership sign up and renewal. Today’s blog post will address some of your frequently asked questions by walking you through the initial steps required to set up your online account. Let’s begin navigating the first few pages that […]
Looking back on 2015 – OSPE’s Annual General Meeting
On Tuesday May 3, OSPE held its 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Novotel Toronto North York. The AGM is free for all members in good standing, and is held to conduct business on behalf of the Society. OSPE’s AGM includes dinner, networking, the election of the new Board of Directors, and reports discussing […]
Why Forbes recommends incorporating trade shows into your annual calendar
For many businesses and industry professionals, trade shows are not always of top priority when creating annual business plans, but according to an article on Forbes, perhaps they should be. Trade shows have been taking place in European countries as early as the medieval times. Organized to sell produce and other goods, trade shows were […]
2015 Member Satisfaction Survey Results
OSPE would like to extend our thanks to those members who took the time to fill out our 2015 Member Satisfaction Survey. Your feedback is important to us and as a member-driven organization, we are dedicated to using these results to make changes that benefit you in 2016. Our members play a vital role […]
Concentric Associates: Recognizing the need for engaged, entrepreneurial engineers
When founding partners Robert Hoad, C.TECH., CMI, Paul Matergio, C.E.T., and Allan Murray, P.Eng., left their jobs in 2004 to start Concentric Associates, they knew they wanted their engineering consultancy to be different. “Consulting is relationship-driven work,” said Hoad. “I’ve always believed that your network is your net worth, and we wanted to emulate that […]
Global opportunities for Ontario engineers: What you need to know about Ontario’s relationship with India
The following is a guest post prepared by Harpreet Singh, Co-Founder, Element Project Services (EPS). It’s no secret that Ontario is home to some of the largest and most advanced mining industries in the world, but many may not realize just how pivotal Ontario mining is to the Canadian and global economy. It 2015, the […]
RE/MAX Future Housing Trends
This post was prepared by Karla Saa and Surrinder Dhaliwal, RE/MAX West Realty Inc. For more information visit www.karlasaa.com. What can we expect? High demand and low supply of single-family homes is expected to continue to characterize the GTA market in 2016 Low oil prices and the low Canadian dollar may stimulate manufacturing and exports, […]
Strength in numbers: Introducing ONEIA, an environmental and cleantech partner
Insights for this post provided by OSPE Board Director Steven Rose, P.Eng. and the Ontario Environment Industry Association (ONEIA). OSPE links Ontario’s engineers with a variety of stakeholders in the engineering world. Some of OSPE’s most important alliances are with other professional organizations, so that both parties can communicate and collaborate on topics of mutual […]
Two sides to every good story: Mentorship from the perspective of mentees
We recently introduced two of the mentoring superheroes from the Engineering Professional Success Pilot Mentorship Program for Women. But what’s a superhero without protégées under their wing? Each at a different stage of their career, three of the program’s mentees walk us through a day in the life of an engineering protégée. Do any of […]