The Engineering Conference 2022: Using AI to Promote Greener Smart Mobility and Improve Road Safety
At OSPE’s 2022 Engineering Conference, Emanuel Corthay (P.Eng.) will share his experience using AI (artificial intelligence) and computer vision to design greener, safer roads. In recent years, High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes have been introduced across Canada to reduce emissions and congestion. However, it is estimated that much of the traffic in these lanes comes from single-occupancy vehicles. To address this problem, accurate data is needed on the use (and abuse) of HOV lanes. Corthay’s presentation (Using Artificial Intelligence [AI] to Promote Greener Smart […]
The Engineering Conference 2022: OSPE Welcomes Defence Construction Canada as Trade Show Booth Partner
OSPE is proud to announce Defence Construction Canada (DCC) as a Trade Show Booth Partner for the 2022 Engineering Conference in Ottawa. OSPE is pleased to partner with a top Crown corporation to deliver this signature event and looks forward to welcoming DCC to the trade show floor. The Engineering Conference is an important industry and community […]
The Engineering Conference 2022: Assessing the Climate Risks to Infrastructure in First Nations Communities
At OSPE’s 2022 Engineering Conference, Guy Felio (P.Eng., FCSCE, FIAM, IRP [Climate]) and Elmer Lickers will deliver a presentation on assessing and managing climate risks to infrastructure in First Nations communities. Since 2016, Felio and Lickers have worked together to develop the award-winning First Nations Infrastructure Resilience Toolkit (FN-IRT). The FN-IRT allows First Nations communities to assess the vulnerability […]
The Engineering Conference 2022: Landfill Gas to Renewable Energy Projects in Niagara
At OSPE’s 2022 Engineering Conference, David Thompson (P.Eng., PMP) will present on two recent projects which used landfill gas (LFG) generated by Walker Industries as a source of renewable energy. In the first project, Walker Industries transported its LFG to a nearby General Motors plant, meeting roughly 35 per cent of the plant’s electrical demand and […]
The Engineering Conference 2022: OSPE Welcomes Kinaxis as Trade Show Booth Partner
OSPE is pleased to announce Kinaxis as a Trade Show Booth Partner for the 2022 Engineering Conference in Ottawa. OSPE is proud to partner with a leading Ottawa-based software company to host this signature event and looks forward to welcoming Kinaxis to the trade show floor. The Engineering Conference is an important industry and community event and OSPE appreciates […]
Business Continuity: The Importance of Insurance Protection
Owning an engineering firm or providing engineering services independently can be a fulfilling and lucrative endeavour, and a great way to use your expertise to develop a good reputation in this competitive industry. When focusing on new projects and developing business relationships, it’s easy to forget the importance of tending to less exciting business requirements, […]
Sandra Odendahl, P.Eng, on how her childhood passion for problem-solving helped her forge her own unique path
“The superpower of engineers is problem-solving.” Sandra Odendahl, P.Eng., knows where her passion for engineering started: in the “rickety old fixer-upper house” that her father bought in south Ottawa when she was a child. “I would go to the hardware store with my dad on weekends,” she recalls, “and I still remember sitting there […]
Congratulations to Premier Ford’s Cabinet
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) congratulates all new and returning members of Premier Doug Ford’s cabinet, who were sworn in on June 24. We are pleased to see so many ministers returning in the same roles, allowing OSPE to build on existing relationships and continue advocating on files introduced in the past year. […]
Leveraging Public Sector Procurement Policies to Expand Opportunities for Women in Engineering
In late 2021, OSPE was awarded funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) to explore the potential to use public procurement policy to advance diversity goals in the procurement of engineering services, and to support increased career opportunities for women in consulting engineering and in the engineering profession in general. Two reports have recently been […]
Meditation: A natural path to mental balance and wellbeing
As the story goes, Buddha meditated beneath the tree of enlightenment to learn the true nature of suffering, eventually achieving nirvana. But can you enjoy the calming effects of meditation without having to seek enlightenment? Take a deep, nourishing breath and exhale as you say it with me: yes. Meditation for mental health Meditation is a […]
