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 […]
OSPE and Guelph Black Professionals Group announce winners of technical writing contest
Back on February 26th 2022, the OSPE Exchange Hub in Guelph partnered with the Guelph Black Professionals group to host the 2nd annual technical writing contest. Students were given 24 hours to write a report either designing, or redesigning, a system that disproportionately, and negatively, affects the BIPOC community (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour). Any engineering […]
OSPE Names Replacement Director Stephen Pepper, P.Eng.
With the sudden passing of dedicated Board Director Irene Sterian, P.Eng., a vacant position was created on the OSPE Board of Directors. As per our bylaws, provided that a quorum of the Board remains in office, any vacancies which may occur may be filled for the remainder of the term by the Board from among […]
Congratulations, Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario!
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers congratulates the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party on being re-elected with a majority government. We would like to extend our gratitude and congratulate all candidates who put their names forward and for running an incredible election, as well as all Ontarians who exercised their right to vote. OSPE is the […]
OSPE Creates Indoor Air Quality Advisory Group
The global pandemic has brought attention to many issues that previously were only of interest to small cadres of insiders and subject matter experts. One issue whose profile has been raised significantly is Indoor Air Quality, particularly as a means of limiting the spread of a virus like COVID-19 but also as a factor in […]
Ontario Elections 2022: Addressing the Climate Crisis
