Professional Engineers Ontario

 
Contact1: David Smith, Media Specialist
Phone (Bus): (416)224-9528 Ext 1068
(Fax): (416)224-8168
E-mail: dsmith@peo.on.ca

Address: 1000-25 Sheppard Ave. W., North York, ON  M2N 6S9
Web Site: www.peo.on.ca

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Keys: Access to the Engineering Profession; Atomic Energy; Bioengineering; Bioethics; Biotechnology; Bridges: Construction & Maintenance; Building Codes; Construction; Energy Conservation; Energy Efficiency; Engineering: Aeronautical, Chemical, Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Medical, Metallurgical, Nuclear; Environmental Issues; Geology; Hazardous Waste Management; Hydroelectricity; Information Technology; Land Development & Planning; Licensure; Malpractice; Mining & Safety; Nuclear Power; Occupational Health & Safety; Recycling; Software Engineering; Soil Erosion; Solar Energy; Systems Design; Urban Planning; Ventilation; Women In Engineering;
Accreditation; Alternative Energy; Applied Science & Technology; Atomic Energy; Bioethics; Building Standards; Drinking Water; Energy; Engineer; Engineers; Engineering; Engineering Accreditation; Engineering Associations; Engineering Awards; Engineering Education; Engineering Ethics; Engineering/Licensing; Engineering Publications; Engineering Qualifications; Engineering Registration; Engineering Regulation; Engineering Standards; Environmental Engineering; Ethics; Ethics & Practice; Failure Analysis; Foreign-Trained Professionals; Forensic Engineering; Geology; Highway Engineering; Highway Safety; Hydroelectricity; Innovation; International Barriers to Professional Mobility; Internationally trained professionals; Licence; National Building Code; P.Eng.; Professional Associations; Professional Designations; Professional Engineer; Professional Ethics; Regulatory Boards & Bodies; Road Safety; Safety Engineering; Software Engineering; Standards & Certification; Sustainable Development; Systems Design; Urban Planning; Ventilation; Voluntarism; Women In Engineering; Provisional Licence; Limited Licence.

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Expertise: Established in 1922; 80 employees; 65,000 practitioners.
Professional Engineers Ontario administers the Professional Engineers Act, a provincial statute, by licensing professional engineers, and setting standards for and regulating engineering in Ontario so that the public interest is served and protected. Rigorously educated, experienced, and committed to a Code of Ethics that puts the public interest first, licensed professional engineers can be identified by the P.Eng. after their names.

Mandate: Protect the public interest where engineering is concerned.

Features:
· Administer licensing examinations & discipline hearings on-site.
· Annual awards gala to celebrate engineering excellence and honour outstanding achievement in design, research, management, citizenship, and voluntarism.
· Conduct a school and community outreach program to encourage students to pursue a career in engineering.

Story Ideas:

· Internationally educated graduates
· International barriers to professions
· Access to the engineering profession
· Self-regulated professions
· Award-winning professional engineers

updated: February 16, 2005

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