Engineering The Future

In this episode of Engineering the Future, the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) CEO Sandro Perruzza walks through OSPE’s 5-Step Process to Advocacy and why engineers must be leaders in society now more than ever.

Former Chair of OSPE’s Energy Task Force Emily Thorn-Corthay, P.Eng., speaks with host Jerome James, P.Eng., about the difference between decarbonization and energy management, the federal carbon pricing law, and how Ontario’s engineers are working to decarbonize the economy.

In this special double-episode, host Jerome James, P.Eng., speaks with OSPE member Bruce Matthews, P.Eng., Executive Director of the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies (ACEC) – Ontario, and Kristi Doyle, Executive Director and Adam Tracey, Manager of Government Relations at Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), about Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS) and how their organizations are working in partnership with the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) to have a QBS framework implemented in the province.

Daniel Lawrysyn, P.Eng., Manager of Continuing Professional Development at the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA) shares details on Alberta’s mandatory CPD program for practising and non-practising engineers, which has been in place since the 1990s.  

Kadra Branker, P.Eng., Program Advisor at the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) talks about energy efficiency in Ontario, IESO’s retrofit program, and targeting system needs across the grid.

Host Jerome James, P.Eng., speaks with Mark Abbott, P.Eng., professional engineer, OSPE member, and Managing Director of the Engineering Change Lab – a collaborative platform for individuals and organizations in engineering to share perspectives and take action to address challenges holding back the profession’s full potential.

Host Jerome James, P.Eng., sits down with Réjeanne Aimey, P.Eng., President & Chair of OSPE, to discuss diversity & inclusion in engineering, the Black Lives Matter anti-racism movement, and OSPE’s newest initiative, Engineering for Change.

Host Jerome James, P.Eng., speaks with McMaster Engineering Dean Ishwar Puri, P.Eng., and fourth year chemical engineering student, and National Society of Black Engineers McMaster Chapter President, Feyisayo Enuiyin, about several initiatives to bring more Black and Indigenous people into engineering and create a more inclusive profession.

Host Jerome James, P.Eng., sits down with Brian Fleck, P.Eng., a professional engineer and professor from the University of Alberta about indoor air quality and its impact on health, happiness, and productivity. Brian, along with a team of medical scientists and engineers, is currently studying ventilation and how it impacts the transmission of COVID-19.