Canadian Engineering Leaders Sign Summit Declaration

The first-ever National Engineering Summit, held May 19-21 in Montreal, brought Canadian engineers together with experts from a broad range of sectors and disciplines to consider critical issues and future projections related to health, the environment, safety and security, global competitiveness and quality of life.

At the summit, a declaration was signed by members of the Canadian Engineering Leadership Forum (CELF), committing to carry forward the learning objectives of the event and to take action. The CELF included representatives from Engineers Canada, the Engineering Institute of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Association of Canadian Engineering Companies, the National Council of Deans of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Canadian Federation of Engineering Students.

The declaration is an expression of the engineering profession’s resolve to help ensure the present and future success and well-being of Canada and its citizens. The declaration pledges to:

  1. Deliver Canadian engineering innovation domestically and to the global community;
  2. Deliver specific engineering capabilities that will be needed in the future to improve health and safety, provide for a cleaner environment, and enable more sustainable development;
  3. Address areas in which advocacy by the engineering profession can lead to public policy development and directly contribute to Canadians’ quality of life; and
  4. Make educational enhancements that will encourage broader participation in the profession by all segments of the population and foster innovation.

The declaration also sets out CELF’s commitment to enable the engineering profession to achieve these goals by providing direction and fostering collaboration. It identifies a number of actions to be taken in the areas of health, the environment, global competitiveness, safety and security as well.

The full declaration is available for viewing online at www.engineerscanada.ca/e/ne_news.cfm.