OSPE - The Voice - March 2018 - 24

advocacy in action

OSPE takes action using the Promising Practices
from Engineers Canada
APPOINT 30 x 30
ChAMPIONS

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...
* Appointed Shelly Deitner, P.Eng., Chair of
OSPE's Women in Engineering Advocacy
Champions Task Force (WE ACT), and Sandro
Perruzza, OSPE's CEO, as the 30 by 30 CoChampions

CrEATE Or SUPPOrT
SChOLArShIPS fOr
fEMALE ENgINEErINg
STUdENTS

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...
* Offers scholarships for undergraduate and
graduate engineering students through The
Personal

TrACK PrOgrESS
TOwArdS 30 BY 30

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...
* Prepares policy submissions, provides policy
recommendations, and meets with elected
officials at Queen's Park to discuss the gender
wage gap, importance of mentorship and
barriers to career advancement

CrEATE A wOMEN
IN ENgINEErINg
MAgAzINE Or ArTICLES

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...
* Prepares articles for The Voice magazine
and Society Notes blog that profile women
in engineering and address licensure and
challenges women face in the profession

CrEATE A wOMEN IN ENgINEErINg Or
dIvErSITY ANd INCLUSION COMMITTEE

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...

* Established an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee in December of 2017
to provide leadership on matters related to EDI in the engineering profession
* Has been encouraging women to study engineering, pursue a career in engineering
and obtain leadership roles since 2003 through WEAC

CELEBrATE dIvErSITY ANd INCLUSION

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...

* Dedicated the December issue of The Voice magazine to equity, diversity, and
inclusion
* Updated policies for OSPE volunteer recruitment so that positions are publicly
advertised to attract a wide and diverse pool of applicants

CrEATE A wOMEN IN
ENgINEErINg wEBSITE

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...

* Maintains a women in engineering webpage, plus WE ACT Twitter and Facebook
pages to engage OSPE members and public
* Created www.letsbreakbarriers.ca to provide updates on the Let's Break Barriers
project, funded by Status of Women Canada (SWC)

ENCOUrAgE vISIBILITY IN ThE
COMMUNITY

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...

* Hosts the annual Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Fall Forum, a conference that
brings together government, industry, academia, and experts to discuss timely
issues facing women in the engineering profession
* Profiles women engineers in social, digital, and print campaigns, like Change
the World and #AnEngineerWasHere
* Launched a mentorship program for women thanks to funding from SWC with
participants in 23 communities across Ontario

CrEATE Or SUPPOrT AN AwArd fOr EMPLOYErS whO PrOMOTE wOMEN IN ENgINEErINg

To support 30 x 30, OSPE...

* Nominates women engineers for the prestigious Ontario Women's Directorate's "Leading Women, Leading Girls,
Building Communities" Award

March 2018

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