CONTENTS UPFRONT CAREERS 4 President's Message 18 CO2 Conversion Technology with Queen's University's Dr. Cao Thang Dinh, Ph.D. 5 CEO's Message NEWS + EVENTS 30 Events at OSPE 7 Chatter Holiday party at the Hockey Hall of Fame ADVOCACY IN ACTION 11 STEAM vs. STEM 12 OSPE Pre-Budget Submission 8 16 An Update on Legal Changes 20 2019 Mercer and OSPE National Engineering Compensation Survey 24 Moving the STEM Workplace Forward One Easy Lesson at a Time 32 OSPE Member Satisfaction Survey 34 First Annual Engineering Conference 2021 36 Importance of Voting in Board Election COVER STORY OSPE EXCHANGE HUBS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Breaking down the barriers of a changing market 31 Focus Group on What Young Professionals Want 37 OSPE Exchange Hub Recap 38 OSPE Exchange Hub Ambassador Profile 26 Changing our Ideas of how Engineers Lead 28 OSPE Helps You Navigate Your Engineering Career Spring 2020 THE VOICE 3