Professional Engineers Ontario licences over 76,000 Ontario’s professional engineers, grants temporary, limited and provisional licences to practise professional engineering, and authorizes businesses to provide engineering services to the public. It sets standards for and regulates engineering practice. Under the Professional Engineers Act, its statutory mandate is to serve and protect the public
interest where engineering is concerned. Rigorously educated, experienced and committed to a Code of Ethics that puts the public first, licensed professional engineers can be identified by the P.Eng. after their names. PEO in the province of Ontario, Canada. Ontario is subdivided into five regions for Council representation, and membership communications. For a sense of community, Regional membership is further divided into 36 Chapters to deliver educational outreach, technical, and social/sporting events to their membership. Chapters are the link between the association, and its members and the public. A Chapter’s primary function is to distribute and discuss information about policies and decisions made with respect to regulation of the engineering profession. It offers a forum for its members to discuss issues of concern for engineers and society. Our purpose:
To maintain a local presence for the engineering profession through activities of benefits to engineers and the community in which they live. Our objectives:
- Promote local public awareness of the engineering profession and the association. Carry out certain regulatory functions of the association.
- Facilitate two-way communication between P.E.O. council and the P.E.O. membership at large.
- Foster professional continuing competency. Develop volunteers for P.E.O.’s governance i.e. chapter, council, committees etc. What we do?
- Working with Professional Engineers of Ontario on issues related to REGULATIONS
- Working with Society of Professional Engineers of Ontario on issues related to ADVOCACY.
- Newsletter Publications
- Seminars on soft-skills (effective negotiations, communications, creativity, financial planning, etc.)
- Licensing Ceremonies
- Promoting Science and Engineering – Educational Events (National Engineering Week, Canada First Robotics, etc.)
- Tours – Aerospace, Environmental, Energy, etc.
- Networking events and social gatherings.
