Research

One of the centre’s key activities is to publish papers on a diverse range of engineering and public policy issues. Not only do papers offer engineers an opportunity to share their expertise and perspectives, they provide a highly valued resource to legislators, policy-makers, academics, students, the engineering profession and other individuals and organizations interested in public policy. Since the beginning of 2011, OCEPP articles have been published in the "Policy Engagement" section of Engineering Dimensions, the bimonthly magazine of Professional Engineers Ontario. For more information, please see the Policy Engagement/Journal page of this site.

Papers published by OCEPP are grouped under one of the following categories.

Education
Energy
Health
Ideas
Infrastructure
Licensing and regulation
Sustainability
Transportation
Waste management
Water

To comment on an article, please submit a letter to the editor. Letters should be no more than 500 words long and may be edited for length, clarity and style.

Other research
The report "Towards the Best Policy Directions for Engineering Regulators," is the culmination of a research project conducted in 2010 for Engineers Canada by OCEPP and the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Legal Profession. The project examined the current engineering association practices in Canadian provinces and territories and made recommendations for a national framework for the regulation of Canada’s engineering profession.

Rethinking Our Streets symposium introduction and presentations (the symposium was presented by the West Toronto and East Toronto chapters of Professional Engineers Ontario and Ryerson University) September 25, 2010:
• Introduction
• Traffic Engineering and Public Policy, by Dale Lynch
• PEO Ryerson/Rethinking our Streets, by Anne McIlroy and Brook Mcllroy
• Presentation, by Public Realm Section, Transportation Services, City of Toronto
• Rethinking Streets─Toronto Waterfront
• A change in Perspective, A change in Vision, by Jurij Leshchyshyn
• Presentation, by Antonio Gomez-Palacio
• Presentation, by Chris Hardwicke

Engineering Leadership Review, University of Toronto, Volume 1, Number 1

PEO Emerging Disciplines Task Force: Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering (Phase 1 Report on Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering), March 24, 2010

Doing it right
Jana Levison, Canadian Consulting Engineer, May 2010

Joint statement: Waste to Worth
Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, the Canadian Environmental Law Association and eight other organizations, February 1, 2010

Waste Diversion Act comments
Professional Engineers Ontario East Toronto chapter, February 1, 2010

Commentary on From Waste to Worth: The Role of Waste Diversion in the Green Economy A Minister's Report on the Review of Ontario's Waste Diversion Act, 2002
Ontario Centre for Engineering and Public Policy, January 28, 2010

The Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025, Achieving the Vision for Civil Engineering in 2025
American Society of Civil Engineers

Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century
American Society of Civil Engineers

A Parliamentary Career for Scientists and Engineers
Canadian Parliamentary Review (Volume 32 no. 3, 2009)

Contact
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Page updated January 8, 2013.