The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) (

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: l'Institut canadien des ingénieurs; ICI) is a federation of fourteen

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based in

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, covering a broad range of engineering branches, and with a history going back to 1887. First known as the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, it became the first national professional engineering society in Canada.

History

The organisation was founded in 1887 under the name Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (not to be confused with the more recent

Canadian Society for Civil Engineering The Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) () was founded in 1887 as the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, renamed in 1918 as the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC), and re-established in June 1972 as a member society of the EIC under ...

). Co-founder Thomas C. Keefer was elected as the first president.

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, who helped with the incorporation, became one of the first vice-presidents, together with

Casimir Gzowski Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski, (born Kazimierz Stanisław Gzowski; March 5, 1813 – August 24, 1898), was a Polish-Canadian engineer who was known for his work on a wide variety of Canadian railways, as well as work on the Welland Canal. He al ...

and

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. And Henry T. Bovey was the first secretary and treasurer. In 1918 the society was renamed Engineering Institute of Canada with the goal to represent all engineering branches. Later the organisation converted into a federation of more independent member societies, starting with the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering in 1970. From 1951 until its conclusion in 1970, the Institute managed the

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, a two-year post-graduate program to bring Canadian engineers to the United Kingdom for additional studies or industry experience.

Member societies

The fourteen member societies of the Engineering Institute of Canada are: *Canadian Dam Association (CDA) *Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) Founded in January 1972 as a member society of the EIC but with a history going back to 1946 when the "Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics" was created by the

National Research Council of Canada The National Research Council Canada (NRC; ) is the primary national agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to science and technology research and development. It is the largest federal research and development organization in Canada. Th ...

. *

Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES) is a technical society representing the biomedical engineering community in Canada. CMBES is supported by its membership which consists of biomedical engineers, biomedical engineer ...

(CMBES) *

Canadian Nuclear Society The Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) is a not-for-profit organization representing individuals contributing to, or otherwise supporting, nuclear science and engineering in Canada. Since 2017, the group has invested in the development of small modul ...

(CNS) *Canadian Society for Bioengineering (CSBE) *

(CSCE) The CSCE was established in June 1972 as a constituent society of the EIC. Its membership has roots in the original founding of the EIC in 1887 (whose initial name until 1918 was the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers). *Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) *Canadian Society for Engineering Management (CSEM) *Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Founded in January 1970 as first constituent society of the EIC. *Canadian Society of Senior Engineers (CSSE) *IEEE Canada. The Canadian section of the

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(IEEE) and a member society of the EIC "for the technical fields of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering". *IISE Canadian Region *Tunnelling Association of canada (TAC) *Canadian National Committee of the

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(CNC-URSI aka URSI Canada)

Fellows

*List of EIC Fellows (FEIC) Starting in 1963, the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) has yearly elected some members to the level of

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, to recognize "their excellence in engineering" and "their services to the profession and to society". Initially, Fellows were members of the EIC with the annual number honoured and elected as FEIC varying between one (1967) and seventy-eight (1980). Since then, they are members of their nominating EIC member society with a maximum of twenty elected FEIC annually.

References

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