Human Resources committee  Well, we've done updates on an annual basis since we first did the survey—

Human Resources committee  It was first completed in 2009; it was first published in 2009. So we've done two years of updating and going around and checking. We're getting very similar feedback, results on the next go-around, which to me is the validation of the first go-around.

Human Resources committee  We're not having the same challenge as they're having in the medical field. We collect those statistics. I don't have that particular percentage at hand at the moment. We can provide it to you. But certainly the majority of the graduates are homegrown Canadians who are going to

Human Resources committee  I'm going to ask Alana to answer.

Human Resources committee  We hire a firm. We've hired Prism, which is the name of the firm that does our studies for us.

Human Resources committee  We ask them to go out to small, medium, and large companies and we ask them for the following. What is their current situation? What are their projections based on their knowledge of their industry and how their particular company is growing? What is their projected need? How man

Human Resources committee  Exactly. When we got the results of that, I thought, well, you know, you're not going to have any engineers with five to ten years of experience if you're not hiring the people out of university, because in five or ten years, they're the ones who will have the experience that you

Human Resources committee  My understanding is that it really crosses all disciplines. However, it depends on what area of the country you're looking at. For example, in Alberta and in Newfoundland, where they have a lot of work going on in the gas and oil industry and where they have a lot of construction

Human Resources committee  Yes, they are. They're all over the country. I had a call from them yesterday. It's the second call I've had from this gentleman. I asked what types of engineers they are looking for, and he said they need expertise in oil and gas and mining. They also need the mechanical engine

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, yes. The 6% that I referred to is only the increase in women. From the perspective of women, 50% of our population, really, is untapped. From the perspective of the whole aboriginal issue, we entered into an agreement with the Assembly of First Nations to try to work

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. I do appreciate being invited to come and speak to you. As indicated, my name is Marie Carter. I'm actually this week the interim chief executive officer, so I'm wearing two hats at the moment. Engineers Canada is the national body that represents the 12 re

Status of Women committee  Well, the age is actually young now. People of my age are less than 10% in the engineering field. The growing percentage is of those who are about 30 years old now. That's where our wave is coming from: they are about 30 years old. They're having kids.

Status of Women committee  Absolutely. The more media that's focused on people like Julie Payette, for example, as a successful engineer encourages girls and women to go into the professions. Any positive image is always good.

Status of Women committee  It's an interesting question, because the one thing we recently asked all of the licensed engineers in the country was what they see as the future for women engineers. We asked that question to give us an idea about the present, because what they see as the future is usually diff

Status of Women committee  Oh, yes, we've done a tremendous amount. We've had huge support from the federal government, from HRSDC. We started a big project in 2002, “From Consideration to Integration”. What we've been able to achieve with our regulators, our constituent associations, has been a much more