"A global engineer is defined as one who has the personal qualities, international knowledge, and technical skills required to work effectively in a range of international settings and work environments." - The National Academies Press
GE Week, held in March, partners with universities to expose engineering students to the importance of addressing socioeconomic, political, cultural and technical factors to develop innovative, sustainable solutions through curriculum, speakers, and events.
To provide an immersive and interactive learning experience for students across Canada. We want to create the next generation of global engineering thinkers to solve the world’s toughest problems.
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Every year, GE Week hosts a keynote speaker to kick-off the week. Past speakers include Professor Dan Frey, Head of D-Lab at MIT and Professor Amos Winter, Head of Global Engineering at MIT. Students from all faculties are encouraged to attend!
We have partnered with faculty across Canada to introduce real-life global poverty case studies, examples, and readings into the engineering curriculum during GE Week, ranging from electrical communications systems to entrepreneurship to engineering design. In 2018 we impacted 2,500 students in the classroom alone.
The GE Week Open Data Challenge aims to provide university students in Canada an opportunity to apply their problem solving skills, business and technical knowledge, and innovative thinking to develop a product or solution that addresses global social impact issues by leveraging open data.