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SUMMARY:Launch Your Career Plan for MEng
DESCRIPTION:Launch Your Career Plan is an initiative by the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice (ISTEP) to support MEng to launch their career planning early in their studies. This event will guide you to critically reflect on career opportunities and equip you with strategies and tools to explore your unique career aspirations. You will leave this event with tailored resources to dive deeper into the specific career pathways that interest you.  \nAt this event\, you will:  \n\nLearn about parallel planning for further graduate studies\, academia\, and industry careers \n\n\nUse labour market data and networking tools to discover diverse academic and industry opportunities \n\n\nCreate a plan to explore your specific career aspirations \n\nThis event is open to all MEng. We welcome students who have a clear idea of their career trajectory as well as those who are exploring their next career move. It is highly recommended that all MEng students attend this event near the beginning of their studies.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\nActivity\n\n\n\n\n\n10:00 – 10:25 AM\nWelcome\n\n\n10:25 – 11:10 AM\nPart I: Design Your Life\n\n\n11:10 – 12:00 PM\nPart II: Labour Market Information\n\n\n12:00 – 1:00 PM\nLunch\n\n\n1:00 – 2:00 PM\nPart III: Skills Development\n\n\n2:00 – 2:50 PM\nPart IV: Build Your Support Network\n\n\n2:50 – 3:00 PM\nPart V: After Today\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/launch-your-career-plan-for-meng/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260121T133000
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SUMMARY:Winter Welcome: Postdoc Coffee Hour
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, January 21 I 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM I 8th Floor Myhal Terrace   \n\nCelebrate National Postdoc Appreciation Week!    \n\n\nMeet fellow PDF peers and learn more about how the Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice supports you!   \n\nCome to the 8th Floor Myhal Terrace. We’ll have coffee\, tea\, and treats available for you to enjoy while meeting fellow PDF peers. This is a drop-in-style event\, so feel free to come when you’re free and stay as long as you’d like.   
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/winter-welcome-postdoc-coffee-hour/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260121T173000
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SUMMARY:Engineering Business Futures Presents: A Fireside Chat
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in learning about real-world applications of engineering in the business and finance sectors? Want to discover career pathways for engineers in investment banking and capital markets? \nCome join our conversation on Wednesday\, January 21 where we will discuss emerging trends in technology and finance! \nSpeaker:\nMario Di Pietro brings over 20 years of experience in advisory and capital raising within the technology sector. His career spans leadership roles at BMO Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets\, where he specialized in Technology\, Media\, and Telecom Investment Banking. Mario holds both an MBA (Rotman School of Management\, Class of 2000) and a BSc in Engineering (MechE 9T5) from the University of Toronto\, making him uniquely positioned to speak to students navigating both technical and business domains. \nWho: Students interested in learning more about the intersections between business\, entrepreneurship\, finance\, and engineering. All are welcome to attend.\nWhen: January 21\, 5:30 – 7:30 PM\nRegister: Complete this form
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/engineering-business-futures-presents-a-fireside-chat/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260129T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260129T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T061142
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SUMMARY:E2R2: Understanding Engagement in Engineering Student Project Teams
DESCRIPTION:The ISTEP Engineering Education Research Roundtable (E2R2) is a monthly venue for ISTEP faculty\, staff\, and graduate students\, and colleagues and students from other FASE departments\, to exchange ideas about engineering education research. E2R2 aims to build a community for engineering education research within ISTEP and FASE\, and to inspire ideas and advance scholarship and practices in engineering education. These E2R2 meetings have been co-hosted by Professor Deb Tihanyi and Dr. Qin Liu. \nSpeaker: Dr. Victoria Kerr \nDate/Time: January 29 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM \nRoom: MY 763 \nTitle: Understanding Engagement in Engineering Student Project Teams \nDespite extensive research on improving the effectiveness of student project-teams\, low engagement from one or more team members is a common and persistent issue. While previous research has largely focused on individual behaviours and accountability\, this work presents a holistic view of student engagement and focuses on the impacts of the team environment on student engagement within the first-year engineering design-team context. Through longitudinal mixed-methods and qualitative studies\, it was found that there are significant positive relationships between team dynamics and student engagement\, and some of these relationships differ by gender. To facilitate the development of team dynamics and student engagement\, six categories of team norms were identified\, which can be utilized by instructors to facilitate engagement within their student project-teams. This research contributes to a broader understanding of student engagement in first-year project teams and the importance of team norms and team dynamics within this context. \nAll are welcome to attend this drop-in session\, no registration needed. If you are interested but cannot attend it in person\, you are welcome to join us via Zoom: \nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://utoronto.zoom.us/j/4733423257?omn=83369817089\nMeeting ID: 473 342 3257\nPasscode: 12332
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/e2r2-understanding-engagement-in-engineering-student-project-teams/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260223T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260223T140000
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SUMMARY:Incorporating REDI into Your Project with MITACS
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 23 I 12:00 – 2:00 PM I GB202  \nAs a thought leader\, prioritize equity\, diversity\, inclusion\, and reconciliation efforts. This session offers an opportunity to reflect on and develop strategies for implementing REDI into your project\, initiating powerful first steps towards systemic and behavioral changes. Identify reconciliation\, equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI) considerations for your project\, discuss their incorporation into the project plan\, and address these principles within the project team’s composition and methodology.  \nBy the end of the session\, you will be able to:   \n\nExplain why reconciliation and equity\, diversity\, and inclusion are needed principles in professional and personal life \nArticulate the concepts behind reconciliation and EDI \nRecognize situations where increased reconciliation and EDI are needed \nDescribe how you can play a role in improving reconciliation and EDI \nRecognize and implement ways to break down cultural barriers and foster a diverse\, inclusive workplace \n\nParticipants will receive a certificate of completion from Mitacs after completing the two-hour workshop.  
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/incorporating-redi-into-your-project-with-mitacs/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260306T120000
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SUMMARY:E2R2 Journal Club Session
DESCRIPTION:The ISTEP Engineering Education Research Roundtable (E2R2) is a monthly venue for ISTEP faculty\, staff\, and graduate students\, and colleagues and students from other FASE departments\, to exchange ideas about engineering education research. E2R2 aims to build a community for engineering education research within ISTEP and FASE\, and to inspire ideas and advance scholarship and practices in engineering education. These E2R2 meetings have been co-hosted by Professor Deb Tihanyi and Dr. Qin Liu. \nJoin us for the latest instalment of E2R2 (Engineering Education Research Roundtable)! We’ll be meeting for a Journal Club session for a discussionof a recent JEE editorial paper (6 pages\, open access). \nJournal Club Session: Magana\, A. J.\, Watkins\, R.\, & Vieira\, Ca. (2025). Recommendations for the integration of generative artificial intelligence in support of engineering education research workflows. Journal of Engineering Education. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.70043 \nDate/Time: Friday\, March 6 | 12:00 – 1:00 PM \nRoom: Join in person at MY763 or online via zoom \n\nMeeting ID: 473 342 3257\nPasscode: 123321\n\nReflection / discussion questions: \n\nHave you used GenAI tools as part of the workflow in your engineering education research (EER)? If so\, how was your experience like?\nWhat do you think of the potential and limitations that are outlined in the article regarding the integration of GenAI in EER workflows?
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/e2r2-journal-club-session/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260311T180000
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SUMMARY:What Inspires Ethical Research? Lessons from Biomedical Engineering Faculty
DESCRIPTION:Fred Kan Distinguished Lecture In Engineering Ethics 2026\nPromoting ethical engineering research is necessary given the potential for widespread social and technological impacts of engineering research outcomes. But what motivates engineers to think and act ethically\, particularly in the domain of research? In this interactive talk\, Dr. Justin L. Hess will address this question by sharing types of critical incidents experienced by engineering faculty who conduct biomedical engineering research. The incident types denote the formative impacts of professional culture and academic norms\, engaging in ethical behaviors\, observing questionable behaviors\, attending to novel perspectives\, formal and informal training and mentoring events\, and reflecting on one’s own views and experiences. By understanding what experiences inspire engineers to think and act ethically\, institutions of higher education and engineering organizations will be better positioned to support ethical growth be it in formal courses\, faculty research labs\, organizational training efforts\, or by reshaping institutional norms.  \nAbout the Speaker: \n\nDr. Justin L. Hess is an associate professor in the School of Engineering Education\, where he also co-directs the Multidisciplinary Engineering and Interdisciplinary Engineering Studies undergraduate programs. Dr. Hess’s research explores how engineers develop ethical and empathic dispositions. He received his PhD in Engineering Education from Purdue University in 2015\, and his BS/MS in Civil Engineering from Purdue in 2011 and 2015\, respectively. He served as the assistant director of the STEM Education Research Institute at Purdue University for four years (2015-2019) before returning to Purdue as a tenure-track faculty member in 2019. 
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/what-inspires-ethical-research-lessons-from-biomedical-engineering-faculty/
LOCATION:The Faculty Club\, 41 Willcocks Street\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5S 3G3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Communication as an Incremental Revolution: 30 years of ECP
DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday\, May 11 for the latest instalment of the ISTEP Speaker Series \nLunch and refreshments will be provided! Students\, staff\, faculty and alumni are all welcome to attend.  \nThis is a hybrid event. If you would like to attend online\, please indicate as such in the registration form\, and a link will be sent to you in advance of the event. \nThe goal of this talk is to reflect on lessons learned over 30 years of the Engineering Communication Program. But more\, it celebrates the ways in which our unique program has integrated communication as core to engineering disciplines. In the process\, students’ understanding of their fields and themselves has grown from solely technical to social and transformative with communication as the empowering force.\n\n\n\n\nRobert Irish is the founder of the Engineering Communication Program at University of Toronto. He directed the program from 1995-2008. During his time at U of T\, he has taught in every department of Engineering. Currently\, he is the Associate Director of Engineering Science for Years One and Two. He teaches Language and Power (TEP322)\, Communication 1 in Civil Engineering (CIV282)\, and Engineering and Society in Engineering Science (ESC203). His recent work focuses on how students learn and structure argument\, and Care Ethics in engineering education. He is the author of two textbooks: Engineering Communication: from Principles to Practice (Oxford\, co-authored with Peter Eliot Weiss)\, and Writing in Engineering: A Brief Guide (Oxford\, 2016). \nRegister in Advance
URL:https://istep.utoronto.ca/event/communication-as-an-incremental-revolution-30-years-of-ecp/
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