Bridging the Gap – Health and Safety Engineering Student TeachingModules

This project is an undertaking in coordination with Minerva Canada, some of its industry
partners and eight Canadian universities which aims to address a gap between industry and
the graduates of engineering programs in terms of attitudes, knowledge and applied skills
pertaining to health & safety in engineering practice. Upon completion, the project’s end
product will include 11 stand-alone teaching modules that can be integrated into one of the
four years of an engineering program related to health & safety for universities across
Canada. This project is currently in phase 3. Phase 2 provided the input for this project and
involved the development of a curriculumplan for content and integration into all four years of
engineering. It was completed by Ana Popovic of Queen’s University through a MITACS
grant and sponsorship by Minerva Canada. It is anticipated that another 10-15 H&S
engineering student teaching modules will be developed after this project is completed
consistent with the Phase 2 report.

Faculty Supervisor:

Vic Pakalnis;Graeme Norval;Anis Haque;Paul Amyotte;Marc Rosen;Shahzad Barghi;Shudong Yu

Student:

Partner:

Xstrata Nickel Canada;Minerva Canada Safety Management Education Inc;NOVA Chemicals;Dupont (Mississauga, ON);E. Alp and Associates Incorporated;ENMAX Corporation;General Motors of Canada;Electrical Safety Program Solutions Inc;Imperial Oil Limited (AB);Br

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Education

University:

Dalhousie University; Laurentian University; Toronto Metropolitan University; University of Calgary; University of Ontario Institute of Technology; University of Toronto; Western University

Program:

Accelerate