2020 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) postponed until 2021
Out of an abundance of caution due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been decided to postpone the 2020 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards (OPEA) gala until 2021. An in-person gala for 2020 OPEA recipients will be hosted in November 2021.
More information will be provided closer to the gala date.
Professional Engineers Gold Medal
No recipient
Engineering Medal – Engineering Excellence category
Goldie Nejat, PhD., P.Eng.
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Robots for Society, University of Toronto
Charles Michael Southwood, BSc, P.Eng.
Chief Electrical Engineer, Eastern Power Ltd.
Engineering Medal – Management category
Laura Conquergood, BSc.Eng., P.Eng.
VP Operations, Baylis Medical
Howard Goodfellow, PhD., P.Eng., FCAE, FEC
President and CEO, Goodfellow Business Enterprises
Engineering Medal – Research and Development category
Pascale Champagne, PhD, P.Eng., D.WRE, F.ASCE, F.EWRI, F.CAE
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Bioresources Engineering, Queen’s University
Jing Jiang, BESc., MESc., Ph.D., P.Eng., F. CAE, F.EIC, F.IET, F.ISA, F.IEEE, F.ANS
Professor and NSERC/UNENE Senior Industry Research Chair, University of Western Ontario
Engineering Medal – Entrepreneurship category
Jeff Westeinde, BESc., P.Eng.
President, Zibi Canada
Engineering Medal – Young Engineer category
Yin Yu Rachel Zhang, P.Eng., CCE
Clinical Engineer, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Citizenship Award
No recipient
Award for Engineering Project or Achievement
National Arts Centre Rejuvenation
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