About

The events committee plans and organizes events—networking, recognition, professional development, recreational and more—for chapter members.

The education outreach committee works with local schools, teachers and students to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers.

Engage female engineers in the Chapter through local events. The 30 by 30 goal is to raise the percentage of newly licensed engineers who are women to 30% by the year 2030.

The EIT committee provides engineering interns (EITs) with guidance, mentoring and support as they work towards their professional engineer (P.Eng.) licence.

The GLP committee works to ensure that government, elected officials and the public continue to recognize and understand PEO’s regulatory mandate and policy directions.

The communication committee manages communications outreach with Chapter members via emails, the chapter website, newsletters and our social media channels.

PEO has 36 chapters grouped into 5 regions. Our chapter is part of the Western Region and encompasses Waterloo Region and Wellington County. (Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge and the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich.) 

You'll find an interactive map on the PEO website (here). Use the interactive map to find your chapter. 

If you live in our Chapter boundary, welcome! Make sure your indicate "Grand River" as your home/primary Chapter on your PEO profile page. This will ensure you are placed on our mailing list.

We'd love to see you at any of our upcoming events, and invite you to volunteer on any of our very active committees! Hope to see you soon!

We use the mailing list maintained by PEO for all of our communications. 

To ensure you receive our monthly Chapter emails, go to your PEO profile (here) and verify your email address. Also make sure that you add Grand River as your home/primary Chapter in your profile.

Please direct any questions/issues with your email to PEO directly for best support.

We use Eventbrite for all of our public events.

We recommend subscribing to our Eventbrite page (here) to get notified when we post a new event!

All our events are open to Chapter Members (P.Eng. and EIT).

Many events are also open to guests, students and others interested in joining. 

Check the Event listing (eventbrite) for details on who can register.

Awesome! We'd LOVE to have you join our family of active volunteers. 

EVERY position at the Chapter level - including the Chair! - is a volunteer position, and we all started with this same question.

There are several ways to join our team:

• Join us at one of our "Volunteer Drive" nights (about 2/yr) and learn about the different committees
• Come out to an event and introduce yourself.
• Email the Committee Chair you are interested in supporting (email links are on the About Us page)
• Reach out to the PEO: [email protected] to start the formal process of volunteering

All volunteers will be asked to register with the PEO and are required to take on-line training.

Yes! Our executive board meetings are open to any Chapter member. We also regularly include student reps from University of Waterloo, Guelph, and Conestoga College and a representative from OACETT.

We meet once per month (excluding July/Aug) typically on the second Tuesday of every month unless there is a holiday or other conflict. Most meetings are in person but some are on-line.

Meeting locations vary, so the best option is to email us ([email protected] or [email protected]) to find out the timing and place for our next meeting.

First - CONGRATULATIONS! Such an awesome accomplishment.

Licenses are distributed by the PEO to the Chapter. We host formal license award ceremonies throughout the year. You'll receive an email from us when we've received your printed license and we'll invite you to the next awards ceremony.

Please wait for our email before registering for a licensing event on Eventbrite. It will take a little time for PEO to print and mail your certificates to us before we can pass it along to you.

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to our licensing co-ordinator ([email protected]) if you have questions.

Nope!

Iron rings and the iron ring ceremony are entirely managed by the Corporation of the Seven Wardens. Please check their website (https://ironring.ca/home-en/) to find out about receiving or replacing your ring.