APEGA was awarded a new, three-year, $400,000 grant from the federal government. This new project will examine workplace barriers faced by women that have been introduced, or made worse, by the COVID-19 pandemic. We will study organizational recruitment, promotion and retention practices, and the challenge of re-entering the workplace after leave.
The Women in APEGA Advisory Group makes recommendations to APEGA’s Registrar & CEO on increasing the representation, engagement, and retention of women in engineering and geoscience to ensure the inclusivity and sustainability of the professions.
Proportion of female engineers and geoscientists in Alberta
Category
2020
2021*
Female licensed professional members
14.5%
14.9%
Professional engineers
20.8% 13.9%
21.5% 14.3%
Professional geoscientists
Female-identified members-in-training
24.5%
23.9%
Engineers-in-training
23.3%
22.8%
37.6%
37.8%
Geoscientists-in-training
*As of October 2021
Our 30-by-30 initiative aims to increase the number of women in the engineering and geoscience professions to 30 per cent by 2030.
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