About

Our Chapter

The Oakville Chapter encompasses the Oakville and Milton area, and has over 4,000 professional engineers, Engineers-in-Training (EITs) and volunteers that call it home. 

Professional Engineers Ontario, or PEO, is the regulatory body that licenses professional engineers in Ontario. PEO sets standards for and regulates the practice of professional engineering in the province.

Under the Professional Engineers Act, PEO has the mandate to serve and protect the public interest where the practice of engineering is concerned. PEO enforces compliance with the Act so that only those with a licence may practice engineering or advertise their engineering services. The association also disciplines engineers and companies that fail to maintain the profession’s standards.

We do not have an office as we are a local organization made up of volunteers to run events for the registered Engineering Interns (EIT) and Professional Engineers (P. Eng.) of the Oakville-Milton area. Some things we do include networking, social events, technical tours, sessions with speakers, and new P. Eng. certificate presentation ceremonies.

Professional Engineers Ontario fulfills the same role the College of Physicians and Surgeons does for physicians and the Law Society of Upper Canada for lawyers.

Message from the Chapter Chair

 Photo of Chapter ChairI am delighted to welcome you to our PEO Oakville Chapter website. Throughout the years, our chapter has organized and conducted a diverse range of social, educational and technical events aimed at professional engineers, EITs, and even elementary and high school students. Our Government Liaison Program (GLP) has connected with local MPPs and local businesses from Oakville and Milton in order to promote the importance of licensed engineers in our society and economy.

My objective, as Chapter Chair, is to continue to advocate and support our chapter's executive board (EB) members and volunteers so that we can offer many more engaging opportunities that promote the values of the PEO in the future.

I am looking forward to meeting new volunteers into our chapter as volunteers are the backbone of of our chapter.

 Warm regards,

Mazen AbuOmar, PhD, P.Eng., PE, FEC, Consulting Engineer

 

Get to know us

Coming Soon: resources to learn more about the Oakville Chapter!

Chapter leadership

Connecting engineers and communities

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Mazen AbuOmar
Chair
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Jeffrey Lee
Treasurer
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Sushil Shah
Events Committee Director
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Bruce Li
Education Committee Director
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Yousef Jamous
GLP Director
Certificate Coordinator
Pouya Pishgah
Certificate Presentation Coordiinator

Oakville Chapter committees

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

  2. 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.

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

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

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

    Sub-Committees

    • The Certificate Presentation Ceremony subcommittee organizes P.Eng. licence certificate presentation ceremonies for new engineers.
    • The Continuing Professional Development (CPD) subcommittee organizes professional development activities—seminars, symposiums, technical tours, etc.—for chapter members.
    • The Networking subcommittee builds relationships between the Chapter and local business, professional associations and academic institutions. 
    • The 30x30 subcommittee supports Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 initiative to raise the percentage of newly licensed engineers in Canada who are woman to 30% by the year 2030.

  6. The nominating committee works to present a slate of candidates for election to Chapter board positions each year.

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