The engineering profession has committed to increasing the number of newly licensed engineers who are women to 30 per cent by 2030. However, we are at risk of not achieving our goal. 2030 is only six years away, and female-identifying newly licensed engineers only account for less than 20 per cent of the engineering profession in Canada. Now is the time to unite the engineering community to refocus our efforts and create meaningful change to advance gender equity in engineering.

The 2024 30 by 30 Conference offers both virtual and in-person programming. The Conference will kick off on April 24 with a virtual event open to everyone—from equity, diversity, and inclusion champions, to engineers, engineering employers, engineering educators, engineering students, and engineering regulators. A one-day, in-person Summit then takes place on May 22 in Winnipeg, MB, that brings together leaders from engineering workplaces, engineering educators, the engineering regulators, and others.

Join a virtual fireside chat and interactive workshop on April 24

This three-hour virtual discussion and workshop explores the progress engineering workplaces have made in supporting the different people and positionalities in the engineering profession over the last five years. Additionally, we’ll discuss the actions that need to be taken to support engineering workplaces, with the goal of examining peoples’ and organizations' roles in enacting social justice.

Learn more and register today.

Unite with other engineering leaders in Winnipeg on May 22

This in-person Summit will bring together leaders from engineering employers, engineering educators, engineering regulators, and others to recap what we’ve learned over the past five years. Then together we’ll explore how our work and approaches to achieving gender equity within engineering has evolved, the current state, and what strategies and opportunities we’ll need to adopt if we hope to meet our 2030 target as well as retain newly licensed engineers in the profession, and champion a more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming engineering profession.

Learn more and register today.

Conference outcomes

By joining either or both the virtual and in-person 30 by 30 Conference events, equity, diversity, and inclusion champions, engineers, engineering employers, engineering educators, engineering students, and engineering regulators will:

• Benefit from knowledge sharing with others from across the country and from across the engineering community.
• Network with your engineering peers from across Canada.
• Leave with concrete ideas and strategies to move forward gender equity work both as an individual and as part of the engineering collective