When I was a university engineering student in Ontario almost 20 years ago, I remember having a hard time finding professors who had a P.Eng. designation. In fact, many engineering professors in the department were foreign-educated, and were not familiar with the PEO.
Here is an excerpt of a job advertisement in a recent issue of the IEEE Spectrum magazine for Engineering Faculty Positions at an Ontario university.
XXX University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and women. In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.
There is absolutely no mention of "P.Eng." as a qualification anywhere in the entire text of the job advertisement. I realise that there is a goal of having a majority of professors to be P.Eng. in the accreditation process which is a big deal for universities, and the percentage is quite high (close to 100%) for Civil Engineering. However, there seems to have been little progress elsewhere during the 20 years since I graduated...
