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Polytechnique Montréal - where 30.2% of graduates are women
MONTRÉAL, April 29, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Polytechnique Montréal has just passed an important milestone - for the first time in its history, 30.2% of undergraduate engineering graduates are women (2020).
While Québec and Canadian female engineer graduation averages hover around 21%, this breakthrough demonstrates that the national goal of increasing the rate of newly licensed women engineers to 30% by 2030 is indeed very achievable.
While women currently account for 15.3% of practicing engineers in Québec, and women represent 14% of engineers in Canada.
Engineers Canada, the
Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, and many other notable organizations esteem that the 30% target is a first milestone to be reached in order to bring about a genuine paradigm shift, and contribute to the fundamental transformation of the profession s character.