Professional and Industry Associations
The following list reflects some of the professional associations that a student may want to consult for career advice, work search assistance and labour market information. There might also be volunteer and/or conference opportunities, either locally or distance, available for students.
Directories are databases or collections of links to companies and professional organizations that operate in a specific industry or sector. Directories can help you identify organizations that operate in your area of study and directories may be found on professional association pages that include member companies or sponsors.
- Aerospace Industries Association of Canada
- Alberta Construction Association
- American Society for Engineering Education (US)
- Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGA)
- Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS)
- Canadian Geotechnical Society
- Canadian Green Building Council
- Canadian Institute for Steel Construction (CISC)
- Canadian Institute of Marine Engineering
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
- Canadian Society for Bioengineering
- Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
- Canadian Society for Engineering Management
- Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
- Careers in Energy
- Consulting Engineers of Alberta
- Edmonton Business Association
- Edmonton Unlimited
- eHUB
- Engineering Incubator
- Engineers Canada
- Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
- Engineers Geoscientists of Manitoba
- Engineers Geoscientists New Brunswick
- Engineers Nova Scotia
- Engineers PEI
- Engineers Yukon
- Engineering Institute of Canada
- Environmental Careers Organization
- Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG)
- Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
- Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEG-NL)
- Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
Depending on the time and effort that the professional association has put into developing its career information, an association’s website can include the following information::
- How to join the professional association, especially as a student member
- Information about certification and licensing
- Access to professional events
- Contact information to find a mentor, or a graduate advisor, or to set up an information interview
- Niche job boards that are relevant to the profession - job boards that are password protected cannot be scraped by Indeed or LinkedIn.