2023 PEO York Licensure Assistance Program Series

Dear Members,

(Note: If you have previously registered for the LAP in the system, you do not have to register again, please send an email to mentorship@peoyork.com that you want to participate in the LAPS 2023, thanks)

The York Chapter is launching a new Licensure Assistance Program Series (LAPS) 2023 in your area. This program is designed to link licensed Professional Engineers (Guides) with Engineering Interns (EITs) to provide guidance and support as EITs progress towards professional licensure status.

PEO York Chapter will integrate four sub-events for LAP 2023 to better assist our members for their licensing journeys. Here are short descriptions of the sub-events:

1. Demystifying the PEO Licensure Requirements: Academic and Experience: this event will address the difficulty, issues and concerns for foreign-trained engineers who are required to have academic and/or experience interviews from the PEO academic and experience committee.

2. Licensing Workshop: this event is to address EITs and/or members who need additional help for their application processes outside of LAP.

3. Accelerated Mentoring Webinar: Seniors engineers from different disciplines will be invited to share their successful engineering career path stories to motivate EITs and junior engineers, and to provide ideas for their career path planning.

4. Story of the Year 2023 – Sharing Immigration Success Story: the purpose of this event is to motivate foreign-trained engineers to continue their engineering careers after they immigrate to Canada. A lot of foreign-trained engineers struggled to get their licenses because their experiences and degrees were not approved by PEO. Some of them had to give up their engineering careers and find different jobs to survive. We will invite foreign-trained engineers who overcame all these challenges to share their stories.

LAPS 2023 orientation workshop will be held in person and the date of the orientation is TBD. After the matching, you can communicate by phone, email, text, or video apps.

LAP 2023 is expected to run from June 9, 2023, to December 10, 2023. You would be expected to meet with your guide/intern for at least 2 hours per month and to provide feedback to the Chapter. For more information and to apply, please click on the PEO Licensure Assistance Program.

Limited Space available, please register by May 31, 2023, and you will receive an invitation for the orientation workshop.

If you have any questions, please contact mentorship@peoyork.com.

Best regards,

Elven Tsui, P.Eng.

Mentorship & EIT Director

PEO York Chapter