CREATE Sustainable Engineering in Remote Areas (SERA)

在偏远地区提供工程服务给加拿大的未来带来了巨大的挑战和机遇。工业界努力寻找具有所需专门技能的工程师，他们充分了解与土著社区合作的社会和跨文化影响。在偏远地区创造可持续工程(SERA)将使熟悉尖端研究和了解土著文化的专业人员毕业。学生将学习土著文化、可持续性、商业和研究，以解决三个国家利益领域：自然资源和能源(可持续能源、节能建筑)、信息和通信技术(传感、结构健康监测)以及土著人民的经济发展和教育。 这一培训计划是及时的，因为2011年原住民大会(AFN)的一份报告指出，到2020年，原住民社区预计将有100多个清洁能源项目。许多项目需要了解土著社区作为投标的条件；没有这种专业知识的公司正在错失这些日益增长的机会。 皇后学院、马尼托巴省、渥太华和RMC处于有利地位，可以创建这个世界级的项目，并已承诺至少32万美元。SERA已经获得了7家工程公司的支持，这些公司承诺为至少68个实习项目提供100多万美元的实物支持。这些行业合作伙伴还预计将聘用大多数项目毕业生。该小组包括作为首席调查员的一名土著工程师、AFN教育主任和马尼图林土著企业发展干事。这个多方面的创造计划将在六年内培养至少36名硕士和博士生，4名PDF和12名原住民本科生。原住民学生将占学员的30%。SERA的成功将通过与女王教学中心和土著社区合作制定的衡量标准来衡量。

Providing engineering services in remote areas poses significant challenges and opportunities for Canada's future. Industry struggles to find engineers with the needed specialized skills, who fully understand the societal and intercultural implications of working with Aboriginal communities. CREATE Sustainable Engineering in Remote Areas (SERA) will graduate professionals familiar with both cutting edge research and an understanding of Aboriginal culture. Students will study Aboriginal culture, sustainability, business, and research to address three areas of national interest: natural resources and energy (sustainable energy, energy efficient buildings), information and communications technologies (sensing, structural health monitoring), and economic development and education for Aboriginal peoples. This training program is timely because a 2011 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) report noted that over 100 clean energy projects are expected in First Nations communities by 2020. Many projects require knowledge of Aboriginal communities as a condition of tender; companies without this expertise are missing out on these growing opportunities. Queen's, Manitoba, Ottawa, and RMC are well positioned to create this world-class program and have committed at least $320,000. SERA has already garnered the support of seven engineering firms who have committed over $1 million of in-kind support for at least 68 internships. These industry partners also expect to hire the majority of program graduates. The team includes an Aboriginal engineer as the principal investigator, the Director of Education for the AFN, and the Manitoulin Aboriginal Business Development Officer. This multi-faceted CREATE program will train a minimum of 36 MSc & PhD students, 4 PDFs, and 12 Aboriginal undergraduate students over six years. Aboriginal students will represent 30% of trainees. The success of SERA will be measured by metrics developed in collaboration with the Queen's Centre for Teaching and Learning and Aboriginal communities.