CREATE Sustainable Engineering in Remote Areas (SERA)

在偏远地区提供工程服务为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业技能的工程师，他们充分理解与土著社区合作的社会和文化影响。创建可持续工程在偏远地区（SERA）将毕业专业人士熟悉尖端研究和土著文化的理解。学生将学习原住民文化，可持续发展，商业和研究，以解决国家利益的三个领域：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），以及原住民的经济发展和教育。这项培训计划是及时的，因为2011年第一民族大会（AFN）的一份报告指出，到2020年，第一民族社区预计将有100多个清洁能源项目。许多项目要求了解土著社区，作为投标的一个条件;没有这种专门知识的公司正在错过这些日益增长的机会。女王，马尼托巴，渥太华和RMC是很好的定位，以创建这个世界级的计划，并已承诺至少32万美元。SERA已经获得了七家工程公司的支持，他们承诺为至少68个实习项目提供超过100万美元的实物支持。这些行业合作伙伴也希望雇用大多数项目毕业生。该小组包括一名土著工程师作为主要调查员、第一民族议会教育主任和马尼图林土著商业发展干事。这个多方面的CREATE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。土著学生将占受训人员的30%。将通过与女王教学中心和土著社区合作制定的标准来衡量《教育和培训法》的成功。

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.