Recognize a great engineer in your community

This annual gala brings industry innovators, business leaders and policymakers together to celebrate and be inspired by engineering excellence and achievement. The OPEA recognize engineers in the areas of innovation, community service, entrepreneurship, research, leadership, and more.

Recognize a great engineer in your community

This annual gala brings industry innovators, business leaders and policymakers together to celebrate and be inspired by engineering excellence and achievement. The OPEA recognize engineers in the areas of innovation, community service, entrepreneurship, research, leadership, and more.

The Awards

The Gold Medal

This is the OPEA’s highest honour, recognizing conscientious commitment to public service, as well as technical excellence, and outstanding professional leadership.

Citizenship Award

This award recognizes a professional engineer’s contributions to public service. Those who earn this award have given freely of their time, professional experience, and engineering expertise to the benefit of humanity.

The Engineering Medal – Entrepreneurship

The award recognizes professional engineers who have applied new technology and/or innovative approaches to start or grow companies.

The Engineering Medal – Management

The award recognizes professional engineers whose innovative management practices have contributed significantly to the overall excellence of an engineering achievement.

The Engineering Medal – Engineering Excellence in Industry

This award recognizes a professional engineer who has applied engineering knowledge to solve unique problems, create advanced products, or achieve exceptional project results.

The Engineering Medal – Research and Development

This award recognizes a professional engineer who has developed novel applications, advanced engineering knowledge, or made a discovery in engineering or the natural sciences.

The Engineering Medal – Young Engineer

The award recognizes outstanding young Ontario engineers in industry, who have made exceptional achievements in their chosen fields and are active in communities both personally and professionally.

Engineering Achievement of the Year

This award pays tribute to an endeavour that has made a significant, positive impact on society, industry, and/or engineering.

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment, dedicated service, and promotion of the engineering community through their outstanding participation and/or efforts on the OSPE Board of Directors, staff, committees, or other volunteer efforts.

The Awards

The Gold Medal

This is the OPEA’s highest honour, recognizing conscientious commitment to public service, as well as technical excellence, and outstanding professional leadership.

Citizenship Award

This award recognizes a professional engineer’s contributions to public service. Those who earn this award have given freely of their time, professional experience, and engineering expertise to the benefit of humanity.

The Engineering Medal – Entrepreneurship

The award recognizes professional engineers who have applied new technology and/or innovative approaches to start or grow companies.

The Engineering Medal – Management

The award recognizes professional engineers whose innovative management practices have contributed significantly to the overall excellence of an engineering achievement.

The Engineering Medal – Engineering Excellence in Industry

This award recognizes a professional engineer who has applied engineering knowledge to solve unique problems, create advanced products, or achieve exceptional project results.

The Engineering Medal – Research and Development

This award recognizes a professional engineer who has developed novel applications, advanced engineering knowledge, or made a discovery in engineering or the natural sciences.

The Engineering Medal – Young Engineer

The award recognizes outstanding young Ontario engineers in industry, who have made exceptional achievements in their chosen fields and are active in communities both personally and professionally.

Engineering Achievement of the Year

This award pays tribute to an endeavour that has made a significant, positive impact on society, industry, and/or engineering.

Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award

This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment, dedicated service, and promotion of the engineering community through their outstanding participation and/or efforts on the OSPE Board of Directors, staff, committees, or other volunteer efforts.

Nominations Process

Nominations may be made by any P.Eng. licence holder with Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO). The nominee must not be aware of the nomination and self-nomination is not allowed. All nominations must be submitted using the Awards Force platform.

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