Engineering Conversations
Engineering Conversations has one simple goal... to promote engineering. By having conversations with engineers about their backgrounds and careers, we will showcase a wide variety of industries and explore the types of jobs that engineers perform when they finish university.
These conversations may help young people understand what it is that engineers do in their day to day work. As young people learn about these types of careers, they may be inspired to become and engineer and help make the world a better place.
Engineering Conversations is hosted by David deMontigny, an engineering professor at the University of Regina.
The University of Regina is situated on Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the territories of the nêhiyawak (nay-hi-yuh-wuk, Cree), Anihšināpēk (uh-nish-i-naa-payk, Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. Today, these lands continue to be the shared territory of many people from near and far. They are an important part of our past, and an even more important part of our future.
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Engineering Conversations
Mining and Active Allyship: Jocelyn Peltier-Huntley
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Engineering careers can be dynamic, across many different sectors, and in new areas that require experience, a problem-solving lens, and perspective.
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Jocelyn Peltier-Huntley to talk about her experience as a mechanical engineer. She has extensive experience in the mining sector, where she worked in coal mining, lead and zinc smelting, and the potash industry. After working for over a decade, Jocelyn decided to go back to university to do research on workplace culture. Jocelyn is the Principal and Owner of Prairie Catalyst Consulting, and her company helps support individuals and organizations to make work places more equitable. Recently, Jocelyn published a book called Active Allyship that highlights evidence-based solutions that can help make positive change in workplace culture.
In this conversation, Jocelyn talks about her extensive career and the work she is doing at Prairie Catalyst Consulting. She also offers advice to young people thinking about a career in engineering, and advice to those thinking about going back to graduate school.