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» Go to news mainCongratulations to Professor, Paul Amyotte, on receiving the 2015 Minerva Canada Education Award of Honour
Dr. Paul Amyotte, is a recipient of a 2015 Minerva Canada Education Award of Honour. The award established in 2011, recognizes individuals from academia, government, industry and Health and Safety (H&S) Associations for thier long-standing contributions to advance health and safety education in Canadian post secondary teaching institutions.
Dr. Amyotte, formerly on Minerva's Board of Directors, is a Chemical Engineering professor and it highly regarded for his Health and Safety knowledge and commitment. He is currently President of Engineers Canada and a former Chair of the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board. He was a key architect in prescribing more inclusion of safety and risk management in the new engineering student attributes.
He was one of the key architects that organized the first H&S Summer Institutes for engineering professors in 2004 at Sarnia, Ontario. He is currently leading an effort at Dalhousie to see how best to incorporate Minerva's H&S engineering student teaching modules into their curriculum - this work wil be shared and will benefit other Engineering schools in Canada
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