EIC’s Collection of Oral Engineering History Interviews

This Collection includes a series of recorded oral interviews of senior engineers conducted during the summers of 2021 and 2022. Encouraged by trained interviewers, narrators describe some aspects of their careers often related to interesting engineering projects of historical significance. The EIC and engineering community are indebted to them for agreeing to share these reminiscences. Most of the interviews were recorded in English, while some were redone in French (as per the narrator’s native language).

There are two videos for each interview: the full 35- to 90-minute interview; and, short three- to six-minute “snippets” that capture a brief story from each interview. The EIC History & Archives committee, which oversaw this project, is delighted by the diversity of both the engineering fields (biological, biomedical, civil, electrical, geotechnical, mechanical, nuclear, and dam engineering) and individuals (11 female and 17 male engineers from different backgrounds) represented.

The EIC hopes that the personal recollections of these “Narrators” will serve as original sources for researchers, provide professional guidance for current engineers-in-training, and inform secondary students who are curious about potential careers in engineering.

To view the oral interview recordings, please visit the following page hosted by Ontario Tech University (official keepers of EIC’s archives):

https://digitalcollections.library.ontariotechu.ca/engineering-institute-canada