Canadian Engineering Education Association - Association Canadienne De L'Éducation En Génie

What Canadian Engineering Education Association - Association Canadienne De L'Éducation En Génie does

The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) is a federally-incorporated Canadian non-profit professional association dedicated to advancing the quality and scholarship of engineering education across Canada. Its registered office is in St. Peters Bay, Prince Edward Island, with operations run by a small team of approximately 7 staff. The association serves engineering educators, students, academic institutions, and partner organizations operating in or interfacing with Canadian post-secondary engineering programs.

CEEA-ACÉG's core deliverables include an Annual Conference (most recently held in 2025 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and scheduled for 2027 in London, Ontario), peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings, a Best Paper Award, a Fellows recognition program, multiple teaching and service awards, and Special Interest Groups focused on sub-disciplines within engineering education. The association also operates two structured institutes — the Institute for Engineering Education Research (IEER) and the Institute for Engineering Teaching — alongside the Future Leaders Academy for emerging engineering education leaders, a Mini-Grants program funding member-driven research, a forthcoming Student Scholar Grant, and the E-CORE free peer-reviewed online engineering education resource repository.

The association's business model is membership-driven: individuals, students, institutions, and organizations pay recurring dues to access member benefits including the member directory and mailing lists, SIG participation, conference registration, and eligibility for awards, grants, and institute programs. Revenue is also supplemented by conference registration fees and sponsorship support. CEEA-ACÉG maintains international affiliations with peer engineering education associations including AAEE, ASEE, SEFI, ECL, and EGAD, and archives its proceedings with Queen's University Library, reinforcing its role as Canada's national convening body for engineering education scholarship and community-building.

Name

Canadian Engineering Education Association - Association Canadienne De L'Éducation En Génie

Legal name

Canadian Engineering Education Association - Association Canadienne De L'Éducation En Génie

Website

https://ceea.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) is a Canadian non-profit professional association that serves engineering educators, students, and institutions through an annual conference, peer-reviewed proceedings, research institutes, awards, grants, and a Future Leaders Academy, funded primarily by individual and institutional membership dues.

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Professional Association Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Engineering & Technical Professions (PE, Engineering CPD) (EDAAALAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Engineering education association
• Professional development programs
• Academic conference services
• Engineering research publications
• Membership association services

Headquarters

HQ city

St. Peters Bay

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees collected from individual professionals (engineering educators, students) as well as educational institutions and companies/organizations with an active interest in supporting engineering education objectives in Canada.

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Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA-ACÉG) is a membership-driven professional association that organizes an annual conference for engineering and design educators, publishes peer-reviewed conference proceedings in English and French through the PCEEA journal, runs an awards and Fellows recognition program, and operates special interest groups and supporting institutes (Institute for Engineering Education Research (IEER) and Institute for Engineering Teaching) to advance engineering pedagogy and research across Canada.

Product overview

CEEA-ACÉG is a membership-driven professional association for Canadian engineering and design education. The organization operates as a platform of interconnected programs and resources, with the annual CEEA-ACÉG Conference as its flagship event, alongside two specialized institutes (the Institute for Engineering Education Research and the Institute for Engineering Teaching). Core offerings include the Awards program recognizing excellence in engineering education, Special Interest Groups for professional networking, and the Future Leaders Academy for developing emerging leaders. The organization also provides educational resources through Mini-Grants, Engineering Education Research Snacks, and E-CORE for online/remote education support. Conference Proceedings are published through a dedicated journal platform. Membership is open to individuals, institutions, and industry organizations.

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Brands

• Institute for Engineering Teaching: An institute focused on engineering teaching excellence
• Institute for Engineering Education Research (IEER)
• Future Leaders Academy
• Engineering Education Research Snacks
• E-CORE (Engineering Collaboration for Online and Remote Education)

Products and services

• CEEA-ACÉG Membership Program Membership offerings for individuals, educational institutions, and professional/industry organizations, supporting the organization's mission to enhance engineering education competence and relevance. Enrollment operates on annual recurring dues.
• CEEA-ACÉG Annual Conference The premier annual gathering for engineering and design educators in Canada, integrating efforts from the former Canadian Design Engineering Network (CDEN) and Canadian Congress on Engineering Education (C2E2), held at rotating host cities across Canada.
• Conference Proceedings (PCEEA Journal) Annual archive of accepted papers from the CEEA-ACÉG Conference, published in both English and French through the PCEEA journal platform hosted by Queen's University Library's Open Journal Systems (OJS).
• CEEA-ACÉG Awards Recognition program honoring outstanding contributions to engineering education in Canada, including the Past Award Winners archive and the CEEA-ACÉG Fellows designation program.

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization for engineering education collaboration; logo displayed on CEEA-ACÉG partners page indicating collaborative relationship between Canadian and Australasian engineering education associations
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational partner organization; logo displayed on partners page indicating collaborative relationship with the prominent U.S. engineering education society
• Engineering Change Lab (ECL)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCanadian initiative focused on changing engineering culture and education; collaborative partner with CEEA-ACÉG
• Engineering Gamesmanship And Design (EGAD)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerQueen's University-based initiative focused on engineering education games and design; partnership supports innovation in engineering pedagogy
• Société Européenne pour la Formation des Ingénieurs / European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean partner organization for engineering education; logo displayed indicating international collaboration in engineering education
• Institute for Engineering TeachingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal institute operated by CEEA-ACÉG focused on advancing engineering teaching practices through research and professional development programs
• Institute for Engineering Education Research (IEER)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternal institute operated by CEEA-ACÉG dedicated to engineering education research, benchmarking, and knowledge generation for the Canadian context

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE): Australia and New Zealand's peak body for engineering education, running an annual conference and serving academic and practitioner members. Listed by CEEA-ACÉG as a partner, AAEE is the regional counterpart in the Australasian geography and shares the membership-association model almost exactly.
• European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI): Europe's leading forum for engineering education, organising an annual conference, working groups, and position papers. SEFI is the European geographic peer of CEEA-ACÉG and a listed partner, with an analogous mission and membership structure.
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): U.S. national association for engineering education. ASEE is the closest direct peer to CEEA-ACÉG — both run annual conferences, publish proceedings, run awards programs, and convene engineering educators. CEEA-ACÉG lists ASEE as a partner organization.

Broad incumbents

• International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP): International society dedicated to engineering pedagogy, with membership of educators across many countries. Shares the focus on engineering teaching quality with CEEA-ACÉG's Institute for Engineering Teaching, but operates globally and emphasises individual accreditation.
• Engineers Canada: National body coordinating the Canadian engineering profession across provincial regulators. Engineers Canada is a domestic adjacent organization addressing engineering competence from the professional-practice side, closely related to CEEA-ACÉG's mission of graduate competence and relevance.
• International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES): Global umbrella body for engineering-education societies such as ASEE, SEFI, and others. IFEES is comparable to CEEA-ACÉG as the convener of the same community of engineering educators, but at a global rather than national scale.
• IEEE Education Society: IEEE technical society dedicated to engineering and computing education, running conferences (e.g., FIE) and publishing journals. A broader incumbent with overlapping mission on engineering-education research dissemination, though global in scope.

Emerging players

• Engineering Change Lab (ECL): Canadian initiative focused on transforming engineering culture and education. Listed as a partner of CEEA-ACÉG, ECL overlaps on the mission of engineering-education improvement while operating as a smaller advocacy-style initiative.
• Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF): Canadian foundation supporting women in engineering through scholarships and outreach. Adjacent to CEEA-ACÉG through the Canadian engineering-education and equity ecosystem, including anti-racism and inclusion programming.

Regional players

• Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE): Canadian national society for the civil-engineering discipline. Adjacent peer sharing the Canadian engineering community and conference-driven membership model, but focused on a discipline rather than the broader engineering-education agenda that CEEA-ACÉG coordinates.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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