2003 is our Centennial Year
The Toronto Section has the unique distinction of being the first section of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) formed outside the United States in 1903. This was 18 years after Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell formed the Institute, 6 years after the formation of the Canadian Society of Civil (non-military) Engineers - to become the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) in 1912, and 9 years before the formation of the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE). The Canadian Section of the IRE was formed in Toronto in 1925. The AIEE and IRE merged in 1963 to create IEEE, and IEEE Canada was created in 1994 with ties to both IEEE and EIC. Click on "Refresh" to display the sequence of logos used over the past century. The year 2003 is therefore also the 40^th anniversary of IEEE and the Canadian Region - more details in this September feature story in IEEE's on-line edition of "the institute".

Since those early beginnings, the Section has grown and prospered together with our great city of Toronto as electrical engineers have developed and managed electricity to provide the power for its industry and communication for its citizens. To view a listing of our Section Chairs over the past 100 years click here

Centennial Events

• Special Centennial Banquet/Forum Report Fall 2003
  - PDF submission to the Fall issue (#45) of the IEEE Canadian Review
• Centennial Banquet October 4, 2003
  - at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville hotel in conjunction with the IEEE Canada meetings - details
  - recognitions, awarding of centennial medals and establishment of scholarships
• Centennial Forum on Reliable Power Grids in Canada October 3, 2003
  - at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville hotel - details
• Special Centennial Annual Newsletter August 2003
  - PDF Version of copy mailed with the Summer issue (#44) of the IEEE Canadian Review
• IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting July 13 - 17, 2003
  - Conference details - web site
  - Toronto Section participation - details
• Centennial Banner Presentation May 3, 2003
  - Section Chair Bob Hanna receives the banner on behalf of the Toronto Section from IEEE Canada President Mo El-Hawary at the IEEE Canada Board meeting in Montreal. Please click the photo for a full size view.
• Centennial Lecture April 14, 2003
  - by Professor Andreas Antoniou On the Origins of DSP [PDF] lecture slides [PDF]
• Our New Look we have a new section logo which appears on our redesigned web site and newsletters, as well as on new banners for display at Section and Chapter events. Our web site also contains some historical photos

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