The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) (French: l'Institut canadien des ingénieurs; ICI) is a federation of fourteen engineering societies based in Canada,[1] covering a broad range of engineering branches, and with a history going back to 1887.
Walter Shanly, who helped with the incorporation, became one of the first vice-presidents, together with Casimir Gzowski and John Kennedy.
[3][4][5] From 1951 until its conclusion in 1970, the Institute managed the Athlone Fellowship, a two-year post-graduate program to bring Canadian engineers to the United Kingdom for additional studies or industry experience.
[7] The fourteen member societies of the Engineering Institute of Canada are:[1] Starting in 1963, the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) has yearly elected some members to the level of Fellow, to recognize "their excellence in engineering" and "their services to the profession and to society".
[24] Initially, Fellows were members of the EIC with the annual number honoured and elected as FEIC varying between one (1967) and seventy-eight (1980).