Medal for Distinction in Engineering Education, Canadian Council of Professional Engineers Malgorzata (Gosha) S. Zywno Ph.D P.Eng is a Canadian engineer, and professor of engineering at Toronto Metropolitan University.
[1][2][3] Zywno was born in Poland and arrived in Canada as a government-sponsored refugee, after she refused to join the Polish Communist Party or work for the secret police.
[4] She graduated from the Technical University of Lodz, the University of Toronto, and from Glasgow Caledonian University.
[3] In her role at Toronto Metropolitan University she is a member of the Ryerson Women in Engineering Committee which encourages young women to consider engineering as a field of study.
[3] She has received several awards for her teaching work, and promotion of engineering to women: