Region 7 (Canada) History
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History of IEEE Canada
The early milestones of the AIEE/IRE/IEEE history in Canada include:
(please see below for explanations of mnemonics used)
- 1884 - AIEE formed in Philadelphia by 25 electrical experts including Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.
- 1887 - Canadian Society of Civil (non-military) Engineers (CSCE) formed
- 1903 - AIEE Toronto Section formed on September 30 at the Engineers Club in Toronto
- 1912 - IRE formed by merging the Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers (initiated in Boston in 1907) and the Wireless Institute (initiated in New York in 1909)
- 1912 - CSCE becomes the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC)
- 1921 - AIEE District 10 (Canada) formed on August 1
- 1925 - IRE Canadian Section formed at Canadian General Electric in Toronto in October
- 1944 - Ralph Hackbush becomes first Canadian to be IRE Vice-President
- 1957 - John Henderson becomes first Canadian to be IRE President
- 1963 - IEEE Region 7 created out of AIEE District 10 (Canada) and IRE Region 8 (Canada) during the merger of AIEE and IRE
- 1972 - Bob Tanner becomes first Canadian to be IEEE President
- 1976 - CSEE formed
- 1990 - CSEE renamed as CSECE
- 1994 - IEEE Region 7 and CSECE merge to form IEEE Canada
Acronyms used for Society Names
AIEE - American Institute of Electrical Engineers
EIC - Engineering Institute of Canada
CSEE - Canadian Society for Electrical Engineering
CSECE - Canadian Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IRE - Institute of Radio Engineers
The monograph, Electricity, The Magic Medium has been made available.
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