Event answers FAQs of aspiring EIRs, host schools

摘要

Why EIR? This was the question asked rhetorically of the over 80 engineers, educators, students, human resource professionals and other guests attending an EIR (Engineer-in-Residence) Greater Toronto Area Community Event on May 22, 2003. "School and education today are complicated, and kids need inspiration," EIR Project Leader Jeffrey Crelinsten said. "And my experience with science and technology awareness over many years has shown me that the successful people have had role models." Co-founder of The Impact Group, consultants on science and technology awareness who administer the EIR program, Crelinsten said that during the feasibility phase of the program's development, educators had reported that students need to see relevance for the concepts they are learning, which EIR provides.