Communication as an Incremental Revolution: 30 years of ECP

Name: Communication as an Incremental Revolution: 30 years of ECP
Start: 2026-05-11T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-11T13:00:00-04:00
Location: Galbraith Building or Online

Join us Monday, May 11 for the latest instalment of the ISTEP Speaker Series

Lunch and refreshments will be provided! Alumni, students, staff, and faculty are all welcome to attend.

This is a hybrid event. If you would like to attend online, please indicate as such in the registration form, and a link will be sent to you in advance of the event.

The goal of this talk is to reflect on lessons learned over 30 years of the Engineering Communication Program. But more, it celebrates the ways in which our unique program has integrated communication as core to engineering disciplines. In the process, students’ understanding of their fields and themselves has grown from solely technical to social and transformative with communication as the empowering force.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Robert Irish

Robert Irish is the founder of the Engineering Communication Program at University of Toronto. He directed the program from 1995-2008. During his time at U of T, he has taught in every department of Engineering. Currently, he is the Associate Director of Engineering Science for Years One and Two. He teaches Language and Power (TEP322), Communication 1 in Civil Engineering (CIV282), and Engineering and Society in Engineering Science (ESC203). His recent work focuses on how students learn and structure argument, and Care Ethics in engineering education. He is the author of two textbooks: Engineering Communication: from Principles to Practice (Oxford, co-authored with Peter Eliot Weiss), and Writing in Engineering: A Brief Guide (Oxford, 2016).

Communication as an Incremental Revolution: 30 years of ECP

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May 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Galbraith Building or Online

Join us Monday, May 11 for the latest instalment of the ISTEP Speaker Series

Lunch and refreshments will be provided! Alumni, students, staff, and faculty are all welcome to attend.

This is a hybrid event. If you would like to attend online, please indicate as such in the registration form, and a link will be sent to you in advance of the event.

About the speaker

Associate Professor Robert Irish

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Date:: May 11
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