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Engineers Without Borders reaches first-year engineering curriculum

This year was a successful year for the McMaster chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). Founded in 2000, the international charitable organization is dedicated to providing access to technologies to developing countries around the world to break economic, social and judicial barriers. EWB's national membership has grown exponentially over the past five years to include 6,000 members nationwide with chapters in 22 Canadian universities. But growth hasn't stopped there as this past year McMaster was one of the first Canadian universities to extend the scope of first-year engineering design to incorporate international development activities.

McMaster welcomes budget’s ongoing commitment to innovation and research

Making Canada more competitive was one theme in Wednesday's federal budget that recognized the important role of university research in developing economic prosperity and social benefits for Canadians. Ralph Goodale, the Minister of Finance, announced the government's budget in Ottawa today, which included indirect support for research, and increased funding to research granting councils of $375-million over five years. For McMaster, this would amount to a potential increase in funding of about $3.5-million over that period.