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Addison Hirshfeld

Addison Hirshfeld

Home About Us Our People Scec Cohort 2026 Ontario East Addison Hirshfeld

Addison Hirshfeld is a Chemical Engineering student at Queen’s University.

One thing that drew Addison to this program was the Systems Change Engineering Certification program was to contribute to a hands-on impact project.

As the new Queen’s EWB Co-president Addison believes SCEC will give her a great start and a way to meaningfully learn from past chapters.

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