1.0EWB Canadahttps://www.ewb.ca/en/Commshttps://www.ewb.ca/en/author/august-admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.ewb.ca/en/about-us/history/">History</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ewb.ca/en/about-us/history/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“History” — EWB Canada" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>2000. ‘Engineers Without Borders uses emerging technology to improve lives in developing countries’ From a scribble on a napkin in a coffee shop, to the blueprint for systemic change around the world. In the year 2000, George Roter and Parker Mitchell dreamt of an organization to harness the untapped potential of innovative and impassioned engineers. With humble beginnings and a bi-weekly meeting in George’s parents’ living room, the dream slowly grew into reality. By the end of the year 2000, the initiative was supported by over 1000 members and a handful of chapters around the country. In 2001, our first volunteer left for a four-month internship in India. Engineers Without Borders Canada was born. 2002. ‘What do communities need’ Engineers Without Borders has always adopted a different approach. In 2002, our organization learned a foundational lesson — by doing the exact opposite: ‘unlearning’. Unlearning our approach meant focusing less on engineering technology, and serving the specific needs of communities. Bunker Roy, founder of the Barefoot Colleges — a voluntary organization working in the fields of education, skill development, health, drinking water, women’s empowerment and more — delivered a strong dose of humility at our first ever National Conference in Montreal. “We needed to begin by asking not ‘what do we bring?’, but instead, ‘what do communities need?’ It was only through answering this second question that we could begin to understand our role.” 2003. ‘At the end of the day, all we do is work for Dorothy.’ At the second National Conference, Parker Mitchell introduced ‘Dorothy’. An HIV/AIDS worker from Zambia, Dorothy has become a singular distillation of the importance of our work. From that point on, Dorothy became a focal point; our most important stakeholder, an embodiment of our motivations, and a source of ongoing inspiration. ‘By talking about […]https://www.ewb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Copy-of-Concordia_ChampagneParty1.jpg16001066