EWB History
When was EWB Canada Founded?
The year 2000
This type of engineer designs infrastructure like bridges, dams, and roads.
Civil Engineer
Sponsoring women in leadership roles is an action for which SDG?
SDG #5: Gender Equality
Building more roads or trains, and investing in new electrical power lines is an action for which SDG?
SDG #9: Innovation and Infrastructure
The Co-Presidents of Mac EWB
Rae Fray and Abby Gamboa
The founders graduated from which University?
University of Waterloo
These engineers design and operate industrial processes that convert raw materials into valuable products.
Chemical Engineer
This is the total number of Sustainable Development Goals shown on the official UN chart.
17
The SDGs were created to be achieved by this Target Year.
2030
Name of the Hamilton Tiger Cats player Mac EWB partnered with
Trevor Hoyte
There are over this many Student Chapters across Canada
32
His most famous development was the first commercial incandescent lamp.
Thomas Edison
When were the SDGs adapted by the UN?
2015
True or False: More people have a mobile phone than a safe toilet
True
How many Instagram posts has Mac EWB posted this school year? (Starting late August)
67 posts
In which country was EWB initially founded?
France
She is widely recognized as the world's first computer programmer
Ada Lovelace
Which region has the highest rate of undernourishment?
Sub-Saharan Africa
How much food produced for humans is wasted globally each year? (percentage or fraction)
33% or about 1/3
Mac EWB's first event this year
Paint-a-Pot Night (EWB x BTech)
EWB Canada’s very first volunteer left in 2001 for an internship in this country.
India
This type of stress occurs when a material is being pulled apart
a) 30% b) 45% c) 70% d) 90%
d) 90% - This is called learning poverty; the inability to read by age 10
By how much could ending child marriage reduce global poverty?
a) 1% b) 5% c) 10% d) 15%
What year was Mac EWB named Chapter of the Year?
2010