May 1980. Pierre Trudeau is prime minister. Quebec referendum voters choose to remain in Canada. The Empire Strikes Back opens in movie theatres. The New York Islanders win the first of four-straight Stanley Cups. And, direly, Canadian banks' prime rates hover around 20 per cent, hinting at an approaching recession. Yet in this chaos, PEO (then called the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, or APED) publishes the first edition of a magazine designed to keep its licensed members updated on PEO news, professional ethics and advocacy. The May/June 1980 Dimensions (the September/October 1981 issue would be the first to use the now-current title Engineering Dimensions) began a 40-year tradition of informing, enlightening and entertaining Ontario's engineering community.
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