About Victoria Section
The IEEE Victoria Section has been serving members and the community since 1956. Now the section has more than 350 members (including 8 IEEE life fellows, 6 IEEE fellows), 3 Society Chapters, and 1 Student Branch. The Section Chapters are Oceanic Engineering, VTS/ComSoc, and IES. We are located in the geographic area of Vancouver Island. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact a member of our volunteer executive committee (please follow the executives link).
Victoria Section is one of 20 Sections across Canada. For more information about our national program of activities, please visit the IEEE Canada website. IEEE Canada is the Canadian entity of IEEE Inc., a transnational organization with over 350 thousand members in more than 160 countries. For more information, please visit the IEEE website. IEEE Canada is also the constituent society of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) for the technical fields of electrical, electronics, and computer engineering. For more information, please visit the EIC website.
News
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On October 6, 2026, the IEEE Victoria Section celebrated IEEE Day 2026 at the University of Victoria. Held from noon to 2:00 p.m. in the Engineering Lab Wing Lobby, the event attracted about 160 attendees, including IEEE members, students, faculty, and guests, for an afternoon ...
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On September 18, 2026, the IEEE Victoria Student Branch hosted a hands-on workshop titled Introduction to Multi-Agent AI Orchestration at the University of Victoria. Held in the Engineering and Computer Science Building, the event attracted more than 75 students interested in exploring multi-agent artificial intelligence ...
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On July 30, 2026, the IEEE Victoria Section recognized outstanding student projects from the University of Victoria’s ECE 499 Capstone Design Project at the Engineering Lab Wing (ELW) Lobby, University of Victoria. The awards were presented by Hong-Chuan Yang, Chair of the IEEE Victoria Section. ...
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The F1TENTH Autonomous Racing Challenge: From Theory to Real-World Intelligent Systems was successfully held on April 1, 2026, at 2:00 PM in the ELW Lobby, University of Victoria. The event was organized by the IEEE Young Professionals Victoria Section Affinity Group, in collaboration with the IEEE ...
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Victoria, BC – September 9, 2025 – The IEEE Young Professionals (YP) Victoria Section Affinity Group successfully hosted the 2025 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition at the University of Victoria (UVic), bringing together graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members to celebrate research and communication. The ...
