Biography

Pamela Wolf, P.Eng. obtained her B.A.Sc. (Geophysics) and B.A. (English) from UBC and her M.Ed. (Adult Learning and Cultures of Curriculum) from SFU. 

Ms. Wolf works at the intersection of communication and design, with a focus on communication for collaboration, community consultation, and storytelling. Previous to her role at UBC, she co-founded and was CEO of the Engineering Leadership Council, whose programs were developed and scaled internationally under her leadership. Ms. Wolf has also worked in major capital procurement strategy, negotiation, and facilitating executive decision making. Ms. Wolf was a board member of the UN Group Earth Charter Cities Canada and is a board member of Engineers Without Borders. 

Decolonizing the Engineering Curriculum is an Open educational resource with curriculum from her courses, direction on how to adapt it to your course, and faculty training to implement this curriculum. Join the global community implementing this in their classrooms.

She is the lead author of this comprehensive research Report on Truth and Reconciliation in Engineering Education documenting the lived experience and recommendations of Indigenous students, staff, and faculty across Canada. Pam shares a vision for organizational cultures of inclusive and just engineering. Pam Wolf’s work is from a settler perspective and focuses on the work settlers need to do to enable decolonization.

Pam Wolf does not accept graduate students. As such, emails requesting information about graduate studies opportunities will go unanswered.

Research Interests

Classroom culture in engineering communication and the development of post-secondary curriculum with a special focus on communication for collaboration.

Decolonizing the Engineering Curriculum

Reconciliation + Design Dialogues

Courses

CIVL 201 Introduction to Civil Engineering

CIVL 203 Technical Writing in Civil Engineering

CIVL 445 Civil Engineering Design Project I

ENVE 201 Technical Communications for Environmental Engineering

Awards & Recognitions

• 2022, UBC Open Education Resource (OER) Champion, University of British Columbia
• 2022, Faculty of Applied Science EDII Award, University of British Columbia
• 2018-2019, Students Award In Recognition, Civil Engineering Undergraduate Exceptional Commitment, University of British Columbia
• 2013, UBC Excellence Award – Outstanding Young Alumnus, University of British Columbia
• 2008, Consistent High Achiever and High Skills – Potential Future Leader, BC Hydro