Marie-Ève believes that more women should be engineers. "It seems to me that professions in the pure and applied sciences attract very low numbers of young women, although women account for some 20% of engineering students," said Ms. Denoncourt, a self-proclaimed volunteer ambassador for the profession. At L'Oréal, her work consists of ensuring product quality, minimizing loss and maintaining a high degree of efficiency in the production chain.

Gaétan Samson, President of the OIQ, is pleased with the importance engineers appear to give their professional order. "With over 50,000 enrolments, membership in the OIQ has reached historic proportions," he said. "Our order is the second largest of 45 such professional associations in Québec. We are also delighted to have this symbolic number represented by a young woman. In fact, we hope that women, who currently account for nearly 11% of our members, will continue to increase in our ranks. We hope Ms. Denoncourt's example inspires young women embrace careers in engineering. The profession needs them!"

Each year, nearly 100 young women enrol in École Polytechnique after completing their college studies. Figures from the Canadian Council of Engineers show Polytechnique to be the university institution with the greatest number of engineering students in Québec.