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FLIGHT PLANS
APEGGA Researches Member Air Travel
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role of APEGGA Member Affairs is to negotiate agreements with service providers.
These agreements leverage the buying power of more than 51,000 members into great
deals on everything from rental cars to educational savings plans.
We’re always looking for new arrangements to give your membership even
more value. And this time, we’re looking to the skies: the possibility
of a deal with an airline.
Before that might happen, however, we need data on
members’ flying habits – and
you can help us with that, right now.
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New Sign-Off System Takes Effect
An innovative, made-in-Alberta system now requires professional involvement
when land is remediated and reclaimed at oil-and-gas sites. With the province
and five other professional organizations, APEGGA played a key role in developing
the system.
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Mentors Wanted
Would you like to give back to your profession in a direct,
fulfilling way? The APEGGA Mentoring Program could be for you. It allows you
to share your knowledge, reach pools of new talent, enhance your coaching skills
and earn Continuing Professional Development credits.
You’ll also earn the satisfaction that comes from helping others.
We have a particular need for mentors in the Edmonton and Calgary areas.
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e-mail Arlene Lack, B.Sc.N., APEGGA Coordinator, Professional Development & Mentoring
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REMINDER: Deadline Feb. 4
APEGGA Seeks Input
On M.I.T., P.Geo., Concepts
At its Dec. 6 meeting, Council supported seeking input
from Members and possibly holding Member votes on two possible changes requiring
amendments to the Engineering, Geological and Geophysical Professions Act. One
would give full APEGGA membership privileges – the right to hold office and the right to vote – to
Members-in-Training. The other would create the single designation Professional
Geoscientist, or P.Geo.
APEGGA has prepared discussion papers on these matters so Members can learn
more about them and provide feedback. We encourage you to click through to these
papers and take part in the consultation process.
Links for your response appear at the end of each discussion paper.
We require your response by no later than Feb. 4.
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Week Celebrates
Members’ Professional Contributions
APEGGA members and staff, educators, students and others
will mark National Engineering & Geoscience Week, Feb. 21 to March 2, with
a series of fun activities. Under the banner Making a World of Difference, the
schedule this year covers competitive and learning opportunities for all ages.
A full story on the week will appear in the February
hardcopy PEGG.
Science Night Needs
Calgary Volunteers
One more Calgary science night has been added to National
Engineering & Geoscience
Week celebrations. A science night will be held on Tuesday, March 4, at
Father Doucet School, 65 Shannon Dr. SW. About 25 volunteers are needed from
5 to 8:30 p.m. to assist with the hands-on science activities and demonstrations
that have been prepared
If you can help us put on this fun event,
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Be a Better Coach
Our popular Coaching for Commitment course is back,
featuring Rachelle Lee from Einblau & Associates. Learn the techniques you’ll
need to foster sustained superior performance. This two-day course takes place
Jan. 31 and Feb. 7 in Calgary and Feb. 26 and 27 in Edmonton.
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We Will Rock You
Rock Solid Professionalism is the
theme of APEGGA’s 2008 Annual Conference
in Edmonton, which ties in perfectly with International Year of Planet Earth
and the approaching term at of President-Elect Gordon Williams, P.Geol. The conference
and Annual General Meeting take place April 17-19, and we’ve got the information
to help you make your conference plans.
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APEGGA
Head Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780-426-3990 1-800-661-7020
(within North America)
Fax: 780-426-1877
E-mail: email@apegga.org
Website: www.apegga.org |
Calgary
Office
2200 Scotia Centre
700 2nd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2W1
Tel: 403-262-7714
Fax: 403-269-2787 |
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BRANCH LUNCHEONS |
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22 – Edmonton. SORRY, SOLD OUT.
JAN 24 – Calgary. The Challenges of
Oilsands Development, with Catherine Hughes, Husky Energy’s VP of oilsands.
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FEB. 7 – Calgary. Organizers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver aim
to make it the most sustainable event of its kind. Find out about design and
construction strategies and much more at Building Sustainability with LEED – Leadership
in Energy & Environmental Design. Click
here for more. |
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GRADUATING STUDENTS WORKSHOP |
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MARCH
8 – Calgary. For new U of C graduates in engineering, geology
and geophysics. Are you a professional member who can help us put on the workshop?
- Click
here for more info
- Click here to e-mail Kate Handford
at the Calgary APEGGA office
March 29 – Edmonton. Volunteers are also needed
in Edmonton for the Graduating Student Workshop.
Click here to
e-mail Flo Primeau at the Edmonton APEGGA office. |
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Nomination
deadline for the Alberta Emerald Foundation’s environmental
awards is next month. Have you submitted a nomination yet? Click here for more
information and to submit online.
Click
here for more
More Awards – APEGGA keeps a regularly
updated list of awards you, your projects or someone you know might qualify for.
The list links directly to the appropriate websites. Enter now – and if
all goes well, collect later.
Click
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