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Engineer Career Profiles |
The Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada is developing occupation profiles for the following engineering occupations in the upstream and midstream petroleum industry. The council needs to speak with individuals who are experts in the occupations of
- Chemical Engineer
- Cost Control Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Computer Engineers
- Geological Engineers
- Marine-Related Engineers
- Pipeline Engineers
Click here to view the open invitation to experts.
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WISEST's 25th Anniversary Celebrations
Join WISEST's 25th anniversary celebrations Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. – that’s this weekend – at the Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton. The open house-style event will be filled with fun signature WISEST activities, hands-on science experiments, student posters, keynote speeches, food and refreshments, and networking with industry, government, and academic communities.
WISEST stands for Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology. Its programs, staff and volunteers are dedicated to improving diversity in the areas it serves, in schools, universities and industry.
RSVP today.
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Air Quality Survey
The Clean Air Strategic Alliance wants to hear what you think about air quality in Alberta.
The province’s population continues to grow and the economy remains strong. With that as a backdrop, Albertans are invited to help renew their clean air strategy to guide air quality management for future generations.
The alliance’s website provides background and allows you to contribute to this important dialogue. Also happening over the next two weeks are town hall events in Calgary and Edmonton.
Click here for more information.
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Continuing Series: What’s In It For Me?
APEGGA’s Summit Awards
The Summit Awards Gala is an annual event held in conjunction with the APEGGA Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting.
The awards serve a dual purpose. They’re a prominent event for all the award winners themselves, and they provide an opportunity for all members to recognize and celebrate the significant contributions they've made to society and their professions.
If you know a deserving candidate or group that match the criteria of one of the 12 awards, please forward your nomination package no later than Oct. 31 to the attention of Sandy Roth at sroth@apegga.org.
Click here for more information.
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Gussow-Nuna Geoscience Conference on Climate Change
Oct. 20-23
Max Bell Building, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
The Gussow Geoscience Conference focuses on new and emerging issues in the petroleum industry. The meeting is intended to bring together recognized experts from diverse disciplines to provide a broad range of perspectives on the conference theme. Co-sponsoring with the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists this year is the Geological Association of Canada.
Experts from across North America and around the world will discuss topics ranging from the Finite Nature of Fossil Fuels and Recent Climate Change in the Arctic to the Paleoclimatology of Earth and Oceanographic Research on Climate Oscillations.
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Reminder: Official Call for Nominations
Deadline: Oct. 31
Send in your Summit Awards 2009 nomination today.
Click here to view the award categories — and give the best their due.
Award nominations must be submitted by electronic mail to Sandy Roth at sroth@apegga.org
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2009 Scholarship Program
The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation is proud to announce its 2009 Scholarship Program – there will be 14 scholarships available this year ranging from $2,500 to $15,000 for women in engineering at the undergraduate, master’s and PhD levels.
Over 100 Canadian women to-date have won one of these highly sought after, and nationally recognized scholarships.
Click here for more information.
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MENTORS NEEDED
Aboriginal Volunteers Needed in Edmonton
We are in urgent need for Aboriginal professionals to assist with mentoring students in grades K–9 in an Edmonton
school beginning this fall.
Female Mentors Needed
in the Edmonton Area
- Give back to your profession
- Take satisfaction in helping others
- Share your knowledge
- Access new talent pools
- Enhance coaching skills
- Earn CPD credits
Alberta’s locally and internationally educated graduates
need your help.
For more information please contact:
Arlene Lack, Mentoring Coordinator
PH: 780-426-3990 ext. 2820
or 1-800-661-7020
alack@apegga.org
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Blogging With APEGGA
APEGGA welcomes our newest blogger, Graham Lettner, E.I.T., a recent graduate from the University of Alberta. Watch for his entries throughout October. Graham currently works with Engineers Without Borders as one of six overseas staff in Southern Africa.
Click here to view the blog website and find out more about Graham's recent experiences in the agricultural value chains sector.
Interested in becoming an APEGGA blogger? Please e-mail Joanne Blomert, jblomert@apegga.org, and tell us about your particular adventure. We’re always looking for first-person accounts of experiences from around the world.
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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
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THE PEGG ONLINE–
Summits Then and Summits Now, Picture This, Council Briefs: Work Continues on One Act, Two Associations Model, Professional Practice & Ethics Corner, Compliance, President's Notebook, Environment Committee Series: Where the Athabasca Flows, Readers’ Forum, PD Spotlight: Making It New, Geo Beat: Field Trips III: The Ghost of Field Trips to Come, Summit Series: Star Trek Medicine, Summit Series: Engineering – The Way it's Meant to Be, Edmonton's Big Heart, Doing Business, Discover-E, Obituaries: Eustace William Smith, P.Eng., and Edward (Ted) le Marchant Trafford, P.Eng., Student Columns, APEGGA Families Honour Their Grads, Petroleum Companies Support Science in Schools, In the Paddle Strokes of Thompson, Backgrounder: Beyond the Biofuel Headlines, APEGGA Discipline Committee, Aboriginal Awareness: A History of Violence
These headlines and more await you in the October PEGG Online.
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MIT Seminars
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Volunteers Wanted – Graduating Student Workshop
Click here for more.
Volunteers Wanted – University of Alberta –
Engineering Student Mixer
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OCT. 28 – Edmonton
Luncheon - NAIT's Fuel Cell Project
Facilitator:
Denis Côté
Coordinator, Fuel Cell Project
Instructor and Coordinator, Power Engineering Distance Education
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Click here for more.
NOV. 20 – Calgary
Luncheon - Investing In Today’s Environment
Facilitator:
Robert McIntosh
CIBC Wood Gundy
Click here for more.
NOV. 27 – Calgary
PD Evening - Pipeline Life-Cycle Hazard Prevention Strategies
Facilitator:
Rafael Mora, P.Eng.
Dr. Alan Murray, P.Eng.
National Energy Board
Click here for more.
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Coming in the Oct. PEGG
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Speakers emphasize paying it forward and the importance of communities – APEGGA’s National Mentoring Conference resonates with delegates.
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Quality matters too – quantity isn’t the only issue when it comes to Alberta’s water, experts say in the latest instalment in our series of Environment Committee articles.
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Rocks and fossils tumble into the spotlight at two popular APEGGA events.
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