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Please find below APEGGA's electronic newsletter, the e-PEG.
Have a non e-PEG related question or comment?
Contact APEGGA
Difficulty viewing? See the online version.
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Christmas Wishes & Holiday Hours
From all of us at APEGGA, best wishes for a
safe and happy holiday season, and a healthy
and prosperous New Year.
Our offices close for the Christmas season on Friday, Dec. 23, at noon, reopening on Wednesday,
Jan. 4, 2012.
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Nominations Welcome
For APEGGA Elections
A number of mail-in candidates have already added their names to the 2012 ballot. And there's still time for more.
Any professional member (professional engineer, professional geoscientist or professional licensee) can be nominated as a write-in candidate. To get their name on the ballot, write-in candidates must submit a form with supporting signatures from at least 10 professional members. The deadline for APEGGA to receive write-in nominations is Jan. 22.
Polls for the 2012 election open Feb. 27 and close April 1.
More about running for Council |
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Dues Remain the Same
APEGGA's financial house is in order and there's no need to increase dues, Council decided Dec. 8. The decision – which sees dues remain at $290 per member – concurs with recommendations from Council's finance committee. It's part of a budget approval that forecasts about $20 million in revenue and expenses in 2012.
Watch for more budget information in your January e-PEG. |
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What’s happening at our annual conference? |
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- APEGGA Annual General Meeting
- The Summit Awards Gala
- Professional Development Seminars
- And much more
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| More information in the December PEG. |
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APEGGA Launches Election Blog
Polls don't open until Feb. 27 but the APEGGA 2012 Council election process is already underway. To inform members and engage them in the process, APEGGA has launched an election blog.
The blog will include short articles and videos, with information on how members can get involved in the election, either as a candidate or a voter. Comments to the blog are welcome and encouraged.
Keep an eye out for future blog posts in the e-PEG and e-PEG Extra. |
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| National Engineering and Geoscience Month |
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Calgary and Area Members
APEGGA is still recruiting volunteers for activities during 2012 National Engineering & Geoscience Month.
Join your colleagues to support NEGM and ensure its success. Help to raise awareness of your professions. Several events are planned for the month-long celebration in March. Volunteering is easy, fun and rewarding.
APEGGA Science Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 25
Stampede Park, Big Four Building, Hall C
Science Olympics is an interactive, hands-on science competition involving up to 500 students from Grades 1-12. Teams participate in events that highlight how science affects our everyday lives.
Volunteers are needed for
Event Judging: Between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. TBD
Please Note: All judges must attend a mandatory orientation session on Saturday, Feb. 11, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. in the APEGGA Conference Centre 22 Floor, Scotia Centre, 700 2 St. SW. Judges will be assigned events and be briefed on the events and their duties at this orientation.
If you are interested in judging please contact Fayrose Abdallah, Outreach Coordinator fabdallah@apega.ca
Support National Engineering & Geoscience Month |
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Six Volunteer Judges
The Outreach department has received a request from Rundle College Elementary School for six volunteer judges to judge a Grade 6 science fair.
Date: Wednesday, Feb.1
Time: 9-11 a.m.
Venue: Rundle College Elementary School, 2634 12th Ave. N.W., Calgary
If you are interested in judging please contact Fayrose Abdallah, Outreach Coordinator fabdallah@apega.ca. |
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Climate Change Survey
What do Canada’s professional engineers know and what are they doing when it comes to climate change and the nation’s civil infrastructure? A survey from the Canadian Standards Association seeks answers to those questions.
Those readers of the e-PEG who are also professional engineers licensed in Canada are invited to take part.
The CSA, on behalf of Engineers Canada and its constituent associations (including APEGGA), is after the engineering perspective on mitigation of the effects of climate change. If your practice involves transportation, buildings, water, energy or resources, Engineers Canada is especially interested in your answers.
More about Engineers Canada’s work concerning infrastructure vulnerability and climate change
More about CSA
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Western Engineering Competition
WEC2012 is a student engineering competition taking place in Calgary, Jan. 18-22. The Western Engineering Competition has taken place for over twenty-five years and continues to be a celebrated and well-attended event for student engineers pursuing technical and professional development.
Nearly 300 of the brightest and most highly motivated engineering students from Universities across Western Canada will be attending and competing in this five-day event. In addition to the students, we welcome representatives from our sponsoring companies to attend the competitions, professional development seminars, networking events and awards banquet.
The competition provides a setting for students to refine technical skills and qualities, while building relationships with peers and industry across Western Canada.
More info
COM 2012 – Call for Abstracts New Deadline
The deadline to submit abstracts for the 51st Conference of Metallurgists has moved to Jan. 31. Abstracts for various papers on pressure hydrometallurgy, corrosion, rare earths, pyrometallurgy, sustainability and more are requested.
More info
Training Workshop – How Will Climate Change Affect Civil Infrastructure in Canadian Municipalities?
On Feb. 7, Engineers Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities will host a training workshop in Ottawa on the Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee Protocol. This one-day workshop will provide Canadian municipal decision-makers and infrastructure practitioners with information about future climate change and its impacts, focusing on the Protocol’s standardized method used to estimate the risks climate change poses to municipal infrastructure.
The workshop precedes the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ bi-annual Sustainable Communities Conference and Trade Show, held from Feb. 8-10. Municipal engineers attending the conference are encouraged to register for the Feb. 7 workshop to take in this valuable continuing professional development opportunity.
For more information on the workshop, including how to register, please visit the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ website.
21st Annual Emerald Awards
Nominations for the 21st Annual Emerald awards are now open.
The Emerald awards recognize extraordinary achievements by Albertans in protecting, preserving, enhancing and sustaining the environment.
Nominations are accepted in eleven categories, including Youth, Community Group, Individual Achievement and Small and Large Business.
Nominations can be made by completing the online nominations form.
Nominations close on Friday, Feb. 24. Finalists will be announced in April 2012 and the 21st Emerald awards will be presented on Wednesday, June 6.
 
Wishing you a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year!
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Volume 8, No. 12
Friday, December 16 |
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