July 2007 Issue
Memorial Foundation Awards Alberta Students
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| SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS - Top photo, left, is Huntley O’Connor, P.Eng., of the CEMF board of directors, and graduate student winner Tiffany Edgecombe, E.I.T., of the Schulich School of Engineering in Calgary. Tiffany is a 2003 University of Alberta graduate in mechanical engineering. In the bottom photo, undergraduate winner Katherine Cardiff, an APEGGA university student member, poses with APEGGA President John McLeod, P.Eng. |
Two Alberta students received awards in Winnipeg in May from a foundation dedicated to attracting women to the engineering profession. The Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation was formed in 1990 in the wake of tragic events at École Polytechnique in Montreal that left 14 young women dead.
Tiffany Edgecombe, E.I.T., of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, received the $15,000 Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Engineering Scholarship for PhD-level work. And Katherine Cardiff, also of the U of C, is the Prairie winner of a $5,000 undergraduate scholarship. APEGGA sponsored attendance for Katherine, a university student member of the Association.
The stated goal of the foundation is to “create a world where engineering meets the needs and challenges of society by engaging the skill and talents of both women and men alike. To that end, we are dedicated to attracting women to the engineering profession so they may contribute in a truly inclusive manner. In doing so, they also honour the memory of the 14 women . . . whose contributions to Canada ended on Dec. 6, 1989.”
Cheryl Sandercock, P.Eng., of Calgary sits on the board of the directors
of the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation. She said: “It is our hope
and belief that public recognition for (the winners’) achievements in a
forum of accomplished senior members of the profession encourages these outstanding
students to pursue a long career in engineering.”
Awards were presented at the foundation’s luncheon, held in conjunction
with the Engineers Canada Annual General Meeting.