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DECember 2009 issue

 

 

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Scholarships
APEGGA Member Receives National Scholarship


Engineers Canada is officially supporting and honouring seven Canadian engineers in its latest round of scholarships, helping them reach their potential in improving the health and safety of the public. One of the winners is an APEGGA member studying at the University of Saskatchewan.

 “We are proud to support these individuals as they pursue their dreams of helping their communities, creating new technologies and improving the lives of Canadians,” said Engineers Canada CEO Chantal Guay, ing., P.Eng. “Their commitment to contributing to our country demonstrates the ingenuity, resourcefulness and skills that the engineering profession must recognize, admire and manifest.”

For years, Manulife Financial and TD Insurance Meloche Monnex have joined Engineers Canada in rewarding outstanding professional engineers who build on their engineering background by returning to school to pursue advanced academic studies.

“Manulife Financial is very proud of our 60-year partnership with Engineers Canada and we are honoured to participate in the scholarship program recognizing and supporting the continued studies of talented engineering professionals from across Canada,” said Gavin Robinson of Manulife.

Added Jean R. Lachance of TD Insurance Meloche Monnex: “We are proud to partner with Engineers Canada to encourage engineers to push the boundaries of the profession with their innovative ideas. Our company history is inextricably linked to the engineering profession and to Engineers Canada, our partner for 38 years.”

The scholarship recipients demonstrate how the engineering profession can contribute towards a healthier, cleaner, safer, more competitive and sustainable Canada, says an Engineers Canada news release.

Recipients are working on diverse projects, which include

  • developing evacuation and sheltering systems

  • conducting workshops on local environmental and water resources applications in First Nations communities to provide a deeper understanding of water treatment challenges

  • developing new ways for seniors to stay healthy in their homes and communities

  • improving current international regulations governing the design of passenger ships and guidelines for evacuation analysis

  • advancing the delivery of surgical procedures

  • investigating methods for improving the efficiency of water recovery technologies

  • studying engineered soil covers over waste piles to make recommendations on solutions for reducing salts in mine waste.

This year’s scholarship recipients of  Engineers Canada-Manulife Financial Scholarships of $10,000 are

  • Joel N. Hilderman, P.Eng., APEGGA, pursuing a master of science degree in engineering and specializing in geoenvironmental engineering at the University of Saskatchewan

  • Fraser Kent, P.Eng., PEO, pursuing a PhD in environmental engineering and specializing in water reclamation at the University of Guelph

  • William M. Johnstone, P.Eng., APEGBC, pursuing a PhD in civil engineering and specializing in reliability and risk management at the University of British Columbia.

Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarships valued at $7,500 go to

  • Robert C. Brown, P.Eng., PEGNL, pursuing a PhD in ship evacuation simulation at the University of Greenwich

  • Simon J. Rose, P.Eng., APEGBC, pursuing a doctorate in medicine at the University of British Columbia

  • Victoria Young, P.Eng., PEO, pursuing a PhD in rehabilitation science, biomaterials and biomedical engineering at the University of Toronto.

Recipient of the Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Léopold Nadeau Scholarship of $10,000 is

  • Jason McCullough, P.Eng., APEGBC, pursuing a master of applied science degree in Environmental Engineering at the University of Guelph.

The Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Léopold Nadeau scholarship was created in 2008 in honour of the late Léopold Nadeau, ing., a past executive director of Engineers Canada. It is awarded to engineers returning to university for further study or research in the area of public policy development.