Member Announcements – Feb 03
Announcement Date: 02.03.2023
Announcements
***NEW*** Apply to be an engineering mentor
Future City is a free project-based learning program where students in grades 6, 7, and 8 imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. Each year students are presented with a different theme. The Future City Experience is a flexible program that allows participation from both in-class and online learning models.
Leadership Opportunity: Engineers and Geoscientist BC (EGBC) are looking for a new Director of Professional Practice, Standards & Development. EGBC regulates and governs the engineering and geoscience professions in the province of British Columbia under the Professional Governance Act. Learn more about this opportunity HERE.
Women of STAC Bursary Fund, 2023 Application Period now open.
Awarded each year to select women, the Bursary Fund, provides financial support to enable the pursuit of training, professional development, and/or academic programs for women in the telecommunications field
Building for the Future Challenge:
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is looking for ways to make it easier to build houses that are affordable, climate compatible. If you have any ideas on innovative construction processes, techniques, systems and materials, submit your ideas for the Housing Supply Challenge - Building for the Future: Innovative Construction for Housing Affordability.
Courses
***NEW*** Future Highways for Automated Vehicles course will explore the terminologies being used in the field of automated highway vehicles, government legislation being implemented, automated vehicle engineer-ing research and standards under development and the potential impacts of automated vehicles on traffic and roadway design. Learn more about this and other courses.
Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) Resource Hub showcase strategies, action plans, policies, and programs from across Canada and the world to help your organization successfully support gender equity and inclusion in science, engineering, trades and technology (SETT)
Climate Risk Institute is offering multiple courses as part of the Infrastructure Resilience Professional credential, which will be of interest to professionals who are involved in the planning, design, and management of infrastructure.
Upcoming courses:
- Climate Change and Infrastructure Risk—the PIEVC Protocol. Register before Feb 13
Project Management for Beginners: is a free introductory course by Project Management Institute (PMI), which provides the foundational knowledge necessary to join a project team and can serve as the first step on your path to a project management career.
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety free awareness courses educate on a variety of topics including mental health and workplace wellness, ergonomics, nanotechnology and much more. To learn more and register, click HERE.
The Basics of Scrum a free introductory course by Project Management Institute (PMI), which provides the foundations of Scrum and Discipline Agile Project Management, equipping you with tools to begin implementing Disciplined Agile and Scrum in your own practices and launching you on your path to earning a Disciplined Agile Scrum Master (DASM) Certification.
Events & Sessions
***NEW*** Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) 5B—Construction Management Contract— for Services and Construction is a webinar for the construction manager which engages the trade contractors as sub contractors and is responsible for their performance. Learn more and register before 9, Feb 2023.
Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) 2023 Registration now open.
The World’s Premier Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention is the leading event for people, companies and organizations connected to mineral exploration. The annual convention in Toronto has educational programming, networking events, and business opportunities.
2023 Hydropower Conference, Registration Deadline, Feb 3rd
CEATI International’s Hydropower Conference will focus on the opportunities and challenges that utilities are facing, with specific focus on retrofitting dams for extended life, extreme events and increased need for flexibility, and opportunities for power plant modernization.
Leading with Trust: Developing a high-performance team based on trust, Feb. 7th
Building a high-trust environment in the workplace provides employees with a culture of honesty and psychological safety to perform at their best. This webinar will help leaders build trust among their teams that will enhance collaboration, teamwork and overall productivity.
Manufacturing Insights and Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) Information session, Feb 7
The session is on the economic future of NL and Canada, emphasizing the manufacturing sector. Under-standing what’s coming down the road economically for businesses and customers can help plan for the future.
Hydrocarbon, Brine Production, CO2 Storage: Calculating In-Place Reservoir Volumes Webinar will cover traditional method and geomodelling method of reservoirs, showing the strengths and weaknesses of each, and fundamentally showing how they relate to each other. Register before Feb 14.
We welcome you to email pegnl@pegnl.ca with any feedback you may have on this Member Announcement.
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