PEGNL – Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador
PEGNL – Professional Engineers and Geoscientists Newfoundland and Labrador

Member Announcements – June 30

Announcement Date: 06.02.2023

Member Announcements – June 30

         Announcements 

***NEW*** PEGNL welcomes its newly elected Board members: Darlene Whalen, P. Eng., FEC, Nahome Asghedom, P. Eng., and Chad Wiseman, P. Eng., as well as its newly appointed director: Dr. Janna Rosales. PEGNL would also like to thank its outgoing directors for their contributions: Bill O’Keefe, P. Eng, FEC, Nicole Myers, P. Eng., L. Pinsent Parsons, T. Praamsma, P. Geo., and A. Stack.

 

          Courses  

Gardiner Centre welcomes opportunities to work with members of Newfoundland and Labrador industry and professional associations. Its flexible training opportunities delivered both in person and live online mean learning that suits any schedule and location. In addition to the Open-Enrollment below, all of its courses and programs can be delivered in a customized offering for your organization.

 

To see the topics open for registration please click here.

 

***NEW*** Claridec is offering a Masterclass in Decision Clarity. The course will be held virtually on November 7-8, 2023, from 6:30am—10:30am NL time. Price is $1350 CAD, with an early bird price of $1080 CAD being offered until October 10th. The course covers proven techniques for decision making under uncertainty and risk that are embraced by leading organizations in the natural resources sectors and in other sectors such as technology, pharmaceuticals, and government laboratories. To learn more click here.

          Events & Sessions  

 

***NEW*** Engineers Canada invites all PEGNL members to participate in a research study being undertaken for the Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Division of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). The aim of this study is to better understand where professionals in Canada stand in terms of learning and applying climate change adaptation knowledge and skills in their practice, identify gaps, monitor trends over time and inform climate change adaptation programming. The results of this research will also be shared with Engineers Canada. To participate in this research project, please click here.

The 73rd Annual Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE 2023) will be held in Calgary, Alberta, from October 29 to November 1, 2023. The conference theme is: “Transitions: Materials, Energy, and the Environment”. The conference will feature approximately 600 presentations in 9 major themes and 10 symposia on a wide range of topics related chemical/process engineering and other related engineering fields & specializations, as well as a rich student program, plenary talks by eminent speakers, professional development workshops, and a graduate student/career fair. To learn more click here.

***NEW*** Gary Kennedy, P. Eng., PMP, c/o Linear Project Services Inc (LPS), is pleased to share with PEGNL Members these three complimentary recorded Project Management Webinars (60 minutes each video).
1. “PMCHANGE MANAGEMENT & CONTROL” (60 min) Presented in March 2023 for the NL Chapter of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
2. (NEW) “PM METHODS EXAMPLES – TEAM ALIGNMENT” (60 min) Generic for Various Capex Industry Sec-tors.
3. “PM METHODOLOGY EXAMPLES for TEAM ALIGNMENT” (60 min) Presented November 2020 for OceansAdvance, St. John’s, NL (Vid Updated 2023). Similar to above Video #2, but with added Marine items.
Find all three (3) free videos at the top of this page: https://www.lpsglobal.ca/blog

We welcome you to email pegnl@pegnl.ca with any feedback you may have on this Member Announcement.