Announcements 

***NEW*** Reminder: Annual Renewal for PEGNL license holders is open. Members can log in to PEGNL’s online member portal (members.pegnl.ca) and complete their annual renewal for 2024. All PEGNL members are eligible to participate in various plans through Engineers Canada, these include insurance, financial and other benefits. For more information click here.

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***NEW*** The Women's Junior A Hockey League, is a newly established competitive hockey league. There is a special ticket promotion for the game Wednesday, December 4th, that is being extended to PEGNL members. To purchase tickets at a special rate of $5, please email wjahltickets@gmail.com and quote your membership with PEGNL. 

At this event a moment of silence will be observed to honor and pay respect to the young women whose lives were tragically taken far too soon on December 6, 1989, at École Polytechnique in Montreal. 

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The new User’s Guide – National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB) 2020 is now available. The guide provides practical guidance, examples and calculations to help users understand provisions in the NECB 2020. The guide is available for free, in electronic format, through the National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC’s) Publications Archive, and for purchase in printed format from the NRC’s Virtual Store. The guide is a useful reference for anyone involved in building design, construction or regulation. It provides valuable insights into the NECB’s provisions and offers practical examples to help users navigate energy-efficient design. The guide is particularly useful for educators and trainers working with students as well as professionals. We encourage you to share this with your network. This is the first in a series of user’s guides that will be released soon.

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PEGNL is looking for experienced professionals to help review the experience of those applying for licensure by serving as Volunteer Assessors in the Competency Based Assessment (CBA) framework. While all areas of expertise are welcome, we are looking for additional assessors with experience in the following areas: mechanical engineering, process engineering, geology, and geophysics. If you have been licensed for at least 5 years and are interested in learning more about becoming an assessor, please apply on our website.

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Understanding your Secondary Professional Liability Insurance: PEGNL members in good standing automatically have Secondary Professional Liability Insurance. This unique program protects both you and the public in numerous scenarios involving whistleblowing, retirement, intellectual property, data loss, mentorship, and more. To learn more about the program, coverage amounts, and other benefits available to you, please visit the Engineers Canada website.

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Memorial University, Faculty of Medicine is recruiting volunteers to take part in Medical School Interviews for 2025. Without volunteer involvement and commitment, the Faculty would be unable to complete a vital component in the evaluation of medical school applications that is necessary to determine the next class of matriculants at Memorial University’s medical school. Interviews for medical school applicants will be taking place virtually on Saturday, February 1st and Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 (volunteers select one day). To volunteer click here and for more information contact Marlena at munmedvip@mun.ca.

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        Courses & Events 

***NEW*** Professional Development course - within the PEGNL PD Portal a new regulatory learning module has been added 'Duty to Report'. This module is designed to guide engineers, geoscientists, and their firms through the critical professional and ethical responsibilities surrounding the reporting of conduct and behavior in their fields. 

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***NEW*** The Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF) offers three professional development courses, which qualify under the Ethical Practice Learning category of our CPD program. These courses are titled RHF's Inclusion & Accessibility training, RHFAC Fundamentals and RHFAC Professional course. For more information, click here.

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Free Professional Development courses: The World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO) launched the WFEO Academy in March 2022, with UNESCO and its partners, to provide training for engineering educators and assessors of engineering education programs for accreditation purposes and for the professional development of qualified engineers, to support their continuous professional development and requirements for registration. Two new courses have been added to the platform. To learn more click here.

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Women in Resource Development Corporation is offering a series of virtual workshops, which provide participants with practical and foundational knowledge for a journey towards fostering a more equitable and inclusive workspace.

Upcoming workshops include:

• Allyship in the Workplace (December 3)
• Creating a Respectful Workplace (January 21)
• Diversity, Inclusion & You (January 23)
• Inclusive Leadership (December 5)

For further information please visit https://wrdc.ca/news/.

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