Details:

National Engineering and Geoscience Month 2010

Date:

Wednesday, Sept 30th, 2009

Time:

6:15pm – Registration and networking
6:30 pm – Branch business & introductions
7:00 pm – Dinner
7:45 pm – Presentation
9:00 pm  - Closing

Location:

Holiday Inn Express  
15808 – 104 Ave, Surrey, BC

Details:

Presentation Topic:

Join award-winning photographer, naturalist and educator Danny Catt, for a photo journey of southern continents.  Enjoy his stunning photographs of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands, the icebergs of Antarctica, and the rain forests of Ecuador.  Learn about the environmental connections we have with the world around us and a unique perspective of sustainable living.

Danny Catt is a biologist, world traveler and internationally published photographer with over 25 years of experience in the field of environmental education.  He is an instructor of Ecology and Recreational Land Management at BCIT holding a technical diploma in fisheries and wildlife management as well as a Bachelor of Science in biology and a Master of Science in wildlife ecology.  Danny is a recipient of a Rotary Foundation Scholarship that involved post-graduate studies at the College of African Wildlife Management in East Africa.

Danny is a recent Canadian recipient of the Rotary Foundation Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award.

Visit Danny’s website at:  http://www.catt-trax2.bcit.ca

Also joining us will be outgoing President Dr. Margaret Li, P.Eng. who will give us a brief update of her term at at APEGBC.

Register Online

Daniel J. Catt
Instructor of Applied Ecology & Recreation Land Management
Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program
British Columbia Institute of Technology

$35 for members and guests who pre-register on-line at APEGBC.
$40 for late registrations at the door.
$30 for EIT/GIT’s and retired members.

To register on-line at APEGBC, please see details below.

Register Online

Details:

Info Flyer
Contest Rules and Guidelines
Registration Form
Agenda

In celebration of National Engineering and Geoscience Month (March 2010) the Fraser Valley Branch is pleased to host a Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Contest to be held Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at 1:00 pm .  The contest will be open to students in Grade 5 to Grade 9 and will be held at the Surrey Campus of Kwantlen Universitiy, 12666 – 72 Avenue, Surrey, BC.

To help with the success of this planned event, please review the list below to see how you can be involved.

1. If you know of any students that might be interested in participating, send them the flyer and encourage their participation.
2. Share details of this event with your neighbourhood school or the school that your children are attending (the best person to contact is typically the science teacher)
3. Volunteer to help on the day of the event by contacting a branch representative at fv@ageg.bc.ca
4. Approach your employer about providing sponsorship for this event. 

The Popsicle stick bridge building contest is an excellent activity for young people to learn about applied sciences and have fun!   APEGBC encourages and appreciates member involvement in branch and community events.

Amer Nawaz, P.Eng.

anawaz@abbotsford.ca