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Professional Development

We’re back!  The monthly Peace Region Professionals Pro-D events recommence on Tuesday September 8.  Sci-Tech North manages the logistics of organizing local professional development events for the Coordinated Continuing Professional Development Initiative as our mandate includes the promotion of scientific and technical education.  The initiative now involves members from APEGBC, BCIA (Agrologists), BCLS (Surveyors), ABCFP (Forest Professionals), APBBC (Biologists), ASTTBC (Technologists and Technicians), and ABCCA (Archaeologists).  These locally held events are recognized towards fulfilling member’s mandatory continuing professional development requirements. The fall program kicks off with a presentation by Laurence Meadows, Business Development Director for MITACS.  MITACS plays a leadership role in linking businesses, government and not-for-profits with universities to increase research and development in Canada.  

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National Engineering and Geoscience Month

Related Documents

• Bridge Engineering Principles
• The 1957 Peace River Bridge Collapse - Taylor, BC

Some general pictures from past National Engineering and Geoscience Month competitions:

Above: Fort St John event had 113 teams submitting a bridge for testing.  This number represents a significant increase in participation from previous years.
Above: Two contestants at the Fort Nelson competition watch their creation	Above: Pierre Johnstone, MoE - Ecosystems, oversees kids getting down and dirty at a display depicting river geomorphology in action.
Above: Some of the contestants and volunteers at the Fort Nelson competition.  The volunteers from left to right are: Anthony Baru, ILMB, Brendan Miller, ILMB, Peter Smith, OGC, Jim Jarvis, Jim Jarvis Engineering, Jason Vissers, Spectra, Brian Grabowski, Dayton and Knight, Al Zackodnik, formerly ILMB, Mandy Nelson, OGC	Above: The Fort Nelson crowd cheers as the overall winning bridge surpasses a load of 400 lbs.

Ideas Wanted

Current suggestions are one of new coal mines and a presentation on wind power generation in Peace River area. We always appreciate input from our members so if you have any tour ideas you would like to see, please let the Branch Chair, Brendan Miller, know.

Mentoring Program

The APEGBC Mentoring Program is one of the many services provided to the members. It is to help Engineers-in-Training and Geoscientists-in-Training obtain the advice, counselling and assistance required to allow them to achieve professional status. For information on how the program works and who can get involved in the program, click here.

Peace River Branch Meeting Minutes Archive

New Members

If you are a new member who has recently or is about to receive your certificate, please contact our Branch Chair for a frame, and to arrange a certificate presentation at an upcoming dinner meeting.

New member Invocation (for certificate presentation to new members)

Upcoming Events
Recent/Past Events
National Engineering and Geoscience Month
Ideas
Mentoring
Minutes
New Member
Branch Executive

Other Branches in BC