Report of the Executive Director and Registrar

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In This Issue: ■ 2004 Golf Tournament ■ APEGM Committee Reports ■ UMA Celebrates 50 Years in Manitoba ■ Thoughts on Design

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists SEPTEMBER 2004 of the Province of Manitoba www.apegm.mb.ca

providing services to the Manitoba public. It also has the potential to Report of the Executive affect the quality of services delivered. The problem is not unique to Director and Registrar Manitoba and APEGM has partici- D.A. Ennis, P.Eng. pated in a CCPE led initiative to probe the issue and to seek ways to address the issue, including establishing a captive insurance com- ince my previous report in tinues to be in a sound financial Act Change pany. While the feasibility of such September of 2003 I have position. The level of reserves is The Engineering and Geoscientific an insurance company is quite commented on a number of such that they could sustain the S Professions Act was amended in debatable, the value of increased topics in subsequent issues of this Association’s operations for an June. The primary change was to education in, and attention to, risk publication. They were: extended period. The Auditor’s allow the Association to make gifts management and claims avoidance ■ Report and 2004 Financial APEGM Foundation Inc. and such as the contributions to is not. Universities (December 2003) Statements are available from the Association office. They will be dis- Manitoba universities and scholar- ■ Privacy Legislation (December Aboriginal Professionals tributed at the Annual General ships. Other changes provide 2003 and February 2004) Meeting and are posted on the authority for APEGM to “promote The Council has begun an initiative ■ Climate Change Adaptation Association’s website. There has and increase by all lawful means to promote the recruitment and (December 2003) been a small increase in the mem- and in the public interest, the knowl- training of students of aboriginal ■ Professional Liability Insurance bership. At June 30, 2004, there edge skill and competency of its descent to become professional Costs (December 2003) were 3960 members on the register members and students in all things engineers and professional geoscientists with the intent that the pro- ■ The Limitations Act (February (up from 3883 in 2003) with 2863 relating to the professions of engi- being residents of Manitoba. Of neering and geoscience” and to portion of aboriginal students in 2004 and June 2004) engineering and geoscience pro- ■ the 3960, 228 are professional geo- “advocate where the public interest The Declaration of Compliance is at risk.” It is worth noting that the grams at Manitoba Universities is (February 2004) scientists. Additionally, there are 289 holders of a Certificate of “public interest” is defined in the equal to the proportion of aborigi- ■ Multi-Jurisdictional Registration Authorization and another 638 Act. It is “the well-being, conve- nals in the general population of the (February 2004) persons enrolled as members-in- nience and concern of the public Province of Manitoba. ■ International Mobility (June training. at large.” Internationally Educated 2004) With the membership numbers Professional Liability Engineering Graduates ■ City of Winnipeg Building being relatively static and operating Insurance (IEEGs) Permits Process (June 2004) costs inevitably on the increase, the These articles from the Keystone budget adopted by the Council for The matter of the rising cost, avail- The issue of providing timely licen- Professional plus reports on the the membership year 2004 requires ability and decreasing coverage of sure to open employment opportuni- meetings of the Council are avail- a dues increase. The payment in professional liability insurance has ties of IEEGs, without compromis- able at the APEGM website at 2005, with GST included, will be fast become a problem for APEGM ing public safety or lowering profes- www.apegm.mb.ca/keydocs/mpe/ $264, up from $256. Among the members that will affect the costs of Continued on page 5 index.html. Copies can also be factors are administrative, legal, and obtained by calling the Association software costs associated with the office at (204) 474-2736. privacy legislation. Another factor The Association of Professional Engineers and Most of the activities and being the Association’s financial Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba issues before the Association are commitment to the Manitoba reported on elsewhere in this publi- Universities targeted at promoting cation by the various committees Association awareness among stu- and the Director of Admissions. dents and ultimately increasing the th This report is intended to cover mat- rate of registration uptake. The fact 85 ANNUAL ters not dealt with by them and to remains that many students in update some of the topics reported degree programs leading to aca- GENERAL MEETING on earlier. demic qualification for registration as a professional engineer or profes- Niakwa Country Club, Winnipeg Financial sional geoscientist still are not aware As Treasurer, I report that, despite a of the requirement or the process for Friday, October 29 & Saturday, October 30, 2004 small shortfall, the Association con- registration. 2 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

New Members Registered May, June & July 2004 E.M. Baki (QC) P.D. Handlovsky (AB) D.R. Orr V. Banthia T.E. Hoffschild(BC) D.S.J. Ostrowsky K.A. Birch D.J. Hoorman P.R. Pantel SEPTEMBER 2004 J.D. Botha G.M.C. Impey (BC) J.R.M. Persaud (ON) V.M. Broadhurst M.A. Johnson J.D. Robbins (ON) Published by the Association of Professional Engineers and F.G.D.C. Curi C.C. Kaatz W.R.A. Robertson (AB) Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba A.J. Dent R.M. Klassen B.A.S. Shalley 850A Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3M 2M7 V.B. Divekar K.J. Kozusko J. Subbiah Ph. (204) 474-2736 Fax (204) 474-5960 I.R.H. Edwards D.J. Kroeker D.U.H. Tang E-Mail: [email protected] R.S. Eriks (AB) M.T. Kubinec T.K.M. Veitch F.G. Evetts (BC) T. Lee (AB) G.A. Verch APEGM COUNCIL S.N. Fernando G.A.G. McCartney(ON) K.B.J. Walker A.H. Permut, P.Eng., President; L.R. Ferchoff, P.Eng., Past-President; R.A. Fidler K.P. Merriam L.M. Weedon F.J. Deniset, P.Eng.; J.R.C. Doering, P.Eng.; K. Gaudry, FCGA; C.S. Follett J.E. Munroe (AB) D.D. Wilson K.V. Gilmore, P.Geo.; D.P. Harfield, P.Eng.; R.P. Hoemsen, P.Eng.; P.J. Fulton-Regula E.Z. Nejat (ON) V.A. Yereniuk R.L. Hutchinson, P.Eng.; B.L. Shortt; A.D. Silk, P.Eng.; M. Smith; J.T. Geisbrecht M.M.M. Neufeld A.S. Zeegen (ON) E.C. Syme, P.Geo.; D.J. Taniguchi, P.Eng.; D.R. Witty, FCIP T.R. Gluck S.S. Norsworthy T.L. Zrymiak (SK) CHAIRS – BOARDS & COMMITTEES J.R. Gunning W.J. Orr R.J.J. Herrmann, P.Eng. Aboriginal Professional Initiative B. Stimpson, P.Eng. Academic Review Members-In-Training Enrolled May, June & July 2004 J.M. Symonds, P.Eng. Awards J.A. Blatz, P.Eng. Communications H.E. Adamko J.D. Fehr D.A. Lockery R.E. Scouten, P.Eng. Discipline A. Agrawal A.E. Franz C.C. Mackie R. Ludwick, P.Eng. Emerging Issues C.A. Arias A.C. Froese J.J. Malenchak J.D. Ewing, P.Eng. Environment & Sustainable Development V. Bakija A.K. Garg K.S. Mazur R.A.S. Reichelt, P.Geo. Experience Review G.E. Blazek D.M. Genaille B.J. Mikolayenko C.R. Galeschuk, P.Geo. Geoscience Issues Task Force C.A. Boden R. Ghamsari D.R. Porter I.H. McKay, P.Eng. Investigation D.N. Spangelo, P.Eng. Legislation C.J. Buzunis R.J. Gillis M.F. Rachie S. Arkia. EIT Members-in-Training A.D. Byers C.L. Hiew K. Rak L.R. Ferchoff, P.Eng. Nominating B.J. Caldwell D.A. Hildebrand O.A. Ramirez-Iraheta F.L. Nicholson, P.Eng. Practice Standards R.S.M. Chomokovski R.J.A. Ihme B.S. Sandhu W.T. Jackson, P.Eng. Professional Development D.P. Cook K.W. Johnson J.R. Simmons H.J. Roche, P.Eng. Public Awareness J.E. Crowder M.R.E. Joyce D.I.F. Thiele K.J.T. Kjartanson, P.Eng. Registration A.W.T. Curwain A.J. Kalicinski J.K. Topangu F.A. Roberts, P.Eng. Safety D.J. Desveaux C. Karunakaran B.S. Uppal E.G. Parker, P.Eng. Salary Research M.E. Baril, P.Eng. Sports & Social R.J. Dickey L.A. Kempers P.T. Wtorek D.M. Priscu, EIT Women’s Action Committee J.N. Drapack D. Lam D.C.J. Zaborniak M.G. Britton, P.Eng. CCPE Director H. Mumin, P.Eng. CCPG Director Licences Issued May, June & July 2004 S.J. Peter, P.Eng. Kelsey Chapter R.A. LeGall, EIT Pembina Chapter J.R. Benson III(NC) L.A. Robbins (FL) R.F. Williamson (IA) T.R. Nyabeze, EIT Thompson Chapter S.W. Honeycutt (TN) L.M. Sargent (IA) D.G. Ford, P.Eng. Westman Chapter R.D. McFadyen (NC) J.W. Sneed (NE)

APEGM STAFF Reinstatements May, June, & July 2004 D.A. Ennis, P. Eng., Executive Director and Registrar; S.E. Sankar, P.Eng., P.E., Director of Admissions; W. Boyce, Manager, Operations & D.C. MacFarlane (AB) D.G. Ramsey (AB) Finance; J.C. McKinley, Administrative Officer; L. Dupas, Admissions Co-ordinator; K.C. Mofet, Registration Co-ordinator; S. Bruce, Accounting & Membership; J. Borecky, Student Membership & Event Certificates of Authorization Coordinator; A.L. Moore, Administrative Assistant Braemar Building Systems Ltd. Pine Falls Technical Services COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE Breton, Banville & Associates Omniweld Integrated Solutions J.A. Blatz, P.Eng., Chair; M.E. Baril, P.Eng.; J.L. Biczok, P.Geo; P.H. CWA Engineers Inc. Strong – Coley and Associates Boge, P.Eng.; D.J. Etcheverry, GIT; E.P. Hancox, EIT; D.H. Inglis, EIT; Dynamo Electric The Canam Manac Group Inc. A.N. Kempan, P.Eng.(Ret); J.W.P. Lengyel, P.Geo.; A.A. Poulin, P.Eng.; EMA Canada Inc. TransGrid Solution Inc. C.M. Rennie, GIT; S.B. Williamson, P.Eng. Geokwan Environmental Ltd. Vector Construction Ltd. HDR Engineering Inc. Y & V Engineering Ltd. The Communications Committee would like to hear from you. High Time Industries Ltd. 594798 Alberta Ltd. Comments on your newsletter can be forwarded to us through the Association office. Members are also encouraged to submit articles and J.S. Redpath Limited (Kassian Dyck & Associates) photos on topics that would be of interest to the membership. Keen Engineering Co. Ltd. 598525 B.C. Ltd (Point One Engineering) Although the information contained in this publication is believed to be Maxwell Bailey McInerney & Associates correct, no representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is made as Consultants Ltd. to its accuracy and completeness. Opinions expressed are not necessarily those held by the APEGM or the APEGM Council. In Memoriam The Association has received, with deep regret, notification of the death of the following members: S. Malbasa and E.V. Malmgren Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062980 SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 3

Members in the News Annual Wally Muzyczka, P.Eng. Jeannette Montufar, General Meeting ally Muzyczka(Manitoba P.Eng. Hydro, Power Supply— he Canadian Council of he 2004 Annual General Meeting of the Association of W Engineering Services Professional Engineers pre- Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Division) has been elected a Fellow T sented the 2004 Young T Manitoba will be held on Saturday, October 30, 2004 simultane- of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineer Achievement Award to Dr. ously at THE NIAKWA GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB, 620 Niakwa Engineering (FCSCE). Fellows are Jeannette Montufar on May 15, Road, Winnipeg, and videoconference locations. identified by their peers for their 2004 in Charlottetown, Prince leadership, excellence in civil engi- Edward Island. The Award bestows NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION neering and service to the profes- distinction on young outstanding TO THE COUNCIL sion and Canada. Wally received his engineers and recognizes excep- Members of Council whose term of office continues for another year prestigious award from CSCE tional achievements in their chosen are: President David Innes at the Annual field. Recipients of this award have CSCE Conference Awards Banquet shown engineering excellence FRANK J. DENISET, P.Eng.; KELLY V. GILMORE, P.Geo.; held in Saskatoon on June 4. within the profession, active partici- RAYMOND P. HOEMSEN, P.Eng.; pation in engineering associations ARNOLD H. PERMUT, P.Eng. (as Past President); Digvir Jayas, P.Eng. and other professional organiza- ALLAN D. SILK, P.Eng.; DOUGLAS J. TANIGUCHI. P.Eng. tions, and continued leadership in he title, Distinguished Members of Council whose term of office expires at the 2004 Annual the community. Professor was conferred upon General Meeting are: T Digvir Jayas on Thursday Dr. Montufar is an Assistant May 27th at the 125th University of Professor in Civil Engineering at the J.R.C. (JAY) DOERING, P.Eng.; DON HARFIELD, P.Eng.; Manitoba Convocation for his com- University of Manitoba. As a trans- LAWRENCE R. FEERCHOFF, P.Eng. (Past President); mitment to the University as an portation consultant, Dr. Montufar ROBIN L. HUTCHINSON, P.Eng.; ERIC C. SYME, P.Geo. engineer and researcher who has has been involved in projects for several organizations including Those nominated for election to the FOUR PROFESSIONAL ENGI- played a leading role in establishing NEER positions on the Council are: the university’s reputation in grain Transport Canada, Manitoba Transportation and Government storage research. JAMES A. BLATZ; AMARJIT S. CHADHA; Services, and the US Federal DONALD D.J. HIMBEAULT; DIGVIR S. JAYAS; Professor Jayas is a world-recog- Highway Administration. Dr. B.J. (JIM) MILLER; EDWARD M. RYCZKOWSKI nized scientist in the field of grain Montufar is an active member of storage research and currently holds several organizations, including Those nominated for election to the ONE PROFESSIONAL GEOSCI- a Canada Research Chair in Stored- APEGM, the Institute of ENTIST position on the Council are: Grain Ecosystems. His work pro- Transportation Engineers, and is a vides both a theoretical and practical current member of the Board of J. W. PATRICK LENGYEL; GANPAT S. LODHA Directors of the Canadian basis upon which to improve the Additional nominations may be made by the membership. Nomination Association of Road Safety quality and efficiency of farm and forms are available from the Association office. The consent of the Professionals. commercial storage systems. He is nominee must be obtained, and the nominator and six other members author or co-author of more than must sign the nomination form. Nominations must be received in the 400 technical articles in journals, Qiang (Chong) Zhang, P.Eng. Association office on or before Friday, September 17, 2004. Each conference proceedings and books. completed nomination form must be accompanied by the nominee’s Many of the results of his research r. Qiang (Chong) Zhang was resume, a history of the nominee’s Association activities and the nomi- program have been incorporated awarded the 2004 Canadian nee’s platform (not to exceed 100 words). Forms for the resume are into the new standards by the D Society of Agricultural also available from the Association office. American Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE/SCGR) John Engineers. These standards are used Turnbull award for his outstanding BY-LAW CHANGES by engineers for the design of grain contribution to teaching, research, and professional service in building By-law 17.1 prescribes that any proposal to introduce new By-laws, or handling and storage systems. systems engineering. to repeal or amend existing By-laws, at a duly convened meeting of Beyond his research contributions, the Association must, unless initiated by the Council, be signed by not as a Professional Engineer and a Professor Zhang is Chair of the Department of Biosystems fewer than six members. Proposals must be given to the secretary at Professional Agrologist, he has been least 45 days before that meeting. In this case the date for the receipt of an active contributor to the technical Engineering at the University of Manitoba. He is a 15-year member a proposal is Wednesday, September 15, 2004. societies and his profession serving of CSAE/SCGR and was regional as Chair of the Canadian Engineer- director of the Manitoba Region. He RESOLUTIONS ing Qualifications Board of the is currently the president of the By-law 5.1.4 prescribes that resolutions put forward at an annual gen- Canadian Council of Professional Association of Overseas Chinese eral meeting must be in writing, signed by the mover and seconder and Engineers, President of the Agricultural, Biological, and Food received by the Secretary no less than 48 hours prior to the commence- Canadian Institute of Food Science Engineers. ment of the meeting. Either the mover or the seconder must be present and Technology and President of the Professor Zhang teaches and in person or by distance conferencing at the meeting for the resolution Canadian Society for Agricultural, remains very active in research. His to be considered. Food and Biological Systems. research results contribute to the David A. Ennis, P. Eng., Professor Jayas has been the recipi- knowledge in the areas of grain stor- Secretary ent of numerous national and inter- age structures and animal produc- national awards and honours. tion environment. ■ 4 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

Professional Development

ment of employees, not to punish Leading for Trust & Loyalty mistakes. A Women’s Action Committee Networking Event Overall, communication and trust are crucial to the success of any By: B.A.K. Danielson, P.Eng. leader. Integrity and consistency build trust. It is in a leader’s own best interest to seek opportunities to n May 17, 2004, the assignments that encourage the opportunity to make decisions that build relationships through the Women’s Action Committee development of critical skills. affect their work, and are clear about appropriate provision of involve- O invited Wendy Phaneuf, Instead of rewarding good people what is expected. The people doing ment, feedback, and encouragement. Founder and Managing Director of with more work, it may be advanta- the work are often more knowledge- Wendy’s interesting and infor- The Training Source, to speak about geous to use such a situation as a able about how to make improve- mative presentation encouraged the Leading for Trust & Loyalty. Wendy development opportunity for ments so involvement through audience to relate their own situa- described three areas of leadership another person. Leaders can also collaboration can be an effective tions to the discussion, with the goal that interconnect to form the basis of create belief in their employees by strategy. A shared approach to the of improving relationships and, trusting, effective relationships (or avoiding esteem damaging language development of goals is another hopefully, the work environment for lack thereof!) between leaders and (e.g. inappropriate references to “my avenue for challenging the growth all members of their organization. employees. staff”, or “subordinate”). of employees’ skills. Wendy Phaneuf uses her experience and knowledge to help A leader must demonstrate con- Another important leadership Recognizing the contributions improve the effectiveness of organi- fidence in the ability of their skill is that of facilitating owner- of employees in a way that is mean- zational leaders. To learn more employees. This can be achieved by ship. Employees are better equipped ingful to them is essential. Regular, about her training and coaching pro- understanding the employees’ to carry out their responsibilities if relevant, and constructive feedback grams or consulting services, please strengths and providing meaningful they are well informed, have the should be used to guide the develop- visit www.thetrainingsource.ca. ■

for landing their tee shot on the nament by sponsoring a hole or 2004 APEGM Spring Golf green. For the first time this year, we competition and/or donating prizes. had a “hole-in-one” competition, All money and prizes are used for Tournament and while no one won the $10,000 tournament participant prizes, and M. E. Baril, P.Eng. prize, one individual came within help to make our tournament the inches of having a very rewarding success that it is year after year. Our his year’s APEGM Spring ($600.00) and MS Society’s round of golf. Please keep an eye on apologies if we have missed anyone. Golf Tournament took place ($705.00) fundraising efforts. The the mail for next year’s registration T on Wednesday, June 9th, at Kidsport putting contest was won form arriving with your April issue Hole & Competition Pine Ridge Golf Club. The tourna- with a perfect score of 60 pts., while of “The Keystone Professional”. Sponsors ment was once again a huge success 29 of 141 participants (+/- 21%) in The Sports Committee would Laufman Reprographics in regards to participation, with 36 the MS Society’s “Hit a Ball for also like to thank the following Trus Joist teams and 142 golfers making the MS” received a sleeve of golf balls companies that supported our tour- MCW/AGE ultimate sacrifice (missing a day at Continued on page 5 the office) for a day of golf and socializing. This was our second year in a row at Pine Ridge, and once again the course and conditions did not disappoint, even after the spring we experienced in Winterpeg. This year saw the perennial pow- erhouse teams of the past few years fall short of the podium. The tro- phies were presented by APEGM Past-President Lawrence Ferchoff, repaying the debt owed to APEGM President Arnold Permut who was unable to attend, but presented last year in Lawrence’s place. The Landon Cup (1st place) was awarded to the team of Al Bischoff, Bob Partridge, Wayne Zajac and Vic Becker. The Sullivan Cup (2nd place) went to the team of Herb Harz, Pat Martin, Gord Siebert and Brad Morton. Once again, the members attending this year’s golf tournament over- whelmingly supported the KidSport Lawrence Ferchoff and the first place team. SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 5

Report of the Executive and recommending processes for public interest, and for the reso- injunction and to ask that the Director and Registrar co-operation by the two associa- lution of issues or disputes hearing of the matter be delayed tions in carrying out their respec- respecting areas of practice. until after the December 15, Continued from page 1 tive areas of responsibility in the However, as reported in 2003, 2004, the date on which the sional standards continues. APEGM public interest, and for the reso- the long-standing jurisdictional Minister of Labour and has participated in the CCPE initia- lution of issues or disputes issue between engineers and Immigration has requested a tive entitled From Consideration to respecting areas of practice. architects remains unresolved consensus recommendation. Integration (FC2I) that has been The Chair of the Board, Roy and has deteriorated. The Joint ■ Association of Manitoba Land tackling a range of difficulties in Schellenberg, was appointed by Board has not met in the past Surveyors (AMLS) licensing and employing IEEGs. the Minister of Labour and year. The status is that Minister APEGM entered into a Memo- Information on the project can be Immigration. The APEGM rep- has appointed a new Chair (the randum of Understanding with found at www.ccpe.ca/e/imm _con- resentatives on that Board are previous one resigned), Dr. AMLS in 1998. It established a sideration_1.cfm. Len Chambers, P.Eng., C.E.T., David Witty, Dean of the Faculty Joint Committee that has a very Vic Thielmann, P.Eng. and Allan of Architecture at the University Another initiative directed in this similar purpose and process as Silk, P.Eng. as the Council con- of Manitoba and former area, and one that is unique to those established in Legislation tact. The primary issue before APEGM Councillor. In so doing, Manitoba is a pilot project involving with CTTAM and MAA. the Board has been the question the Minister has advised that she Manitoba Labour and Immigration, APEGM representatives on the of a Certificate of Authorization expects to be provided with a The Faculty of Engineering at the Joint Committee are Don for corporations that wish to pro- joint recommendation on a reso- University of Manitoba and Mulder, P.Eng., Jim Thomson, vide services that constitute the lution of the issue by December APEGM is The Internationally- P.Eng., and Darwin Kupskay, occupation of applied science 15, 2004. Failing such a recom- Educated Engineers Qualification P.Eng. The AMLS is proposing a technology. The Board has also mendation, the Chair has been Pilot Program (IEEQ), in response replacement of its governing leg- been monitoring developments asked to provide a recommenda- to the increase in numbers of inter- islation. The absence of a provi- in British Columbia where the tion for the Minister’s considera- nationally-educated engineers seek- sion in the proposed legislation arrangement between the engi- tion. The APEGM ing registration as Professional under which a holder of an neering and technologist Associ- representatives on the Joint Engineers in Manitoba. More infor- APEGM Certificate of ations to be amalgamated under Board are Doug Stewart, P.Eng., mation on that program is available Authorization could employ a one Act seems to be faltering. Ken Drysdale, P.Eng., Bill at http://ieeq.eng.umanitoba.ca. Manitoba Land Surveyor and Thomas, P.Eng., and Alf Poetker, ■ Manitoba Association of offer land surveying services P.Eng with Council representa- CCPG and Incidental Architects (MAA) in its own name is without tion by Ray Hoemsen, P.Eng. Practice The Engineering and resolution. On another front, the MAA has The ability to begin a short-term Geoscientific Professions Act ■ Manitoba Association of made application in the Court of project on short-term notice is very and The Architects Act estab- Landscape Architects (MALA) Queen’s Bench for a permanent important to professional geoscien- lished the Engineering, injunction against The City of Given the interface of members tists undertaking exploration activi- Geosciences and Architecture Winnipeg which, if granted, of that profession with some pro- ties. Accommodating that Inter-Association Relations Joint would require the City to require fessional engineers and profes- requirement is a priority issue for Board. It too is intended for the that a MAA registered architect sional geoscientists involved in the Canadian Council of purposes of developing and rec- be involved as prime consultant the development of land and Professional Geoscientists. The reg- ommending processes for co- on all buildings over 400m2 in water areas and in the preserva- ulatory bodies for geoscience in operation by the two associations area. APEGM has made application of the environment, Ontario (APGO) and Quebec in carrying out their respective tion to the Court to be a “party APEGM has a MOU with (OGQ) have an arrangement under areas of responsibility in the respondent” so as to oppose the Continued on page 6 which members from one jurisdiction may undertake geoscience work in the other jurisdiction on a short- 2004 APEGM Spring Golf David Aplin Recruiting LaFarge Construction Materials term basis without filing an applica- Tournament Inland Pipe Limited APEGM tion or paying a fee. The other MS Society UMA Group Continued from page 4 Associations that register both geo- Oldfield Kirby Esau Inc. & XL Earth Tech Canada scientists and engineers are explor- Lewis Instruments Ltd. Design Professional Nelson River Construction ing ways to provide a similar KGS Group provision. Groundstar Systems Superior Truss Co. Ltd. Inter-Profession Liaison Con-Force Structures Limited The Association has memoranda of Golf Central understanding and obligations under National Testing Laboratories the Act, which provide for formal Lavergne Draward & Associates liaison with some other professions. Wardrop Engineering Inc. Vector Corrosion Technologies There are joint boards and com- Aikins, MacAulay & Thorvaldson mittees established as part of those Pauwels Canada inc. obligations, and for which I serve as AMEC the primary administration contact. Concrete Restoration Services ■ Certified Technicians and Technologists of Manitoba Additional Sponsors (CTTAM) SNC-Lavalin Engineers & The Engineering, Geosciences Constructors and Applied Sciences Inter- Flanders Insurance Association Relations Joint CN Board is established by the Act Borland Construction for the purposes of developing Lawrence Ferchoff and the second place team. CH2MHill ■ 6 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

Report of the Executive I have been continually and con- Director and Registrar sistently impressed with the commitment and the selfless Continued from page 5 contributions of the volunteers, both elected and appointed, who serve MALA. Among the other objec- this Association. In particular, we tives of the MOU, the joint benefit from the participation of per- committee provides a vehicle sons who are neither engineers nor for negotiating an understanding geoscientists, but who willingly on the MALA’s proposed assist the Association in fulfilling its legislation. mandate. Last, but not least, I recognize and thank the staff of the 2005 SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION Conclusion Association office for their commit- Once again, the year has been one ment and hard work. The “volun- of challenges and changes in the teer” component of their partici- The Canadian Council of Professional Engineers operations of the Association and pation on behalf of your professions invites engineers to enter the 2005 CCPE National there will be more in the next year. is not often enough recognized. ■ Scholarship Program competition. Notice Under the Engineering ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS and Geoscientific Professions Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent Act and the Association’s residents of Canada, and hold one of the following designations: P.Eng., Eng., or ing. Discipline By-Law

HIS IS NOTICE that on 6 which case he will be required to CCPE - Manulife Financial Scholarships August 2004 a conviction was surrender his Certificate of T registered against Frederick Registration and seal to APEGM Daniel Wolfrom, P. Eng., on a upon demand; that Notice of the Value: $10,000 charge of unskilled practice of pro- suspension will be published in Number: Three fessional engineering and/or profes- the Manitoba Gazette; that with Field: Engineering sional misconduct, in accordance regard to item b), compliance Criteria: Candidates must be accepted or registered with the provisions of Section shall have been achieved when in a faculty of engineering, beginning their 35.1(f) of The Engineering and notice that he has passed the said Examination has been received studies no later than September 2005. Geoscientific Professions Act of the Province of Manitoba. Mr. Wolfrom by APEGM; and, if suspended, has accepted a penalty proposal as a that the suspension shall remain result of which he has been: in effect until he has complied with all of the above items. CCPE - Meloche Monnex Scholarships a. reprimanded for his unskilled practice and/or professional mis- The conviction is based upon conduct; Mr. Wolfrom’s failure to exercise Value: $7,500 the care and judgment that can rea- b. required to pass the Associa- Number: Two sonably be expected of an engineer tion’s Professional Practice providing professional services in Field: A field other than engineering Examination, at his own Criteria: Candidates must be accepted or registered that, having been engaged to pro- expense, before 1 January 2005; vide professional engineering ser- in a faculty other than engineering, beginning c. required to pay a fine of $2,000, vices with respect to the drawings, their studies no later than September 2005. payment having been submitted specifications and requirements of with his acceptance of the Parts 3 and 4 of the Manitoba proposal; Building Code for a building, he For further information, contact: d. required to pay the Association’s signed and sealed a Letter of Certification for the building which CCPE National Scholarship Program out-of-pocket costs associated had numerous deficiencies when the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers with the investigation of this complaint to a maximum of building had not been reviewed by 1100-180 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2K3 $2,000, payable within 30 days him, or adequately reviewed under Tel: (613) 232-2474 / Fax: (613) 230-5759 of the date billed; and his supervision, in accordance with E-mail: [email protected] recognized professional standards. e. required to agree to the publica- Web site: www.ccpe.ca tion of a Notice of the conviction This Notice is provided in accor- and penalty, including the cir- dance with the provisions of Section cumstances relevant to the find- 50 of The Engineering and ing, in the Keystone Geoscientific Professions Act and Professional, including his Section 15.6.6 of the By-Laws of the name; and Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the f. required to agree that failure to Province of Manitoba. comply with any of the above Application deadline: March 1, 2005 will result in suspension of his D. A. Ennis, P. Eng. Certificate of Registration, in Executive Director & Registrar ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 7

ate and revise questions, but to In fact, demand for the program cur- develop study materials to aid appli- rently far exceeds the available Director of cants in learning the material. The space. It’s hoped that IEEQ, (which work has proved to be quite exten- has captured the attention of other Admissions’ Report sive – who knew that creating ques- Canadian associations) will continue S. Sankar, P.Eng., P.E. tions could be so difficult? to flourish and hopefully expand to Hopefully, all our hard work will allow all eligible applicants to start pay off down the road. on the program. The Student Membership pro- t’s coming close to the end of my reports. Other changes are probably APEGM has re-entered into a gram has proven to be a ‘runaway loose ‘partnership’ with the second year with APEGM, and I going to be implemented as well, hit’ with a current membership of International Centre for the purposes I have enjoyed the many chal- but hey, you’ll just have to wait to 556 students. Jenny Borecky is in lenges that have come my way. find out! charge of administering this pro- of providing mentoring to international engineering and geoscience We’ve seen a few changes in staff – APEGM’s implementation of gram and has faced many challenges graduates. This had been started last Deidre Norris, Registration PIPEDA (Personal Information associated with its development and Coordinator, has left for ‘greener’ Protection and Electronic administration. The hard work will year, but had been discontinued due (and less-taxed) pastures in Alberta. Documents Act) has gone (some- be worth it however, as it is vitally to staff changes at the Centre. She has been capably replaced with what) smoothly, with only a few important that engineering and geo- Heather Stewart, of the International Kelly Mofet who is taking care of hitches in the process. You can science students be aware of Centre, has taken over administra- Registration duties, the Keystone review the results of our hard work APEGM and of the significance of tion of the program and we’re cer- Professional and administrative at the following link: pursuing registration once they are tain this program will once again issues dealing with the Certificate of www.apegm.mb.ca/practice/poli- eligible. prove successful in aiding interna- Authorization program. cies/privacy.html The Internationally Educated tional graduates to become familiar The Manual of Admissions is The National Professional Engineers Qualification Pilot with engineering and geoscience undergoing some long-overdue revi- Practice (NPPE) Exam Committee Program (IEEQ) at the University of culture in Canada and in Manitoba. sions and hopefully, by the time of has been formed for the purposes of Manitoba will be entering its second Thus ends my second report as this publication, those revisions will updating, reviewing and creating pilot year in September 2004. The Director of Admissions. I’ve be in the implementation phase. new questions for the professional program, whose mandate is to help enjoyed the many projects and Features of the Pre-Registration pro- practice exam. (This is the exam, accelerate the process of obtaining challenges that have come my way gram revisions are tentatively to developed by the Alberta professional registration for interna- and am happy to be working for tionally-trained engineering gradu- include a streamlined volunteer ser- Association, which all members-in- such a great Association with such ates, is extremely well-administered vice/professional development training are required to take in order an efficient and well-organized requirement and a re-structured to become registered.) The mandate by Marcia Friesen, P.Eng., and has staff. Well done everyone! ■ method to deal with late progress of the committee is not only to cre- proved to be enormously popular.

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Works Association, the National Understanding between all Research Council and CCPE. Our Constituent Members respecting CCPE Director’s CEO, Marie Lemay, P.Eng., chaired discipline and enforcement proce- this initiative on behalf of the pro- dures. This is an extension of the Report fession. The recommendations are existing Mobility Agreement that now in the hands of the Federal facilitates movement between mem- M.G. (Ron) Britton, P.Eng. Government. bers associations. The second agree- A Task Force on Technicians ment was a Mutual Recognition and Technologists has been estab- Agreement signed between CCPE hen I joined the CCPE under the working title, From lished to monitor developments and the Hong Kong Institution of Board following the 2003 Consideration to Integration (FC2I). respecting the potential impacts of Engineers which will facilitate the W Annual Meeting in This project has been fully funded the merger discussions between the recognition of credentials between Calgary, I found an organization that by Human Resources and Skills profession and technicians and tech- Canada and Hong Kong. was still working hard to overcome Development Canada. Phase I, the nologists in BC and provide CCPE A major undertaking for the a series of problems that had been information gathering process, has and Constituent Members with coming year is the development of a the focus of attention for the past been completed and Phase II, rec- information. The Taskforce is con- new three year Strategic Plan for three or four years. Unlike the envi- ommendations for action, has been sidering a request to the CCPE 2005 thru 2007. The Board has ronment experienced by my prede- accepted by the Board. A working Board for an expanded mandate so established a schedule that will cessor, Peter Washchyshyn, P.Eng., committee is now in the process of they can become proactive respect- accommodate the need for detailed however, most of the indicators I developing a plan for implementa- ing discussions between the profes- development and extensive consul- saw were positive. These positive tion of the 17 recommendations. sion and technologists and tation with Constituent Members signs have continued. This work involves consultation technicians. and other interested parties. It is with the Constituent Members and Two significant agreements were intended to present the plan for other stakeholders to establish The Turnaround reached during the past year. The approval at the 2005 Annual appropriate time lines for implemen- first was a Memorandum of Meeting in Regina. ■ The divisiveness that featured the tation, identify available resources, Board meetings Peter experienced and determine who has largely disappeared. Direct com- (CCPE/Constituent Members/oth- munication between the Board ers) should be involved in which Executive, the CCPE professional components of Phase III. This pro- Internationally-Educated staff and the Constituent Member posal is to be considered at the Councils has resolved the con- October Board meeting. Details of Engineers Seek Information tentious issues. The Board has now FC2I can be found on the CCPE become a functional body again; web site www.ccpe.ca under and Advice from Local thanks in no small part to the Programs and Services. groundwork Peter helped lay. His Mentors A Policy Statement entitled contributions are a difficult act to By: H. Stewart follow. “Issue of Specialization and Certification” was approved in April CCPE has returned to a sound 2002 but it was never implemented. pon arrival in Manitoba, received a renewed sense of financial base following the serious In May 2004, the Board considered most immigrant engineers direction from their mentors. The difficulties of the past few years. a proposed Implementation Plan; U hope to apply the skills and program was on hiatus in early Restructuring of the CCPE office however, it was tabled until the experience that they have devel- 2004 but has recently been reacti- has been successfully completed October Board Meeting to allow oped in their home countries. This vated on a permanent basis. and the organization is now func- clarification and consultation. transition is often complicated, Heather Stewart, the current tioning within its new mandate. As a however, by different national Mentorship Facilitator, is looking As technology develops and result, the increase in assessment education systems, laws and work for informed and thoughtful engi- grows, new areas of engineering fees proposed for 2006 has been cultures. In response to these neers to serve as volunteer Career practice have emerged. Frequently deferred until 2008 and we are challenges, many internationally- Mentors. currently operating on a balanced these areas do not fit easily into the educated engineers are seeking “Clients come to the program budget. more traditional definitions associ- insider information and advice with a wide variety of questions ated with more established special- from local peer volunteers and needs,” says Stewart. “Some ties. Ways to facilitate the inclusion through the International Centre’s Current Initiatives have very clear goals and are of these emerging areas of practice Career Mentorship program. The CEAB (Canadian Engineering are now being studied. looking for specific information. As part of its mission to pro- Others have uncertainties about Accreditation Board) is probably the The Government Relations vide settlement service to what route is best for them and most visible function delivered by Committee, both staff and volun- Winnipeg immigrants, the need more general advice and CCPE on behalf of the Constituent teers, has been very active during International Centre developed encouragement. Mentorship can Members. There are currently 236 2003/2004. This increased activity the Career Mentorship Program respond to both these needs. For CEAB accredited undergraduate has placed CCPE in a position of in 2003. Its goal is to connect volunteers, it’s a great opportunity engineering programs in 36 being seen as a credible source of highly educated and experienced to reflect on your profession, Universities. The cycle of new and technical input at the federal level immigrants with volunteer men- develop stronger coaching skills existing program assessment visits for both elected members and par- tors from the same professions. and assist a peer at a pivotal point is an ongoing commitment that liamentary staff. Of specific note is assures the profession has input to Many matches were made in in their life.” the lead role played by CCPE in the 2003 and participating mentees the undergraduate education pro- development of the Technology cess. Road Map. This federal government A program to consider ways to action plan to maintain and rehabili- Engineers seeking more information on becoming a Career improve the process of integrating tate roads and water systems was Mentor can contact Heather Stewart at (204) 943-9158 ext. 228, internationally educated engineers developed with representation from or via e-mail at [email protected] into our Canadian regulatory pro- the Canadian Society for Civil cess was launched in January 2003 Engineering, The Canadian Public SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 9

implement the MJR, the SLG and for additional funding has been CCPE have indicated their intent to identified, so that initiatives are not Manitoba CCPG remove the procedural blocks with solely dependent upon volunteers. an objective of turning around The President of CCPG will Director’s Report IAMA transfers within 48 hours. approach the CAs on this issue. This initiative has the full support of A.H. Mumin, P.Eng. the CCPG directors, and in part Canadian Geoscience addresses the need for multi-juris- Standards Board (CGSB) dictional mobility. The CGSB has been revitalized with he Canadian Council of my students, colleagues and I are a new Chair, Don Kent, P.Geo., Professional Geoscientists very involved in mineral explo- Incidental Practice (IP) P.Eng. (APEGS) and other new (CCPG) is an autonomous fed- ration, research and development. T With the failure of MJR, CCPG members. CCPG is budgeting a eration of provincial and territorial We have active projects in the Trans series of CGSB meetings in order to professional associations whose sole Hudson Orogen of Manitoba and in Directors expressed strong support to pursue Incidental Practice agree- update knowledge and experience purpose is to provide services to its the Central Andes of Peru. I invite standards in preparation for the five- member associations. The CCPG you to visit the Geology Website at ments between CAs. IP is already in effect between some jurisdictions year review and re-evaluation by plays an important role in: 1) coor- Brandon University for more infor- CAs in 2005. Knowledge and expe- dinating admission and education mation on our activities and a short such as Ontario and Quebec, and is reported to serve their needs very rience standards that are mutually standards, mobility, and other activi- personal biography. Your com- acceptable to all CAs are an impor- ties affecting Canadian professional ments, concerns and suggestions are well. In effect, IP would allow Geoscientists to practice in other tant initiative of the CCPG. Clearly, geoscientists, 2) acting as a forum very important to me in order to best this must be addressed in order to within which common issues are represent your needs to APEGM jurisdictions on short-term projects lasting for ~90 days or less, without promote the smooth implementation addressed, and 3) representing and CCPG. I can be reached at of IAMA and IP agreements. Canadian professional geoscientists [email protected]. having to re-register in the other nationally and internationally. jurisdiction. For projects lasting The following issues were longer than 90 days, it is felt that the National Instrument 43-101 Recently, Dr. Alan Bailes addressed at the most recent meet- project is of sufficient scope and and 51-101 stepped down from the position as ing of the CCPG Board of Directors, there is ample time to warrant taking Manitoba CCPG Director. Dr. which was held in Calgary, Alberta, A representative of the TSX gave a a second registration in that jurisdic- strong endorsement for the positive Bailes has been, and continues to be, May 30, 2004: tion. IP would be cost friendly to a tremendous asset to the entire effects of NI 43-101. He also spoke practitioners and is not seen as pos- on the need for some form of MJR, Geoscience Community in Multi Jurisdictional ing any financial burden on those stating that Geoscientists must be Manitoba. We owe him a great debt Registration (MJR) CAs wishing to participate. Even of gratitude, and hope to see him able to work across the country on It was reported to the CCPG Board though the SLG and CCPE have short notice in order to produce the back in the hot seat real soon. In the rejected MJR and may not be inter- meantime, Alan continues to serve that the Staff Liaison Group (SLG) type of quality reports in a timely and Canadian Council of ested in pursuing IP arrangements, manner that are now required by NI on various committees of APEGM, APEGM has stated that it will sup- and is ever present and very active Professional Engineers (CCPE) 43-101, NI 51-101 and the TSX. have concluded that MJR does not port Geoscience initiatives even National Instrument 51-101 (for at the Manitoba Geological Survey, though they may take a different serving the needs of the Geoscience make good business sense, and that reporting on petroleum properties) they have dismissed MJR as a direction than Engineers. As such, will likely go through a similar community in many ways. Thanks APEGM has set up a committee to Alan! viable option for the time being. learning curve experienced for NI Instead, they intend to pursue investigate the possibility of IP 43-101 (for reporting on mining For those of you who may not streamlining the process of handling arrangements with other jurisdic- properties). Lectures and educa- know me, I am the current Chair, registrations under the Inter- tions. It is presently thought that a tional workshops will be made Department of Geology at Brandon Association Mobility Agreement. combination of IP agreements and available on NI 51-101 to bring University. Aside from the business streamlined IAMA procedures will The CCPG geoscience directors Geoscientists and Engineers up to of teaching and university affairs, address 80 to 90 % of the current speed on the new requirements. and executives universally needs of geoscientists, without the expressed dissatisfaction with the excessive cost to practitioners that Status of Other decision taken by the SLG and MJR would entail. APEGM CCPE. One of the major concerns is Jurisdictions that geoscientists may be unwill- Financial and Staffing APGNS: Legislation was enacted in VISION ingly forced into non-compliant sit- Issues at CCPG March 2003, licensing the uations when pursuing small or Association of Professional APEGM is the leader short-term projects. The new executive of the CCPG for Geoscientists of Nova Scotia. As of 2004/2005 is as follows: May 2004, APGNS had 90 mem- and a facilitator Inter-Association Mobility President: Marc Boivan (OGQ) bers and 6 MITs. Agreement (IAMA) of the process that Past-President: Gordon Williams APEY: The Association of The intent of IAMA is to facilitate (APEGGA) Professional Engineers of the Yukon ensures excellence quick transfers of professional status President Elect: Barry Collins does not currently register geoscien- between the member Constituent (APEGS) tists but expects to have an Act pro- in engineering, Associations (CAs) without the claimed within the next 18 months. need to make further checks of cre- Secretary/Treasurer: David Keys (APEGNB) geoscience, and dentials. Presently, this may take Upcoming Meetings of from several days to several weeks CCPG Directors and Executives CCPG applied technology due to variable procedures and gov- are all volunteers, and have demand- ernance between jurisdictions. The ing regular jobs. Consequently, they The mid-year meeting is scheduled for the public of reasons for the delays in turn-around lack the time required to adequately for November 13-14 in Toronto. time have largely been identified, address all of the issues that are The next annual meeting and Manitoba. and are now being brought forward being brought forward at the AGM are scheduled for May 28-29 and addressed. With the failure to Directors meetings. Clearly, a need 2005 in Quebec. ■ 10 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

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selected from syllabi prepared by the Canadian engineering discipline for each candidate. All par- Academic Review Engineering Qualifications Board (CEQB), a ticipants were required to take a custom-designed Committee committee of the CCPE. Joan McKinley, the course created for the pilot program called Secretary to the ARC, arranges for the prepara- Practicing Professional Engineering in B. Stimpson, Chair tion of the examination papers and organizes the Manitoba. At the completion of the two academic Members examination sessions. The ARC monitors the terms, a focus group was formed to assess the S. Balakrishnan progress of candidates who have been assigned program. Respondents perceived the program to E. Bridges examinations and evaluates their performance on be better than CEQB exams because of its time- D.G. Chapman these examinations until the committee is satis- effectiveness, connections to fellow participants, N. Chow fied that the applicant is academically qualified and the support of program staff. The Provincial I. J. Ferguson for registration. The ARC also establishes the Government has approved funding for a second D. S. Jayas date of academic qualification, which impacts on pilot project starting in September 2004 that will W.M. Kinsner the acceptability of some of the work experience incorporate some changes as a result of lessons R.W. Menzies of the applicants. During the period July 1, 2003- learned from the first pilot. R.J. Partridge June 30, 2004, (i.e. results from the May and D. Polyzois Owing to the increase in the numbers of appli- October/December 2003 Examination Sessions) cants, the Committee has gone from a three- H.M.H. Soliman 28 applicants completed their assigned examina- E. Teklemariam month to a two-month meeting schedule. Finally, tions and were considered academically qualified I wish to express my gratitude to ARC members for registration. In the same period ARC assessed for their conscientious work and to David Ennis, he Academic Review Committee (ARC) the academic qualifications of 90 applicants (85 P.Eng., Executive Director and Registrar, Sharon assesses the academic formation of all engineering applicants and 5 geoscience appli- Sankar, P.Eng., Director of Admissions, and Joan T applicants for registration who have not cants) and assigned a total of 381 examinations. McKinley, Administrative Officer, for their dedi- graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree from engi- The committee also considered 30 appeals on var- cation, knowledge, and advice. ■ neering programs accredited by the Canadian ious grounds. Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) or geo- Over the past year, the Academic Review science programs recognized by APEGM. One or Committee has also been involved in a unique Aboriginal Professional more exams may be assigned such that everyone pilot project, the brainchild of Dr. Ron Britton, registered as a Professional Engineer or a P.Eng., Assoc. Dean (Design) at the University of Initiative Professional Geoscientist with the Association Manitoba. The pilot project is known as the R. Herrmann, Chair has a minimum level of academic formation Internationally Educated Engineers Qualification Members equivalent to that obtained by graduates of Pilot Program and is funded by the Provincial W.C. Boyce CEAB-accredited programs (for engineering Government. It is an alternative route to the cur- applicants), or of a comprehensive four-year J.T. Doering rent program of CEQB examinations for immi- D. Harfield Honours or Specialist geoscience program (for grant engineers. It enables an internationally T.D. Lewis geoscience applicants). educated engineer who has been assessed five or N.L. Morin Each applicant’s degree(s), transcript(s), syl- fewer confirmatory examinations to shorten the A.H. Permut labi, and other submitted information, are time to academic qualification to one year. Each B.J. Pullman assessed by a sub-committee of the ARC and the participant (eight for this pilot) was assigned eight H.J. Roche number and subject matter of examinations to be courses at the University of Manitoba over two L.M. Weedon taken, if any, are recommended by the sub-com- terms with the year completed by a Coop Work mittees to the ARC for discussion and approval. Experience. The technical courses were primarily For engineering applicants, the examinations are design courses at the senior level in the relevant he Aboriginal Professional Initiative Committee was formed early in the spring main challenge was to ensure MITs’ concerns T of 2004 and we had our first meeting on Members-in-Training were communicated to the Experience Review May 5, 2004. The purpose of the committee is to Committee Committee (ERC), and Council. Thus, the com- look at ways that APEGM can encourage more mittee designed a survey to find out from MITs Aboriginal people into an engineering or geologi- S. Arkia, Chair what their concerns were with regards to the Pre- cal career area and eventually into the Members Registration Program. The response was over- Association. R.L. Barry whelming, and provided the committee with To date we have had four meetings and are E.P. Hancox tremendous information. The committee took all working on having a draft Implementation T.F. Kelbert the findings from the survey to the Experience Strategy for the Council to review at its next K.K.T. Sim Review Committee and Council. meeting. We are looking at two main recruitment R.D. Stark We continue to work closely with the ERC initiatives. The first one is a coloring book aimed and Council to resolve issues regarding MITs. I at younger students (grades one to five). The sec- would like to thank all the committee members ond initiative is a presentation that highlights the for their time and effort. I would also like to thank role that engineers have played in the develop- the Association’s Director of Admissions, Sharon ment of civilization. This presentation is aimed at he Members-in-Training (MIT) Committee Sankar, P.Eng., Executive Director and Registrar, older students (grades 9 through 12). had another interesting year. The committee Dave Ennis, P.Eng., and Lorraine Dupas for all Overall our meetings to date have been very T gained four new members this year. As their assistance during the past year. Without the productive and I would like to thank the commit- always the Committee’s focus has been research- professional and committed efforts of all these tee members for all of their hard work, especially ing and recommending improvements to the pre- individuals the committee would not have been Dave Ennis and William Boyce for helping to co- registration program. During the past year the able to achieve the results we hoped for. ■ ordinate the meetings and conference calls. ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 11

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The Safety Committee will continue efforts to is the investment you make in bringing an issue to Safety Committee encourage the Province to move forward in the the attention of the authorities or to the Safety F. A. Roberts, Chair adoption of the Canadian Farm Building Code. Committee that can make a difference and save a tragedy in the future. Members Fabric Covered Buildings M.S. Anderson The Committee D.R. Beacham The Safety Committee has been monitoring the Thank you again to all the members of the com- D.N. Burmey use of fabric covered buildings over the past sev- mittee for their participation in meetings and sub- D.E. Cross eral years, since receiving a bulletin from the committees, and sharing their technical expertise A.O. Dyregrov Ontario Building Officials Association following and insight. I also want to thank Michael O.C.B. Edirmanasinghe a series of collapses in that province. Gregoire, EIT, for joining the committee this year M.J. Frye Locally, concerns were passed on to the com- as our official minute taker. His skills in docu- M. Gregoire mittee regarding the requirements for proper fire menting our proceedings have helped us to be B. Horning separation between these and adjacent structures, more effective. P.T. Sims as well as neighboring properties. R.D. Stark Concerns were also passed on to the commit- On behalf of the Safety Committee I would V.J. Tanner tee following the collapse of a fabric covered like to thank Dave Ennis and the APEGM staff T. VanDekerkhove structure due to the accumulation of wet snow. for their continuing support of the work of the ■ J.V. Wieszmann The committee was pleased to receive representa- committee. tion from the manufacturer of the building with additional details of the incident. Environment ike most of you, I find the pace of business The incident was found to relate to the gross in our profession, as with life itself, is accel- misuse of the structure involving its installation and Sustainable L erating. The email that makes communica- on top of an unstable wood pole foundation Development Committee tion so much easier is also more demanding of extending several meters above ground. The replies. New software and digital design tools are structure was in a farm setting, and although there J.D. Ewing, Chair great, but they too are demanding of our time and were no injuries to people or animals, it highlights Members learning curves more often turn uphill. All this is the need for regulation. to say that I appreciate more each year, the sacri- W.C. Boyce fice of time given by the members of our commit- P. Janzen City of Winnipeg Plan Examination tee and their genuine interest to serve the public C.W. Jones and their profession – even when their lives are so The Association was notified by the City of D.A. Klassen busy. Winnipeg, Planning, Property and Development G.S. Lodha G. Rempel You will notice that many of the items on our Department, of their intention to substantially J. Van Dusen agenda have been there for a long time. It is not alter the plan examination process in an effort that we are dragging our feet, it is just that many to overcome backlogs for building permit issues can not be solved quickly. They can applications. involve groups of diverse interest and agendas. Under consideration was a proposal to reduce his past year the Committee welcomed two There are issues, like the lack of building regula- the plan examination to a random audit and rely new members, Ganpat Lodha and David tions in rural areas, that are of such concern to the on the individual professional for responsibility T Klassen. committee, and we hope to you also, that we con- for code conformance, with a greater emphasis on Jean Van Dusen continued this year in her tinue to push them forward even though the the role of the professions to use disciplinary role as member to the CCPE Environment progress can seem to be slight. I really admire action when plans were found to be seriously Committee. Paul Janzen continued as our mem- that the members of our committee are willing to lacking. ber on the Professional Development Committee. commit to the long haul when it comes to Thus began a process of meetings between the The ESDC met three times since our last changes that are essential to the well-being and City of Winnipeg representatives and stake hold- report. We continue to track current areas of safety of people in our province. ers in the building permit process. APEGM, interest to the members in the areas of alternative through the Safety Committee, has been repre- fuels developments, evolving legislation and cli- Farm Building Code sented by Dr. John Frye. John brings the expertise mate change. After some promising developments last year, of many years of experience in the department The CCPE Climate Change Impact and with the preparation of a discussion paper by the and more than ably represents the association. Adaptation Action Plan was received and com- Province, we have seen no further progress. The We continue to be gravely concerned that ade- ments provided. The consensus is that local asso- discussion paper was to serve as a starting point quate plan examination by the authority having ciations will be looking to CCPE for assistance to for stake holders to begin meeting to consider the jurisdiction is a necessary step to ensuring the disseminate the information developed. In addi- need for a Farm Building code in Manitoba. safety and economic well being of all those tion, CCPE has requested a role in the Canadian While the Committee commends the prudence involved in the process. However, we are also Infrastructure Vulnerability Study. Through of carefully considering each step in such an ini- hopeful that this examination of the process can CCPE, a copy of the final version of the tiative, we have been made aware of a number of lead to other positive alternatives to provide for APEGGA ‘Guideline for Environmental significant farm building structural collapses an efficient process, yet, one that fulfills the nec- Practice’, Feb 2004 was provided to the commit- again this past year. With growth in size and com- essary steps in ensuring code compliance in tee for information. CCPE reports that they are plexity of agri-business, we see the greater poten- buildings. subscribing to Ecolog’s Environmental tial for losses that come about with this growth. Compliance Newsletter, which will be shared The wet March 2004 snow brought down a Safety Issues with the Associations. number of significant farm structures, some I began by saying how busy all our lives are The ESDC has been contacted by the which had stood for almost thirty years. Again the becoming. Please do not let yourself become so Saskatchewan Environment Committee and is contention that, “it has stood there for years, it busy that when you encounter a serious safety establishing communications for the exchange of must be alright” has been formidably challenged. concern you are tempted to look the other way. It information on activities and initiatives. ■ 12 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

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tion. A majority of the membership requested Emerging Issues Communications hard copies and as such the decision was taken to Committee Committee continue to distribute the hard copy version to the entire membership, as well as continue to make R.L. Ludwick, Chair J. Blatz, Chair the electronic version available via the website. Members Members The committee also developed the format and A.S. Chadha M.E. Baril content guidelines of the APEGM E-News that is D.H. Grant (Vice-Chair) J.L. Biczok sent out to the membership on a regular basis. R.J. Hamlin P.H. Boge The E-News includes a link to the electronic ver- G.M. Ostry D.J. Etcheverry sion of the Keystone Professional on the website. M. Paryniuk E.P. Hancox One topic of considerable discussion was the E.A. Speers D.H. Inglis publication of articles on topics of political inter- D.R. Strang A.N. Kempan est. In some cases, members noted to the commit- J.B. Thorsteinsson J.W.P. Lengyel tee that some articles published were perceived as J.R. Gunning A.A. Poulin biased towards one specific view. The committee (Recording Secretary) C.M. Rennie agreed that the articles that raised the discussion S.B. Williamson were obviously of interest to the readers, but as a he purpose of the Emerging Issues policy the committee would attempt to publish Committee is to facilitate awareness within he Communications Committee is responsi- articles that include fair representation from all T the Council through the Executive Director, ble for publication of the Keystone sides of an issue. As always, we encourage sub- of emerging issues that are germane to the prac- T Professional. The committee reviews and missions on topics of interest from all members tices of engineering and geoscience or that could edits articles from the membership and seeks arti- including letters to the editor. impact the mandate of the Association. The cles of interest from other Associations through Overall it was a productive year for the Committee met seven times during the past year. their publications. This past year was another pro- Communications Committee and I would like to Much of the work of the Committee is ongo- ductive one with some added excitement due to thank the committee members for all their time ing in nature. As well, we review specific topics an increase in the number of letters to the editor. and efforts. I would also like to extend the com- as they come to the forefront of our responsibil- The committee met ten times during the past mittee’s sincere appreciation to Deidre Norris for ity; or Council, through the Executive Director year to produce five issues of the Keystone her endless efforts supporting the committee in Professional. may have a specific request requiring action and coordinating, editing and formatting of the recommendation. Currently the main topics of Apart from the regular business of reviewing Keystone Professional. The committee extends interest being addressed by the Committee are: and editing the Keystone Professional, the com- their best wishes to Deidre in her move to genetic engineering, biosolids processing, and mittee reviewed a proposal for the publication to Alberta. The committee is pleased to welcome technology to reduce greenhouse gases. go predominantly electronic. Members will recall Kelly Mofet, the new APEGM staff member on an opportunity in their renewal notice to select the committee, as the new representative in The following were some of the interesting hard copy or electronic versions of the publica- charge of managing the publication. ■ topics the Committee reviewed and commented on during the last year: climate change issues, wind farm power, engineering human resource Sincere congratulations to all of you from the capacity for the future, nanotechnologies, pho- Women’s Action committee as you embark on the important task tonics engineering and media reporting of engi- Committee of parenthood. neering projects. D. M. Priscu, Chair Jennifer St. Laurent, Paula Kreitz, and Elan The Committee has an ongoing contact with Swatek (Past Chair) have decided to put more the Professional Development Committee. David Members focus on other interests and we wish them luck in Grant is the liaison between the two committees. M.M. Alcock their endeavors. Brenda Danielson, who has been The purpose is to keep both groups apprised as to H.L. Brojges our Chair and Co-Chair over the past several developments in the respective committees and C.E. Geddert years, has also stepped down due to many other to facilitate any possible joint opportunities for L.E. McFarlane commitments. Many thanks to Brenda for her the membership of APEGM. D.J. Nedohin-Macek leadership and energy – we will miss you! J. West The issue of addressing electronic sealing was Our networking events continued with the the subject of a recent gathering of interested par- three per year format. In September, Dr. Sandra ties. Doug Strang led this initiative within an ad Ingram enlightened us with some information on hoc group. Attendance was good at this meeting a study that she is doing at the U of M on with a high degree of interest being expressed. he Women’s Action Committee was pleased Women’s Occupational Mobility in Engineering. Bob Hamlin is involved in the next stage by to welcome several new members over the We look forward to the opportunity for some of organizing a small group to go forward with the T past year and we are grateful to be benefit- our members to participate in the study and, ulti- subject and looking at the possible implementa- ing from their input. Doina Priscu, Heather mately, to the information that Dr. Ingram will tion of electronic sealing in the future. Brojges, Jennifer West, Mercedes Alcock, and glean from the research. On a cold February At this point it is necessary to thank all the Dawn Nedohin-Macek are new to the committee, night, a large group gathered in the atrium at the Committee members for their continued interest while Carolyn Geddert has re-joined after a short Forks for a wine (and cheese) tasting evening and support to the issues addressed in the hiatus. which was interesting and lots of fun (just ask Committee. Of special note is the ongoing sup- Roberta Dyck has left to devote more time to anyone who was there). The chemistry of the port of Dave Ennis, Executive Director, who also motherhood, and Colleen Flather (also a new wine constituted the “engineering” aspect! In keeps us on track, all APEGM staff that helps us mom) is taking some well-deserved time off. Our May, Wendy Phaneuf, of The Training Source, in many ways, and James Gunning our relentless Co-Chair, Lesley McFarlane, also enjoyed the gave a presentation on “Leading for Trust and scribe who faithfully records our work. ■ thrill of welcoming a new baby this spring. Continued on page 13 SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 13

COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE REPORTS Salary Research response rate is second compared to APEGS who Women’s Action Committee had a response rate of 48%. The new format con- Continued from page 11 Committee tinues to see increased participation in providing comments on the survey and other topics. The Loyalty”, and led a lively discussion with the E.G. Parker, Chair verbatim comments have been included as part of group on the effectiveness of organizational lead- Members the report. ers (please see a summary of the presentation W. Czyrnyj This year we introduced additional revisions elsewhere in this publication). I. R. Mikawoz to the survey based on last year’s feedback and to Jennifer St. Laurent has been our representa- A.M. Mian reduce the effort required to code and analyze the tive on the CCWEST (Canadian Coalition for S. Quigley data. Improvements this year included a summary Women in Engineering, Science, and Technol- W.B. Todd page, which could be printed to retain a record of ogy) Board. Over the past year, CCWEST has C.M. Rennie answers and the ability to return to a question focused its efforts on the Women in SETT D. J. Etcheverry from the summary page to modify an answer. (Science, Engineering, Trades, and Technology) Statistical Analysis: Two key improvements planned for next year project which is an initiative to engage organiza- L.M.C. Card include the ability to skip a question that does not tions and strengthen our advocacy role in influ- apply and a clearer statement on the effective data encing government, industry, associations, and of the salary. post-secondary institutions to increase women's o satisfy our objective of providing salary information for use by the public and asso- The best-fit curve for salary versus points has participation, contributions, and leadership in sci- T ciation members, the Salary Research maintained the same slope for the last few years ence, engineering, trades, and technology in Committee conducted its annual employee salary reflecting consistent salary gains for members at Canada. On behalf of APEGM, Jennifer attended survey this spring. The results are posted at the the various levels of responsibility. This year we a focus group meeting in Vancouver in January APEGM Web site at www.apegm.mb.ca. introduced an exponential fit curve for Salary ver- with representatives from across Western Canada to discuss issues facing women in science and This year was our second year using a web sus Years Since Graduation. It shows the mean technology, and come up with ideas that based survey format. The member comments base salary starts at about $38,000 and levels out CCWEST can use to further support women in have been very positive regarding the new format at about $82,000. This year, the average base their career paths. in terms of ease of use and a “quicker method salary for the various groups was: Engineers at compared to paper”. Beyond eliminating our sub- $73,928, Geoscientists at $68,224 and EIT/GIT at Lesley McFarlane represented our committee stantial postage costs and paper usage, the survey $48,554. at the Women in Engineering Advisory Group format was designed to encourage greater Thank you to the members who completed (WIEAG) conference of the Canadian Council of response rate from our members. Overall, the our survey this year and to those who provided Professional Engineers (CCPE) in January 2004 response rate this year was the same as last year their comments. Finally, many thanks to the com- in Ottawa. The conference was well attended by at 31%. The response rate for the previous paper mittee members for their efforts this year, to Dave female engineers from all across the country. surveys was between 20% and 25%. This year, Ennis and William Boyce for their continued sup- Most of the other provinces were concentrating the highest response rate was from the EIT /GIT port and all the hard work done by Loren Card in more on mentoring rather than networking, members with 40% survey response. Our overall developing our detailed report. which has been the primary focus of the APEGM WAC. We obtained a great deal of information During the past year, the PD Committee con- on a variety of resources that could help us with Professional tinued its traditional seminar series, which mainly setting up some mentorship activities, and are Development consisted of one-hour sessions to introduce or now investigating both outreach and mentorship update members on a wide variety of technical, activities to begin in the fall of 2004. Committee business, and general knowledge topics. If you are interested in joining the Women’s W.T. Jackson, Chair Committee members also participated in the plan- Action Committee and becoming involved with ning of the well-attended PD day at the 2003 our activities, please get in touch with any mem- Members AGM. ber directly or through the Association office. S. Anand The following sessions were among those pre- R.J. Bruce Lesley and Brenda would like to express our sented during the last 12 months: appreciation to Doina Priscu, who has taken over S.Kass ■ G.S. Lodha Providing Safe Drinking Water in as Chair of the Women’s Action Committee as of E. Loewen Manitoba – Changing Legislation – July 2004. We are grateful for your interest and D.B. McKibbin Changing Programs, Don Rocan, P.Eng. – dedication, Doina, and wish you success with the T.S. Rumbal Environmental Engineer, Dept. of committee. Also, thanks to the APEGM staff D.R. Swatek Conservation Manager, Office of Drinking (especially Sharon Sankar and Jenny Borecky) H.M. Turanli Water, and James Popplow, MD, MSc, who have provided help and support for our D. Grant FACPM – Manitoba Health activities over the past year. ■ (Liaison Member, Emerging Issues Committee) ■ Fuel Cell Technology, David Grant, P.Eng. P. Janzen ■ Floodway Expansion, Doug McNeill, P.Eng., (Liaison Member, Environmental and Sustainable Floodway Expansion Authority The committee would like to thank Dave Development Committee) Ennis, William Boyce, and all APEGM office ■ MTS Centre Presentation and Tour, John staff for their guidance and assistance over the he committee experienced a few changes in McNeill, PCI Engineering past year. membership over the past year. We were ■ Negotiations: Win-Win, Kevin Skinner, PCL pleased to welcome Eric Loewen. On a sad Seminar suggestions are always welcome, and T ■ Technical Writing, Ron Blicq note, a long-time committee member and we encourage everyone to complete the recently- ■ respected engineer, Vern Dutton passed away this Netnak Bridge to Cross Lake, Eric Loewen, circulated survey to members for their input, year. We will miss his enthusiasm, good humour, P.Eng. – Earth Tech (Canada) Inc. comments and suggestions for topics and presen- and contribution to the engineering community. ■ Gasket Life and Testing, David Grant, P.Eng. tations for the upcoming year. ■ 14 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

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always a few who have not complied with these Legislation Committee Experience Review requirements. As a result, the committee has used D.N. Spangelo, Chair Committee its power to sanction MITs who are not in compliance, usually by not recognizing some of the Members R.A.S. Reichelt, Chair experience that the MIT has gained. Some view W.M. Burbidge Members these sanctions as being harsh, some feel they are D.G. Ford necessary to ensure compliance with the program. R.M. Gordon A.J. Aubut C.R. Bouskill I am hoping that the new Manual of Admissions R.A. Johnson that Dave Ennis and Sharon Sankar have pre- S.A. Mailey R.R.D. Brodeur K.A. Dickson pared will address most of the concerns for the J.E. Reimer fairness of sanctions. Dave and Sharon consulted P.V. Remillard L.E. Escobar R.D. Howard with the ERC as well as the Academic Review D.S. Jayas Committee, the Registration Committee and the E.G. Phillips MIT committee in preparing the new Manual of he Legislation Committee is responsible to Admissions and have done a thorough job of the Council, through the Executive H.N. Procyshyn R.J. Romanetz incorporating the many concerns expressed for T Director, for evaluating the purpose, consis- the evaluation process of MIT reports. tency, and clarity of The Engineering and G. Schaub Geoscientific Professions Act, the By-Laws and T.D.M. Starodub The second issue that regularly arises is that of the Code of Ethics. C.L. Stewart supervisor reports. While most supervisors have been diligent in supporting the MITs who work The legislative environment of our profes- J.A. Blatz, (Vice-Chair) sion, and other related professions, requires con- for them by completing their reports in a timely irst, let me thank all the people who donated fashion, a few have not. Some supervisors have tinuous review to ensure that our act and by laws their time to helping our committee. I espe- govern the profession for the protection of the expressed an undisguised disdain for the whole F cially want to thank the two people who MIT program in particular and for APEGM in public. have left our committee this year because of other general. While they are entitled to their opinions, Over the last year the Legislation Committee commitments: Dan McInnis and Stirling Walkes. supervisors are not helping the MITs in their has been involved with amendments to the Act, Your work has been greatly appreciated. charge by being late in handing in their supervi- reviewing the retired member category and Also, I have been very impressed by the sor reports (sometimes up to three years). In fact, numerous other issues. reports from our engineers- and geoscientists-in- both the attitude and actions of some supervisors The Engineering and Geoscientific training. Most are conscientious and diligent in can cause real harm to an MIT’s career. If you Professions Act was successfully amended by reporting the progress they are making in the pro- think that this is of no importance, have another Bill 45 this last June. The revisions will allow the gram. One of the great rewards of serving on this read of our Code of Ethics and note where profes- Association to develop by-laws to make charita- committee is the opportunity to watch young sional members are required to help new mem- ble donations and other gifts and promote the engineers and geoscientists develop and progress bers in their professional development. For our interests of the profession (such as contributing in their careers. Monitoring the progress of MITs part, the ERC has introduced new supervisor's to an education foundation) – all in the context of towards professional registration is the main report formats which we hope will make it easier public interest. This will allow the Association, activity of the Experience Review Committee. to fill out these reports without having to spend a and its members, to make charitable contribu- lot of time on them. tions to projects such as the new Engineering & Over the past year, two issues have come up Information Technology Complex (new U of M on a regular basis; in fact, these issues have been Finally, let me note again that most of the engineering building) and receive tax receipts. a constant concern for as long as I have served on MITs and their supervisors have been diligent and this committee. The first issue is the concern of conscientious in working their way though the Based on a recommendation from the Past sanctions for MITs not reporting on time or not MIT program. I look forward to another year of Presidents Committee, and direction by Council, fully complying with the requirements for profes- service on this committee and watching new peo- the Legislation Committee reviewed the P. Eng. ple earn their way into our professions as either (Ret.) category with specific emphasis on the sional development or volunteer service. For ■ need to continue including the (Ret.) title after P. most MITs these are not issues, however there are engineers or geoscientists. Eng. The main concern raised within the committee with dropping the title was that the public Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the might be at risk of assuming retired members can Awards Committee Province of Manitoba’s (APEGM) Annual practice professional engineering or geoscience. J.M. Symonds, Chair General Meeting Awards Dinner was held on The committee’s discussions included reviewing Friday, October 24, 2003. At that event, a similar categories within other professions as Members Leadership Award, two Life Memberships, and I. Djatiutomo CAs, medical doctors, architects and other engi- one Outstanding Service Award were presented. neering associations across Canada. Only the J. Graham The Leadership Award went to Nick Daikiw, the architects seem to have a similar (Ret.) title. D. Grant Legal counsel also reviewed the risks & liabili- B. Gulay Life Memberships went to Garland Laliberte and ties with removing the (Ret.) title and reported R. Haldane-Wilsone Bill MacDonald, and the Service Award went to that there should be no concern. Although the E. Lach Don Spangelo. committee didn’t reach a unanimous consensus B. Larkin An Evening of Recognition was held on they did pass a motion recommending a by-law G. Morris March 2, 2004. There were five awards presented change to drop the (Ret.) title. J. Pickell at this event. The first was the Merit Award to Dr. Future legislative committee business in- N. Ulyatt Mahesh Chaturvedi who is a Distinguished cludes a potential revision to The Land Surveyors P. Washchyshyn Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Act, initiatives on The Limitations Act and devel- University of Manitoba and an NSERC Chair opment of a Landscape Architects Act. he Awards Committee is responsible for holder in aerospace materials research. The I would like to thank all Committee members, providing recommendations to Council for Leadership Award went to the Honorable Duff APEGM staff and especially Dave Ennis for their T recipients of APEGM awards and for nomi- Roblin for his contributions to the development efforts over the last year. ■ nees for the CCPE Awards. The Association of Continued on page 16 SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 15

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registration issues such as reinstatement Manual of Admissions. Various other Registration Committee requirements, Temporary Licensure and the miscellaneous tasks were also undertaken. K.J.T. Kjartanson, Chair administration of the EIT / GIT program. The Committee membership has changed over Members In addition to its baseline work, the the past year. Don Dudek, our “resident geoscien- C.S. Roberts, Registration Committee also reviewed and made tist”, moved from the province and resigned from (Vice-Chair) recommendations respecting several other the committee. Terry Sellen, the Appointed I.T. Blakley registration-related issues. These issues include Member of the committee, had to resign from the D.A. Brown potential sanctions for delinquent supervisors and committee to devote more time to work. Thanks D.P. Dudek referees, discussion of the online Professional for your hard work Don and Terry! Ian Blakley T.W. Gouldsborough Practise Test at the University of Manitoba, the and Richard Swystun were the respective H. Graumann Technologists Specified Scope of Practice “replacements” on the committee. Welcome Ian A.J. Poetker License and Certificate of Authorization, the and Richard! The Chair has appreciated the ongo- T. Sellen, Inter-Association Mobility Agreement renewal, ing enthusiasm and dedication of all the commit- (Appointed Member) the CEQB Experience Requirement, the Mutual tee members over the past year. In the way of R. Swystun, Recognition Agreement with the Hong Kong staff, Deidre Norris moved from the province and (Appointed Member) Institution of Engineers, the Consideration of Kelly Mofet took over as Registration Experience / Professional Development / Coordinator. The committee wishes to recognize Professional Service while Enrolled in a and thank Sharon Sankar, P.Eng., Deidre, Kelly he primary responsibility of the Registration Technology Program, the use of Competency and Dave Ennis, P.Eng., for their ongoing support Committee is to register members of the Based Assessments, payment of back dues for and assistance which has, once again, proven to T Association. This duty is carried out within reinstatement and proposed revisions to the be invaluable. ■ the policies of Council as laid down in the Association’s Manual of Admissions. The committee reviews the credentials of candidates and of activities at the St. Vital Mall. Their uncanny relies on recommendations from the Academic Public Awareness ability to generate excitement was highlighted by Review Committee, the Experience Review Committee the Manitoba Government proclaiming Committee, and Association staff in making “Engineering and Geoscience Week in Manitoba” decisions. H.J. Roche, Chair and a major segment on A-channel’s “Big Additional responsibilities of the committee Members Breakfast”. The CCPE’s collapsible Frisbees include the consideration of appeals against deci- J.S. Betke were a big hit in both Winnipeg and the subse- sions of the other committees and the staff, and T.B. Bowden quent NEW celebration in Brandon. This enthusi- the review of registration-related issues and pro- W. Jackson astic group of volunteers is already preparing to vision of recommendations respecting the same to J.A. Rooney top their awesome performance in 2005. the Admissions Board, the Executive Director, M.J. Samuda Poitras The 2004, APEGM Student Dinner exceeded and the Council. B. Stimpson expected attendance and continues to be an excel- The Registration Committee was, once again, R.L. Taylor lent way for students and professionals to net- very busy during 2003-2004. In this period, the S. Weicek work. The guest speaker was Christine Gauthier, committee held 12 regular meetings and heard Vice President of Computer Talk Technology. one appeal. Insofar as statistics are concerned, Her Power Point presentation on “The during this past year: 149 EITs/GITs were his year’s committee saw a lot of changes in Importance of Networking in a Business enrolled, 100 members were registered under the membership with the welcome addition of Environment” was ideal for the event and gener- Mobility Agreement, two members (geoscien- T Stephen Weicek, P.Eng., P.Geo., in January ated a lot of interaction between the attendees. tists) were registered by transfer, 102 members 2004. However, over the course of the year, we Our gratitude goes to Trevor Bowden and John (including four geoscientists) were registered for lost three valuable members who were unable to Rooney for another great evening, and our appre- the first time, 21 temporary licenses were issued continue contributing due to increased career and ciation for continuing to improve this long-stand- for practice, 14 reinstatements were approved, personal commitments. ing annual event. two reversions (from retired membership) were In February, long time member and past Driven by the extraordinary dedication of approved, and 30 Academic Review committee Public Awareness Committee (PAC) Chair Robyn Taylor, the APEGM contribution to the recommendations were verified. One application Richard Bernhardt left due to conflicting commit- 2004 MSSS has exceeded previous years in both was reviewed and not approved by the committee. ments. Roger Rempel, P.Eng., regrettably had to volunteer support and participant awards. The appeal heard was against a decision of the resign in April due to increased duties with the Business sponsorship continues to grow along Academic Review Committee. The appeal was CEM as well as with his firm, which is involved with this being an excellent opportunity for vol- upheld. In addition, the Council heard one appeal, in the floodway project. And finally, Salman which was denied. Qureshi, P.Eng., who skillfully managed the unteer involvement. An article by Robyn on the annual student dinner over a number of years, 2004 MSSS was included in the June 2004 issue During the past year, the committee has of the Keystone Professional. continued to work closely with the Admissions stepped down because of his increasing work- Board, the Academic Review Committee, the load. All these volunteers were tremendous con- The APEGM office is storing the mobile dis- Experience Review Committee, the staff, and the tributors and will be very hard to replace. To this play unit that can be booked for engineering Council to ensure that registration procedures are end, the PAC is now actively seeking to expand events and there are also career promotion appropriate. Where necessary, recommendations the group in anticipation of the large amount of brochures available. The PAC would like to have been made to the Admissions Board, the activity in the 2004-2005 session. express our appreciation to the unwavering sup- Executive Director or the Council respecting Brian Stimpson and the Provincial port of William Boyce, Jenny Borecky, the staff proposed changes to the Manual of Admissions Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW for- at APEGM, and all of the generous volunteers and/or the Committee Terms of Reference. In this merly NEW) Sub-committee outdid the previous (too numerous to name) that helped make this regard, the committee has continued to discuss year’s effort with an amazingly successful week year’s efforts so successful. ■ 16 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

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Geoscience Issues neers, related groups and the general public.” Awards Committee The Task Force meets approximately every Continued from page 14 Task Force two months to discuss issues that concern profes- of infrastructure in Manitoba, especially the C.R. Galeschuk, Chair sional registration of geoscientists in Manitoba and across Canada. Michelle Nicolas joined the Winnipeg Floodway. The Early Achievement Members task force this year and is the representative for Award was given to Eric Loewen for significant A. Aubut petroleum-related issues. In addition to the task contributions as an engineer, to society and the A. Bailes (CCPG) force members listed above, Dave Ennis also engineering profession. The Professional-in- B. K. Costello attended our meetings. I would like to thank the Training Award was given to Leanne Weedon for J. Hayles Geoscience Issues Task Force members and all her outstanding record of service to the engineer- P. Fulton-Regula, who have been involved in the process of regis- ing profession through her participation in the (Recording Secretary) tering Professional Geoscientists. A special Engineering Access Program, technical societies, R.A.S. Reichelt, thanks is extended to Dave Ennis for his constant conferences, and professional development activ- (Vice-chair) support of the geosciences. ities. The final award was the Certificate of R. Matthews (CGSB) The task force worked closely with the admin- Engineering Achievement which went to Bristol M. Nicolas istration of APEGM to deal with issues such as Aerospace Limited for the design, development G. Young mobility, CCPG, standards, fees, ethical practice and launch support of the SCISAT-1 Scientific D.V. Ziehlke and academic issues. We continue to move for- Satellite Project. ward in all regards. Presently we are near com- The above recipients are very deserving of he Geoscience Issues Task Force (GITF) is pletion on a geoscience brochure for public their awards for their considerable contribution to a group of professional geoscientists that distribution. This pamphlet is entitled, “What is Manitoba society and the APEGM. The public’s has been assembled to deal with issues relat- T Geoscience?”. We hope, with this pamphlet, to image of the engineers and geoscientists of ing to the geoscience community and profes- increase the public awareness to the field of geo- Manitoba and Canada has been greatly enhanced sional registration. We have remained a source of science. Steps need to be taken to get more young by these individuals. The Association will con- information and feedback to the administration of people interested in geoscience and at the same Professional Geoscience registration within time ensure those in the field realize the impor- tinue to recognize outstanding contributions to APEGM. tance of professional registration. the profession and community later this year in conjunction with the 2004 Annual General The GITF members represent a broad cross- There is a need to create awareness among all Meeting. While the recipients have been named, section of the geoscience community in geoscientists and engineers within the they have not gone through the entire review pro- Manitoba. The task force welcomes feedback Association. I urge all geoscientists to become cess and, therefore, it would be premature to from all individuals. GITF has adopted the fol- involved in our Association and to make submis- announce the winners. The Awards Committee lowing objective as its mandate and purpose: sions to the Keystone Professional to raise the continues to have a very good slate of candidates level of awareness of the profession. “To facilitate awareness of geoscience issues for these awards but we are always looking for and to promote communication between pro- We look forward to another successful year nominations from the membership. We are look- fessional geoscientists, professional engi- ■ and continuing to serve APEGM. ing for your input to this process to ensure all deserving candidates are given consideration. and Information Technology Complex (EITC) at Please contribute to the process by nominating a Sports & Social the U of M. fellow professional or nonprofessional for any of Committee The spring tournament was once again a huge the appropriate awards that the APEGM or CCPE has to recognize the efforts and achieve- M.E. Baril, Chair success, as we had 142 golfers force themselves to take the day off and participate. Thank you to ments of its members. It is important the mem- Members all the golfers, and the organizations that spon- bership continue to contribute to the process. C.J. Berkis, Vice Chair sored holes and donated prizes. Your continuing I would like to thank Joan McKinley, Dave B.R. Coreau support is greatly appreciated. Ennis, William Boyce, and all the Awards J.F. Lavergne The Making Links Engineering Classic golf Committee members for their significant efforts G.T. Gibbings over the last year. It has been a pleasure working B.L. Schilleman tournament in support of the new EITC at the U of M has been a joint venture between the Sports with all of you. ■ and Social Committee and the University of Manitoba. John Shewchuk, P.Eng.(Ret.), and Amber Anderson Skrabek (replacing Sue year’s tournaments. This past year has seen a Kennedy) from the U of M, and Dave Ennis, drastic increase in the amount of time and effort P.Eng., and Jenny Borecky of the Association, required by all the Committee’s members. I have joined our committee to aid in its organiza- he purpose of the Sports and Social would also like to thank Craig Rowbotham, who tion. In addition, Rob Roberts of CanadInns, our Committee is to organize and conduct sport- left the committee last fall, and welcome Bethany T ing and social events as venues for member corporate tournament sponsor for the next three Schilleman, who agreed to take his place. Special interaction and networking. The Committee helps years, has been busy attending our bi-weekly thanks go to the APEGM staff who handle the to promote pride in, and a sense of belonging to, meetings. This tournament is intended to be an entries, prizes and inquiries related to the golf the profession. This past year the Committee once annual event in support of the fundraising efforts tournament, especially Jenny Borecky who again organized the annual APEGM Spring Golf of the Faculty of Engineering, and we would ask serves on the frontline for golf related issues. Tournament at Pine Ridge Golf Club on June 9th that you keep the tournament in mind when it Please feel free to contact, through the and, as I write this article, is busy putting the fin- comes time to budgeting for tournaments and APEGM office, any member of the Committee to ishing touches on the inaugural Making Links fundraisers in 2005. voice questions/concerns about the current activi- Engineering Classic golf tournament, (held on The Chair would like to thank all Committee ties of your Sports and Social Committee, and/or August 18th), in support of the new Engineering members for their time spent in organizing this to discuss possible new activities. ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 17

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held to review the various complaints, concerns Committee with the able assistance of Richard A. Investigation Committee and questions received. A total of nineteen files Johnson, P. Eng., a past Chair of the Committee. I. H. McKay, Chair were reviewed, of which ten were carried over The Manual is in the latter stages of review from the previous year, nine were new complaints before being finalized. The Committee is continu- Members and concerns. Of the ten files carried over, one ing to explore the Mediation process, with the A. E. Ball concerned a question of professional conduct. M. G. Britton thought that, in some cases, this process might be D. E. Cross Of these files, fifteen are ongoing, of which more expedient than a formal investigation, espe- M. B. Gibson one is a file previously appealed to a Committee cially in disputes between members. Once (Lay Representative) Council under Section 36(1) of the Act. One file, resolved this process will be incorporated into the T. H. Gillman previously appealed, had the Investigation Operations Manual. D. G. Hodgkinson Committee dismissal upheld by the Appeal On 4 November 2003 the Committee adopted R. P. Hoemsen Committee. Two files were dismissed. One com- guidelines for the publication of names of mem- plaint was dealt with under Section 35(1) of the S. I. Kulbaski bers whose conduct is found to constitute either (Resigned August 2003) Act which provides for a formal, written caution unskilled practice or professional misconduct, or L. N. Kavanagh to be issued to a member to censure his or her both. (Effective March 2004) conduct, and a formal caution was issued to the E. I. Lexier member. The Committee is continuing to develop W. M. A. McDonald guidelines for use when it is deemed that a mem- The Committee continued monitoring the J. B. Smith ber’s professional practice should be subject to inspection of one member’s professional practice, R. C. Somerville inspection. J. A. Terris at the member’s expense, the member is also S. L. Ursel required to pass the Professional Practice Exam, It was with regret that the Committee accepted and a condition imposed on his practice continues the resignation of Shawna I. Kulbaski, P. Eng., in to be in force. August 2003, after five years of dedicated contri- he Investigation Committee is involved in No complaints were referred to the Discipline bution to the Profession through participation as a the investigation of complaints and concerns Committee. member of the Committee. In March 2004 the received from both the public and members Committee welcomed Leonnie N. Kavanagh, P. T Of the complaints/questions considered: of the Association, as well as to consider ques- Eng., as a new member of the Committee. In ■ tions on professional conduct received from the source of nine of them were situations December 2003 the Committee welcomed the Association members. The actions of the where an engineer was concerned with the return of Dennis G. Hodgkinson, P. Eng., to Committee are conducted under the authority of practice or conduct of another member; active participation on the Committee, after a Part 9 of The Engineering and Geoscientific ■ the source of ten of them were from concerns leave of absence for an extended period. Professions Act and are supplemented by the of various agencies and individuals on the Association’s By-Law 15 and the Code of Ethics Support staff, as in the past, has provided conduct of engineers; for the Practice of Professional Engineering & enthusiastic and dedicated service in numerous Professional Geoscience. ■ one was a question relating to professional files before, during and after normal working During the twelve months ending 30 June conduct. hours. The assistance of Lorraine Dupas, Charlie 2004 the Committee held eight meetings. In addi- An Operations Manual has been drafted to Bouskill and Dave Ennis allowed the Committee tion, numerous sub-committee meetings were document the practices of the Investigation to function in an effective, efficient manner. ■

In October 2003, several members drove into as a result of both individual and team efforts. Westman Chapter Winnipeg to attend the 2003 AGM and show Prizes were awarded to Chad Tanner [Rossburn Report their support for Frank Deniset [Behlen Industries Collegiate] and Corrina Brass [Crocus Plains in Brandon] who had been elected to the new High School, Brandon]. However, members of D. G. Ford, Chair APEGM Council. the Westman Chapter are developing a reputation for challenging the limits of this bridge testing Members In November 2003, a Professional equipment; last year some members did destruc- K. D. Croteau Development Luncheon was held to learn about J. R. Funk tive testing on the display models, and this year the recent Manitoba Legislature “Golden Boy” others determined that the load cell can be repro- G. A. M. Horeczy restoration project. Robert Wiebe, P.Eng., [Dillon K. K. Kotyk grammed and “crashed”. Consulting Ltd.] gave a presentation which dis- (Secretary) cussed the history of the Golden Boy, and the Over the years, we have found that the pri- S. A. D. McBride challenges involved in the repair and conservation mary difficulty with being a Chapter is communi- (past-Chair) cation with the members who live in our of the bronze statue. D. G. McKibbin catchment area. It is a continuous effort to update L. Turabian It was a very interesting topic and the event a chapter membership e-mail list, so that the T. K. M. Veitch was well attended. information is both current and complete. And it’s (Treasurer) In March 2004, the “Westman Spaghetti even more difficult to keep in touch with the J. H. Vidal Bridge Building Competition” was held in con- membership without being regarded as just junction with the Brandon Career Symposium. another SPAM message on their computer screen. ver the past year, the Westman Chapter Letters of invitation had been sent out to the The Westman Chapter welcomes the volun- has been successful due to the general Westman high schools in January and hundreds of teer efforts of all those who wish to help provide O support of the membership, the volunteer students dropped by the booth, jointly staffed by support to other members in this corner of efforts of local MITs, along with a stable and ded- the U of M Engineering Department and the Manitoba. For more information on how to icated Executive that has helped organise the APEGM Westman Chapter. During those three become involved, contact Dave Ford at 727-9776 events. days, there were 31 bridges constructed and tested or [email protected]. ■ 18 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

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we think the solution is to begin solicitations for children appeared to have taken away some Thompson Chapter help as early as our annual general meeting in knowledge from the day. Report September. As for the event itself, there was a 70 Generally, the Science Olympics are a fun per cent turnout of registered participants. This way to communicate science to young minds. T.R. Nyabeze, Chair may be due to the fact that it is a free event – so The goal this year 2004-2005 for APEGM- Members there isn’t a real obligation to show up on the event date. We had to contact some kids the Thompson Chapter is to build onto our traditional K.K. Derksen events and activities: J.C. Hilchey morning of the event to remind them to attend. A M.A. Johnson solution to this problem would be to call the chil- September 23rd - The Thompson Chapter AGM B.J. Pullman dren and parents one week prior to the event so will be held from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM we can fill gaps for those who are no longer plan- October - May – Monthly speakers (excl. ning on attending. In addition, next year we plan December) on including an explanation that we expect the he past year has been a busy one for the March – Spaghetti Bridge Building Competition Thompson Chapter. We continued to work parent and child to have a “going home” agree- T towards events that benefit our community ment in place and that we will not be the facilita- May-June – Science Olympics such as job shadows, volunteering at local science tors of such an agreement (We will look to the We are fortunate that CIM (Thompson fairs, the spaghetti bridge building contest, the schools for guidance on this topic). Chapter) is willing to partner-up with us on some Science and Engineering Olympics and our will- occasions so that our membership has access to ingness to be guest speakers when requested by On a more positive note guest speakers on months were we are unable to local schools. More over, we arranged for WISE in Winnipeg was able to supply us with ascertain a speaker. We are grateful for their gen- monthly guest speakers. One topic that was a three volunteers for the morning of the event. The erosity. If you would like more information on favourite this year was entitled “Overview of the girls were invaluable. our chapter or if you are able to be a guest Wuskwatim Generating Station Project” by W. J. The children who were there were well speaker please e-mail the local chair Theresa (Wally)Muzyczka, P.Eng. behaved – definitely wanted to be there. Nyabeze at [email protected]. Moreover, there was great participation and inter- We look forward to a successful 2004-2005. ■ Highlighting the “Science and action between the team leaders and children. The Engineering Olympics”

Some challenges As a Chapter we are interested in Professional Kelsey Chapter Development and encouraging the development The Science and Engineering Olympics were the Report of the next generation of engineers and last events organized for the 2003-2004 year. The geoscientists. goal of the event was to present science and engi- S.J. Peter, Chair neering to students in an interesting, fun, percep- We participated in the fall 2003 Career tually stimulating and positive way. The Science Members Symposium in Creighton/Flin Flon. It allowed for and Engineering Olympics were run as team N.N. Ilich, interaction with high school students exploring competitions. The teams were formed with mem- K.D. Costello career options in engineering and geoscience. Our bers from different participating schools. A series E.J. Wright work included a presentation, poster display dis- of hands-on experiments were offered covering a G.T. Fortune tribution of information booklets, and fielding a variety of science and engineering disciplines. J.M. Sheppard wide range of questions! The teams each attempted hands-on experiments. An evening presentation on Issue Based At the end of the event, all teams received a cer- Negotiations in the Workplace was very well tificate of participation ur meeting year started off with our received. Efforts are underway to plan more pre- The major challenge we faced in organizing September Pickerel Dinner Meeting. It has sentations of this type. In our spring meeting we this event was establishing a volunteer base. We O become an annual affair, and we invite the voted to pursue development of an information plan to improve on this by making sure that there Executive Directors and Presidents of APEGM presentation on career options in the engineering is more preparation time for the event. For exam- and APEGS to join us. It allows Chapter mem- and geoscience professions for northern students, ple, we started planning for the Science bers one–on-one time with our organizations’ in particular the aboriginal students. Olympics, a June event, in late February. Given leadership and is a great opportunity for us to Our Chapter AGM will be held in November, the challenge of acquiring a steady volunteer base directly convey our interests and concerns. 2004. ■

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Notice Attention MITs 2004 – 2005 Student Membership Renewals he 2005 Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW) he student membership renewals registration (de-registration deadline is T Committee is gearing up for have been mailed out and are due December 31, 2004). If you let your another exciting year of activities. If T back into the APEGM office by student membership lapse and you have you are looking to volunteer your September 30, 2004. If you have not taken the APEGM Professional Practice time and help out with the events or received your renewal package please Test you may be required to re-write be part of the PEGW Committee contact Jenny Borecky at jborecky@ when enrolling into the member-in- please contact Jenny at apegm.mb.ca or 478-2737 to avoid de- training program. ■ [email protected]. ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 19

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Thursday, May 6, 2004 item under Ownership Linkage and, also be requested to make a presenta- By: B. Williamson, P.Eng. tion at each meeting to voice the concerns of the MIT Committee. Council reviewed a number of items presented by Mr. Ennis and Council MIT’S TO BECOME A VOICE ON COUNCIL members. This included monitoring reports and Council performance he third Council meeting of 2004 was held at the APEGM office on reports. All reports were accepted with minor comments and revisions. May 6 and was promptly called to order by President Permut at 11:00 Council also reviewed the use of a decision matrix, submitted by Councillor T a.m. After the usual routine of adopting a modified agenda and Harfield, and the methodologies to be followed to ensure that Council deci- approval of the last Council minutes, the meeting opened with a short dis- sions meet the “ends”. cussion on potential candidates to be appointed as the next CCPG director. It A couple of letters of appeal for reinstatement were presented to Council was decided that one individual would be approached to be the next CCPG for consideration. One letter lead to a Council discussion regarding re- director, should he not accept, an alternate candidate would then be con- instatement issues and the timely processes involved. Under the current tacted. admissions process, there is no procedure for expedited registration of The meeting then switched to the agenda topic of Ownership Linkage. recently resigned members or the mobility of members. Comments included Under this topic, the first item for consideration was regarding the pointing out that other associations have an expedited registration process Engineering Access program. Council discussed teamwork strategies and for past members. A motion was passed that Council express their concerns how to make rural and northern communities more aware of the program to the Registration Committee regarding the length of time required for re- and what engineers and geoscientists do. registration and that it would like to have a process that expedites the registration of these candidates. Item two for consideration, under Ownership Linkage, once again involved the MITs’ request for a voice on Council. Councillor Silk had sum- A reoccurring topic involving the integration of foreign trained engineers marized his meeting with the MIT Committee regarding participation at was once again an item for consideration. Council discussed the issues relat- council meetings. Councillor Silk proposed that two MIT’s be appointed to ing to foreign trained engineers and the processes and resources involved in attend Council meetings to be a voice with no vote. A discussion between researching and recognizing their qualifications. The “From Consideration to Council members ensued regarding the purpose of having MITs observe Integration” (FC2I) steering committee had provided a list of recommenda- Council meetings. Councillor Taniguchi suggested that the MITs could tions for review by the CCPE Board of Directors. Dr. Britton advised become a regular item on the agenda under Ownership Linkage and be Council that he would present a report from the Board of Directors review of allowed to present to Council. Executive Director Ennis referred to section the recommendations at the June Council meeting. 5.8 from APEGM’s By-laws, which indicates that members, including Council reviewed a number of informational items and wrapped up the MITs, are allowed to observe Council meetings given prior notice. The dis- meeting with a team building exercise, which involved each Council mem- cussion on MITs attending Council meetings wrapped up with Council pass- ber sharing a personal story or specific interests. ing a motion to have representatives of the MITs become a regular agenda The meeting was adjourned at 3:50 p.m. ■

Thursday, June 17, 2004 often this led to an urgent need for new sources of income. Often it came A.N. Kempan, P.Eng.(Ret.) down to picking the best of bad choices. Public consultations were problem- atic, she said, because of the necessity for budget secrecy. he April 2004 provincial budget had a special significance for many APEGM members, mainly those engaged in consulting work. For the Councillor Harfield spoke as an engineer and business owner when he T first time engineers and geoscientists in Manitoba were required to col- said the RST made him feel he's on the end of a whip and that it's creating an lect and remit RST (retail sales tax) on many of their services, which accounting nightmare for him. In some cases, he felt, the RST could swing included a wide variety of drawings, estimates, and specifications performed the awarding of a contract. under the Category III designation. The imposition of the RST elicited Councillor Ferchoff rounded off the discussion by saying APEGM strong reaction from many councillors at the June 17 Council meeting. should endorse the position of the Consulting Engineers of Manitoba and In theory, the RST shouldn't impact APEGM members directly, since the press for the RST to be applied to all persons performing that type of work, tax is paid by the purchasers of engineering services, but it does force mem- not just engineers and geoscientists. bers to assume a new role as tax collector and some say, tax financier. (N.B. A week after the June Council meeting representatives of APEGM Councillor Taniguchi made this point, citing how members would be and others met with Finance Minister Greg Selinger to discuss implementa- required to submit RST according to a set schedule, regardless of whether or tion of the RST. The government would not defer the tax, but made a num- not they'd been paid for those taxable services. He said they would be, in ber of concessions to help out affected parties. As a result, APEGM effect, financing taxation for the government and in many cases they would members will remit RST on a quarterly, rather than a monthly basis. Also, be unable to follow the schedule because of cash flow limitations. no penalties will be applied during implementation phase of the RST pro- Councillor Witty made a spirited statement, saying the RST was a tax on vided the payees demonstrate they're making a sincere effort to comply.) intellectual capital and it would affect the quality of design. He said that the A few items passed, and then Council dealt with an item which had government should have held consultations before imposing the tax and that been taken off the Consent Agenda and introduced for discussion at the APEGM should oppose it based on public interest. Councillor Ferchoff said request of Councillor Harfield. The item was “Budget and Schedule of Fees there was some logic to it since the taxable services led to a tangible product and Dues” and Mr. Harfield wanted a comparison of APEGM fees to other and he also pointed out that other jurisdictions, Saskatchewan for one, provinces' fees. Executive Director Ennis went through the process he used already had a similar tax. Executive Director Dave Ennis confirmed that for calculating fees and noted that Saskatchewan's dues were over $300. He Manitoba's tax was based on the Saskatchewan model. also pointed out that APEGM fees carried the cost of administering the Councillor Silk pointed out how the RST levy could lead to inequities – MIT program. While on the topic of finances, someone asked about the for example, two companies making electrical panels – one company $350,000 APEGM commitment to the Engineering building fund. The employed engineers and would be taxed, the other employed technicians and money was to go annually to our foundation, specially created for that pur- would not be taxed. Councillor Smith, with her experience in government, pose, and the foundation then forwards the money to the university. In return was able to provide some insight from the government side. She said gov- APEGM gets its name on the design studio doors. ernments were obligated to balance the budget on a year-by-year basis and Continued on page 23 20 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL SEPTEMBER 2004

jects and company growth, it was proud of its accomplishments in UMA Celebrates Fifty Years Bill who pointed out to Tom that Manitoba which reflect the strong this year the Winnipeg office would local presence of the firm. Notable in Manitoba celebrate 50 years in Manitoba. accomplishments include the reha- By: J.A. Blatz, P.Eng. It was very interesting to hear bilitation of the Shoal Lake Aque- that the first address for UMA in duct, the Slaw Rebchuk bridge, the had the pleasure of congratulating Subsequent Regional Managers Manitoba was a room in the Empire Royal Canadian Mint and numerous Tom Wingrove, P.Eng., Regional included Russ Hood, Bob Petri, Ron Hotel on Main Street. UMA moved projects for Industry, Municipal IVice President of UMA Engineer- Fromson, Jim Terris and now Tom from there to the Silver Heights governments and First Nations ing on the occasion of UMA’s 50th Wingrove. One of the five original Shopping Centre and then to 1495 across the province. Remembering Anniversary while interviewing him Associates and company Presidents Pembina Highway before building and building on their past will serve them well as they chart the course regarding plans for the upcoming before Bill Adams was Bill McKay. at the current location on Buffalo for the next fifty years. celebrations. “We at UMA are proud Bill still lives in Winnipeg and is a Place in 1968. Earliest activities in to announce that this year we cele- frequent visitor to the office. At 87 the Province were in Northern pro- I would like to thank Tom brate our golden anniversary in years young he still shows a keen jects. UMA installed a sewer and Wingrove for providing information Manitoba. As Regional Manager of interest in the firm’s activities. He water system and electrical genera- along with the support of Bill the Winnipeg Office, I am pleased to recently authored a paper for EIC on tion and distribution systems in The McKay to complete this article. Best mark this significant milestone by the history of Consulting Civil Pas. UMA engineers also worked wishes to all of the employees of reflecting on some of the extraordi- Engineering Firms in the Prairies. In extensively in Flin Flon and later in UMA Engineering as they celebrate nary engineers who have helped to fact, in the hustle and bustle of pro- the new City of Thompson. UMA is this milestone accomplishment. ■ build our successful half-century in the province.” In 1954, a young engineer by the name of Bill Adams left Saskatoon for Winnipeg to build a business for what was then Underwood McLellan and Associates in Manitoba. He went on to have a distinguished career with UMA, eventually becoming President of the company. Bill is now deceased, but all of UMA acknowledges his legacy. I found out that Tom only met Bill on a couple of occasions in his early years with UMA, but he was clearly struck by Bill’s personable and sincere nature – qualities that served him well in carving out a position for UMA in the local market. As the sole presence for UMA in this region at the time, his character would have been associated with that of the company, which could only have kindled UMA’s success. UMA’s first address – the Empire Hotel on Main Street.

Along with providing scholar- The Canadian Engineering Memorial ships, awards and investing in programs for youth, the Foundation’s Foundation Announces Award Recipients long-term goals include raising public and professional awareness in the work it does. As part of this he Canadian Engineering ship are Bernice Chan of Mississ- Graduate Scholarship Award from program, the CEMF launched a Memorial Foundation auga, Ontario (University of the CEMF. showcase website in July 2002 that T (CEMF) announced six out- Waterloo), Stacy MacDonald of The Foundation is committed highlights Canadian engineering standing engineering students as Lake Echo, Nova Scotia (Univer- to creating a world where engi- accomplishments and serves as an the 2004 Undergraduate and sity College of Cape Breton), neering meets the needs and chal- informational source for aspiring Graduate Scholarship Recipients. Vassa Reentova of Calgary, lenges of society by engaging the engineers. Additionally, in 2003, The CEMF Scholarships were pre- Alberta (University of Calgary), skills and talents of women and CEMF launched a unique online sented to the students at a special Jessica Tang of Thunder Bay, men alike. To that end, CEMF is database giving students, parents luncheon at the Annual General Ontario (Simon Fraser University) dedicated to attract women to the and teachers access to a wealth of Meeting of the Canadian Council and Véronic Tétreault of Boucher- profession so they may contribute information on resources available of Professional Engineers held in ville, Québec (École Polytech- in a truly inclusive manner. They across Canada for those contem- Charlottetown, Prince Edward nique). Monica Danon-Schaffer of also honour the memory of the 14 plating a career in engineering. For Island. West Vancouver, British Columbia women from École Polytechnique more information about the The five recipients of the is the Recipient of the $15,000 whose contributions to Canada Canadian Engineering Memorial $5,000.00 Undergraduate Scholar- Claudette MacKay-Lassonde ended on December 6, 1989. Foundation visit www.cemf.ca. ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 21

Book Review

Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions By: Lionel Laroche, P.Eng., Ph.D. (2003, 236 pages, Butterworth-Heinemann, US $32.99)

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THOUGHTS ON DesiGn ...and considering the difference between solutions and answers By: M.G.(Ron) Britton, P.Eng.

ave you ever noticed that we The course is intended to expose the old cost versus value engineers tend to discuss sit- students to the fundamental details debate. His position was H uations on the basis of specu- associated with our profession so it that we are redundant lation as to “what might happen tends to run heavy to questions with because all we do is if...?” This characteristic of our pro- very specific answers. There is, by “answer questions”, and fession was pointed out to me in a the nature of the course, very little the internet lets anyone recent conversation with a colleague “what might happen if...?” thinking find “answers” to “ques- who has a humanities background. involved. tions” in a much more cost To him, this approach represents our effective manner. I didn’t win this at NASA and beyond came up with Once the grading system was debate, but it got me thinking again. a solution, not the answer. interest in how things work and how selected and the purchase order they might be improved. He sees us issued, I found myself wondering In academic environments, Clearly, solutions are not singu- as problem solvers who take pride in about the very different meanings of where many of our basic under- lar nor are they precise. Solutions “finding answers to difficult ques- the words “question” and “answer” standings are shaped, we tend to tend to be optimum, or, if you like, tions”. We get things done. I must as they were used in these two con- think of “questions” and “answers” the best of the alternatives under admit to being flattered by what I current situations. I also found in conjunction with assignments and existing or anticipated conditions. considered to be a positive endorse- myself wondering if it really mat- exams. Within that environment, They require that the problem be ment of engineers. tered. the “questions” tend to be con- reduced to a series of definable strained and “answers” tend to be questions for which specific answers As it happened, this conversation About a month later, I was in a specific. It is a matter of right or can be found. The answers are then occurred at about the time I was meeting with a “manager” where I wrong, with partial marks for being reassembled through a series of making a decision on a new com- found myself defending the contri- more or less right. To get to a point compromises. Details associated puter-based grading system for my butions engineers and engineering where this can happen, all of the with those answers are evaluated Introduction to Engineering course. design make to the economy. It was variability has to be taken out of the and the questions are redefined and “question”. If life was like that, then recycled through the process until the redundancy argument would be eventually they are assembled into Upcoming Events defensible. something that is workable, a solution. However, in considering the anitoba Hydro has organized a GeoExchange seminar for practice of engineering, we are sel- Design is finding solutions, not Mechanical Engineers, HVAC Design Professionals, Design/ dom faced with “questions” (in the finding answers. Questions and M Build Contractors, Facility Engineers, Utility Personnel, academic sense) but rather we are answers are an integral part of the Equipment Manufacturer's Representatives and Drilling Contractors. faced with “problems”. People who process but they are tools, not end This seminar covers open loop, closed loop and surface water sys- manufacture and sell airplanes don’t products. Questions and answers tems and is intended for technical personnel involved with ground ask engineers for a specification for grow out of “what might happen source heat pump system design. The presentation will provide the a main wing spar using a specific if...?” thinking. The questions must tools necessary to reduce system capital costs, increase performance type of aluminum under a specified be constrained to allow us to and enhance reliability. Topics covered include: load condition. Rather, they ask develop precise answers using any • Basics of GCHP Systems engineers to determine the possibili- and all of the analysis tools we have • GCHP Equipment ties to meet some, usually vague, available. Questions are usually • Ground Connections performance criteria. Hydro asks heavy to detail and specific num- • Economics their engineers how best to get the bers. They are the bricks, if you like, • Designing a Commercial GCHP System (w/example) power from generation sites to mar- that will make up the wall we are • Formation Thermal Conductivity Testing ket, not how large the conductor attempting to build. Anyone can buy • Example Specifications (CD Handout) must be. bricks, but it takes a special skill to build a wall. Please contact Martin Cloutier: 477-7248 for more details. Typically engineers find themselves faced with problems that are So, where does this lead to? 2005 CSCE Conference largely undefined except for some At times we can get hung up on sort of end purpose. When President the exact meaning of words, but if Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kennedy made his commitment to we “misspeak” with respect to the June 2-4, 2005 go to the moon, he didn’t say how value we bring to the table, we can Call for Papers that would be accomplished or probe seen as replaceable. Specific Abstracts due: October 15, 2004 vide any specific questions that answers to specific questions can be For more information, visit the conference website: www.csce2005.ca needed answers. Implicit in his found in any number of places. statement was the unspoken chal- However, solutions to problems are See the APEGM website for more details. lenge to the engineering community, not as easy to come by. Solutions www.apegm.mb.ca/pdnet/events.html you figure it out. He stated the prob- represent the value engineers, and lem, not the question, and engineers engineering design, provide. ■ SEPTEMBER 2004 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 23 Capstone A Mentor’s perspective Prepared by: Rick Haldane-Wilsone, P. Eng., Wardrop Engineering Inc.

iving back to the profession of the client (City of Winnipeg) and is very important to ensure the affected stakeholders. G the long term sustainability The City of Winnipeg (headed and attractiveness of engineering as up by Councillor John Angus, Bill a career choice. Having the pleasure Larkin, Brad Neirinck, and Randy of being a team mentor for the Fingas) fully supported the pro- University of Manitoba, Civil gram. They invested a significant Engineering Capstone Design amount of time preparing a request Course has given me an opportunity for proposal, lecturing, meeting stu- to meet and work with some of the dents, and discussing the specific fine students that graduated this past criteria that the project would need year. They have learned what it is to meet. Other industry mentors like to work on a project, under were from UMA (Dr. Mike Lau), pressure, defining the issues, devel- Earth Tech (Warren McCullough oping solutions, preparing designs, and Eric Loewen), and Dillon and of course, meeting deadlines. (Norm Ulyatt and Sital Rihal) as They have showed me that the abili- well as Wardrop (Robert van ties of the graduates expecting to hit Ginkel). Each firm provided mentor- the workforce in the near future are ing to one of the four student teams. very good. The four teams proposed two The course is intended to get types of different cable-stayed students involved in a situation bridges, a stress ribbon, and an where they are required to work col- “infinity” arch design that recog- laboratively with industry profes- nised the significance of the Metis sionals, clients, and stakeholders to heritage at this site. These students deliver a project from proposal displayed some incredible creativity stage to the completion of prelimi- with their designs. nary design. The project involved a potential pedestrian bridge crossing I would like to congratulate all the La Salle River at the Ruines Du of the students involved with the Monastere into a relatively un- CAPSTONE project to a job well touched area of pristine forest, done. I was truly impressed with the retracing the steps of the trappist work they performed for which they monks that lived there hundreds of should be extremely proud. I would years ago. The teams chosen by Dr. also like to congratulate the other John Frye were comprised such that mentors, City of Winnipeg, St. the interests and background of the Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, various members would reflect the University of Manitoba, and in par- team requirement of a consultant ticular Dr. John Frye for providing a actually performing the work. That great educational tool that is useful is, they needed Environmental, in preparing students for the work- Geotechnical, Structural as well as faorce. I enjoyed the experience and Architectural skills to successfully hope to be able to contribute again deliver a project that meets the needs next year. ■

June Council Report President Ferchoff said the Continued from page 19 Nominating Committee had no clear terms of reference. He wondered if they should find only the number of APEGM lost one of its lay coun- candidates needed to fill vacancies. cillors when Councillor Witty Recruiting more than that number handed in his resignation. He left inevitably led to election losers, and with the observation that APEGM maybe that wasn't a good idea. was a well-run association. President Permut said he would sit President Permut returned the com- down with Past-President Ferchoff pliment and thanked Dr. Witty for and they would draft terms of refer- his fine service to council. Dr. Witty ence before September. Council was moving on to become chairper- approved a motion for drafting of son of The Engineering, terms of reference for the Geosciences and Architecture Inter- Nominating Committee. Association Joint Board. A few more random items and After a one-hour in-camera ses- council, after putting in a long day's sion Council returned to discuss the work, wrapped up the meeting at upcoming Council elections. Past- 4:30 PM. ■ Over 48,000 engineering professionals can picture a secure future. How about you?

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