Winter 2009

Inside this issue:

Immigration and the Engineering Profession

Department Of Geological Sciences: 1910-Present

90th Annual General Meeting Awards Dinner Dance and

Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba www.apegm.mb.ca PROFESSIONAL 2 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL M.R. Minhaz, EIT;M.R. Minhaz, R.Song, P.Eng.; S.B. Williamson, P.Eng. P.Eng.;A.N. Kempan, S.McFarlane, P.Eng.; C.J. McNeil, P.Eng.; R. Foster, P.Eng.; R.Garcia, EIT; D.H. Grant, P.Eng.; E.P. Hancox, P.Eng.; A.D. Erhardt, EIT, H.A.Buhler, Chair; EIT; P.H. Boge, P.Eng.; D..J. Etcheverry, GIT; C. Camara, OperationsAssistant; Systems A.Reddoch, Analyst,AHinchliffe,Receptionist S. Bruce, Accounting M.Polson, &Membership; Registration Coordinator; Moore, A. C. Shymko, Events & Assessment Communications Coordinator; Officer; W. Boyce, Manager, Operations&Finance; L.Dupas, Admissions Coordinator; M. Gregoire, P.Eng., Professional Standards Officer; S.E. Sankar, P.Eng., P.E., Director ofAdmissions; P.Eng.,G. Koropatnick, Executive Director &Registrar; D. EIT Riddoch, J. Hilchey, P.Eng. S.J. Peter, P.Eng. T. P.Geo. Corkery, D.A.J. Ennis, P.Eng. P.Eng. Melvin, L.M.K. S. Quigley, P.Eng. F.A. P.Eng. Roberts, J. Guenther, P.Eng. J. Rooney, P.Eng. W.T. Jackson,P.Eng. D. P.Eng. Himbeault, P. P.Eng. Kochan, D.N. Spangelo, P.Eng. A.E. Ball, P.Eng. D. Chapman,P.Eng. P.Geo.R. Matthews, E.G. Phillips, P.Eng. P. Ranjan, R. Sri Eng. D. Grant,P.Eng. P.Eng.R.A. Kane, A.D. Erhardt, EIT D.S. Jayas, P.Eng. R.J.J. P.Eng. Hermann, P.Eng.;E.M. Ryczkowski, D.N. B.L. Shortt; Spangelo, P.Eng.; J.C. Woods, P.Eng. B.R. P.Eng.; Malenko, I.J. Montufar, P.Eng.; P.Geo.; R.A.S.Reichelt, C.Rodych, BID; P.Eng.; A.M.Chapman;S.Dresen, RN; W.C. Girling, P.Eng.; R.M.Lemoine, P.Geo. D.D.J. P.Eng. Himbeault, (President); M.T. P.Geo. Corkery, (Past President); A.M.Aftanas, APEGM COUNCIL [email protected]: Ph. (204)474-2736Fax (204)474-5960 870 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg, R3M2M7 Manitoba of theProvince ofManitoba Published by theAssociation ofProfessional Engineers andGeoscientists WINTER 2009 C St APEGM Ch KEYSTONE Postmaster: ommunica THE are thoseheldby APEGMorthe Council. notnecessarily andcompleteness.is madeasto Opinionsexpressed itsaccuracy norepresentationto becorrect, orwarranty, expressed orimplied, Although theinformation containedinthispublicationisbelieved and photos ontopics thatwould beofinterest to themembership. apegm.mb.ca. are Members alsoencouragedto submitarticles Comments to can be forwarded usthrough A. Moore: amoore@ The Communications Committee to would hearfrom like you. airs – B – aff oar t ions d s & C & C ommi Returnundeliverable copies to: ommi Westman Chapter Thompson Chapter Chapter Kelsey CCPG Director CCPE Director Women’s Committee Action Survey Salary Safety Registration Public Awareness Professional Development Nominating (MLEC) & Social Sports Legislation Investigation Heritage Issues Geoscience Task Force Review Experience Environment &SustainableDevelopment Emerging Issues Discipline Communications Academic Review Aboriginal Professional Initiative tt tt ee ees The Keystone Professional Leif Andersonisanamateur photographer in Winnipeg, MB, whois

FEATURES slowly beingpulledinto ofprofessional theworld photography. , APEGM, 870Pembina Hwy, Winnipeg,Manitoba, R 3M 27 He hasbeenstrongly involved inthehobby for ten years 22 18 16 33 14 10 9 7 5 4 3 and iscaptivated by thedepth ofthecraft. Front cover photo by Leif Anderson. Networking EventsNetworking Professional Development & Engineers Canada CEOMessage Thoughts OnDesign Executive Director’s Message Engineering Philosophy 101 The Brown Sheet Council Reports President’s Message Sciences: 1910-Present Geological Of Department Awards DinnerandDance 90th Annual GeneralMeeting Profession Immigration andtheEngineering Publications Mail Agreement Number 40062980 WINTER 2009 WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 3

John Woods, P.Eng. President’s Message

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reetings. As this is my first official I know in the past the AGM was held on a As a consulting engineer, and member message as President, the first Saturday – so as not to interrupt a working of several provincial associations, it is Gorder of business is to thank you, day. But the ones I attended on a Saturday imperative to me that any CPD program be the APEGM members, for the opportunity were not much better attended. Please recognized by other associations, so that to fill this role. I also want to thank you for note that the meeting this year was only 2 there is only one record to keep. APEGGA taking the time to read, or at least scan, this ½ hours long – including lunch. Not much has a good guideline on their CPD program newsletter, as it is an important document. time to contribute to your profession for the at www.apegga.org/pdf/Guidelines/08.pdf In these pages, APEGM reports to the year. . If you have a look, you will see that in their membership, and provides an opportunity program, there are many categories which You are probably aware that Continuing for the members to ‘feedback’ in print – count as PD, both formal and informal (such Professional Development is on the agenda, when a topic needs some reinforcement or as attending seminars, giving presentations, as it has been for ten years. We, as a group rebuttal. Of course, in this day of electronic writing articles and papers, sitting on of like-minded professionals, need to move communications, we also provide e-mail committees etc.). forward on this. Our taskforce has indicated newsletters, and it is my hope that we will that we are on the shrinking half of In the coming year, we are planning to run be able to arrange for online discussion engineering and geosciences associations one or more workshops on the topic of forums this year as well. who do not have a mandatory reporting CPD, so that all of the members can help us Perhaps I will stir things up a little in this system. Professional development is, of develop a working guideline which reflects communiqué this year, so I encourage course, not the question here since it is Manitoba’s engineers and geoscientists’ you to revisit this page later in the issues mandatory (By-Law 11.3). vision of professional development. If you to follow. I will be asking some specific are interested in this topic, please be sure If APEGM were to arrange for you to have a questions, so please write back or e-mail me to attend and let your opinions count. If simple, web-based tracking system where with any comments or suggestions you may. you are not interested, please think about – with a few mouse clicks – you would be We have some important issues to resolve in why, and let me know at the next AGM. able to: enter an event title, the number the near future, and your input is essential. Any comments or questions can be sent to of hours, and check off the applicable Clearly, this is one of the responsibilities of [email protected]. category; to make it simple for you to track a self-governing organization and without this development, would you be interested? your opinions and input – well, you just might get stuck with mine. Along these lines, this is a good point to encourage each of you to take a turn on council and consider a run for president. While I will not insult the respected past-presidents NOTICE by saying ‘if I can anyone can’, with some Notice to Members dedication, I can assure you it is possible. The 90th Annual General Meeting on Annual dues invoices have been mailed to all members and members-in-training. If you October 23, and the Awards Dinner have not received yours, please contact the APEGM office. Payment can be made online following, was one of the best I’ve attended. or submit the completed forms with payment by December 31, 2009. Congratulations to Grant and Angela and all Please note that the Declaration of Compliance must be signed annually. The APEGM of the other APEGM staff for a job well done. office will be closed December 24, 2009, at 1:00 p.m. for the holiday season, and The only downside, for those of you who reopening on January 4, 2009, regular hours. were not in attendance at the meeting, was its slow start due to a lack of quorum. This Grant Koropatnick, P.Eng., strikes me as unacceptable. If you were not Secretary there, can you please let us know why not? 4 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Engineering Philosophy Competence and 101Accountability M.G. (Ron) Britton, P.Eng.

n one of my original Philosophy The question is, how can (does) P.Eng. is not only a license to practice columns I observed that APEGM assure and enhance each Engineering but also an escape from I“professionals base their services member’s competence? Where does it external scrutiny. on some body of knowledge which start? Given the legal realities of being requires specialized training and certain Step One in the process, licensed as individuals, each of us intellectual skills.” Now, three years undergraduate Engineering education, is personally responsible for our later, I still find this to be a defensible focuses on the development of training own actions. Our Code of Ethics position. As always, however, there and skills. The Canadian Engineering reinforces this personal responsibility. are problems with the details when Accreditation Board (CEAB) defines the However, APEGM exists to provide philosophy and legislation meet. “goals” and conducts periodic, on-site an organization that will “. . . promote In Manitoba, our profession is checks on delivery of the programs. So, and increase . . .” the competence of governed by The Engineering and the Canadian profession, collectively, its members “. . . in the public interest, Geoscientific Professions Act. This Act does its due diligence at this stage. . . .”. Does this requirement under the establishes and defines APEGM. In Act place a responsibility on APEGM Step Two in Part 2, clause 3(b) to document individual practitioner’s Manitoba provides it states that one professional development activities? relatively well of the “Purposes Clause 3.2. places the defined, relatively At present, those of us who are of association” is responsibility on each broad requirements registered as “practising” are required to to “promote and of us to maintain our intended to expand sign the following declaration each year increase, by all each individuals as a condition of renewing our licenses. lawful means and in “ competence experiences the public interest, “I declare that I have, on an ongoing beyond the the knowledge, basis, acquired the knowledge, skills academic undergraduate level. These skill and competency of its members and level of awareness necessary to requirements must be met, and verified, and students in all things relating to undertake the professional services that as the ”candidate proceeds through the professions of engineering and I currently provide, or intend to provide, the EIT (MIT) stage. The responsibility geoscience;” Further, in Part 4 it to my employer and clients, and to fulfill for due diligence at this stage falls to requires the Council of the Association my professional responsibilities to the individual P.Eng. mentors, with backup to “. . . prepare and publish . . . a code public.” by APEGM. of ethics . . . designed for the protection Clearly this is in the spirit of clause 3.2 of the public.” Later in clause 11(2) it Both of these initial steps operate of the Code of Ethics in that it places states that “members”, of all types “ . under relatively close scrutiny. However, the responsibility on each individual. . . shall subscribe to and shall follow once one becomes a P.Eng., the picture However, a cynic might say that this is this code of ethics in the practice of changes. At this point, Cannon 3 of little more than saying “trust me, I’m a professional engineering or the practice the APEGM Code of Ethics becomes professional”. Does my signature next of professional geoscience.” the only remaining “check” on one’s to this statement have any more legal competence. Specifically, clause 3.2 If these quotes are reduced to a Coles validity than a statement of competence states that one must “strive to maintain Notes summary, APEGM exists to by someone who is not registered a high standard of competence by assure and enhance each member’s under our Act? If all that supports my seeking opportunities to acquire competence. One of the vehicles to statement is my membership in an knowledge of, and experience with, accomplish this is to establish a Code organization (APEGM) that cannot new techniques and developments;”. of Ethics with which all members must verify my statement, what protection This is now a personal requirement comply. Finally, the overriding concern does the public have? How does this that is not subject to review. Thus, it that all these actions are meant to meet APEGM’s responsibilities under is not too difficult to conclude that the address is the public interest. our Act? continued on page 8 WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 5

Grant Koropatnick, P.Eng. Executive Director’s Message

We Do Great Engineering, But What Else?

e do great engineering! It’s true. who have a wide diversity of creative “Spaghetti Bridge Competition.” The city of Winnipeg and the skills. Some are skilled practitioners in • Visit a School – go to a school near many cities and towns around their chosen profession while at the W your home or office to drop off an Manitoba enjoy reliable power, water, same time displaying talent in the areas event info kit and speak to a science bridges, roads, state-of-the-art buildings, of painting, sculpting, fundraising, teacher about students participating telecommunications, bio-technology, gourmet cooking, singing, volunteerism in this year’s Spaghetti Bridge data security and other valuable and community service. I know one Competition. services as a result of the hard work that professional who balances a stressful day engineers and geoscientists do everyday. at the office by slicing and dicing gourmet • Collect Donations – help to But what else? There are many famous recipes in his kitchen at home. His wife, organize the collection of donations examples of engineers who in addition family and friends have been happy (either pasta, cans or cash) for to their engineering careers pursued recipients of his “de-stressing” over the Winnipeg Harvest. A grand total other interests. Rowan Atkinson, British years. Another engineer contributes time cheque will be presented to the food comedian, best known as television and energy coaching minor football. A bank at the end of PEGW week, March character “Mr. Bean” is an electrical third professional I know, has led political 1-6, 2010. engineer from Oxford University. Herbie campaigns for a provincial level politician. I hope there are many out there among Hancock, Grammy Award winning jazz These professionals are not content our membership who are ready to go musician holds a Bachelor of Electrical to be uni-focused on one set of skills. above and beyond the daily routine. Yes, Engineering degree. Tom Landry, NFL Hall Moreover, they exercise other skills which we do great engineering every day, but of Fame coach of the Dallas Cowboys was complement their life as a professional we can do more. Join with me and other an Industrial Engineer. engineer or geoscientist. I’m confident professional colleagues to help Winnipeg that if you looked hard at your skill set, At the recent APEGM Awards Gala Dinner Harvest through the 2010 Spaghetti you too would have complementary and Dance local engineer and master of Bridge Competition. skills above and beyond your technical ceremonies for the evening, Paul Boge, engineering set. Your feedback is invited and always P.Eng. introduced the evening with video welcomed. If you have any thoughts on highlights from a feature length movie he Charitable Challenge anything you read in the KP, please email produced. In addition to movie making, For those among us who love community me at [email protected] or message Paul also writes books. I plan to attend an volunteering and mixing it up with the me through Facebook. event launching his latest book: Urban general public, I want to present the Saint – The Harry Lehotsky Story. Paul following opportunity to use your non- is a fine example of an engineer who engineering skills to help a local charity is expanding his skills and developing – Winnipeg Harvest. In 2010, APEGM himself professionally in ways beyond will partner with Canada Safeway and the base training he received as a civil Investors Group to donate 10,000 pounds engineering grad from the University of of pasta to Winnipeg Harvest. See the Manitoba. feature article Spaghetti Bridge 2010 – Complementary Skills Winnipeg Harvest on page 6. We need your help in the following: Engineering skills and other skills like movie-making and book writing are not • PEGW Committee – join the commonly associated, but I have met Provincial Engineering & Geoscience many engineers and a few geoscientists Week committee to organize the 6 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

The competition is a fun event for students, was 3347 Kg or 7363 lbs. So its up to the teachers and parents, to get involved in students to build strong bridges in order to “hands on engineering,” but we want to achieve the target goal of 10,000 pounds. expand it to be a meaningful charity This has never been done before. event for the whole community. Executive Director Grant Get Involved Koropatnick said “I always feel Volunteers are needed in several areas a little guilty to see all that to make this event a success. Joining the spaghetti go in the garbage PEGW Committee to organize the event after its all over. So I began is one opportunity. Going to a school near brainstorming ways to recycle your home or office to speak to science the noodles to avoid wasting all that teachers and deliver contest info kits is food, but using white glue contaminates another way to participate. Helping on the spaghetti; making the recycling the event weekend is a third way to get option virtually impossible.” Instead of involved! Get your children to build a bridge re-using the noodles, he suggested and enter the competition. Also, bring an   making a large donation of pasta   extra box of spaghetti noodles, jar of tomato   to Winnipeg Harvest. In addition   sauce or any other “tin for the bin” to the   to awarding cash prizes to the   event.   winners, a large donation to the local food     bank would be an ideal prize for hungry   uring families! Executive Coordinator of Winnipeg Corporate Support D Harvest David Northcott agrees: “This is a Canada Safeway and Investors Group have Provincial Engineering & Geoscience Week (PEGW, March 1-6, 2010) the Association great idea! Pasta is part of our ‘Top Ten List’ agreed to provide generous support. In of Professional Engineers & Geoscientists for most wanted food items.” addition, local engineering firms have also of Manitoba (APEGM) stages the joined the effort. Thank you to the engineers “Spaghetti Bridge Competition” for students 10,000 Pounds of Pasta at AECOM, Hatch, KGS, Teshmont and Wardrop. The generous support of these to build a bridge from spaghetti and white In 2010, the engineers of Manitoba will companies will help make this event a huge glue. The goal is to see whose bridge can partner with Canada Safeway and Investors success benefiting Winnipeg Harvest. If support the heaviest load. Last year one Group to donate 10,000 pounds of pasta your company would like to participate in bridge supported 126 Kg before breaking! to Winnipeg Harvest. Our goal is to make this worthy cause, please call the APEGM The event attracts students, teachers and a pasta donation equal to the cumulative office at 474-2736 or email Angela Moore parents from across Winnipeg and in the weight supported by all entries in the [email protected]. rural communities of Brandon, Morden, and Spaghetti Bridge Competition. Last year the Thompson. cumulative weight supported by all bridges

Happy Holidays from the APEGM Staff WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 7

M.G. (Ron) Britton, P.Eng. Thoughts On Design

. . . is design what Engineers do?

n acceptable definition of the term Then, four pages later in Section 3.3.4.3, the given inputs were correct, then the “design” continues to be elusive. The we find a broader definition, “Engineering answer obtained should also be correct. Aproblem starts on campus in our design integrates mathematics, natural But “on the job”, the inputs often become undergraduate programs, shifts to industry sciences, engineering sciences, and variables rather than constants. Part of hiring expectations and ends up as an issue complementary studies in order to develop the design task is to select “acceptable” surrounding the reporting of professional elements, systems, and processes to meet inputs. Once those inputs are used in the updating. specific needs. It is a creative, iterative, analysis tools, precise answers can be and open-ended process, subject to produced. But are they accurate? Suddenly On campus, “design” must meet the constraints which may be governed by the new graduate is faced with the option constraints imposed by the Canadian standards or legislation to varying degrees of being approximately right, or precisely Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB). The depending upon the discipline. These wrong. It all depends on the numbers difficulty here is that CEAB seems to have constraints may also relate to economic, being used, which may be little more than two views of “design”. health, safety, environmental, societal or an educated guess. At this stage, “design” Section 3.1 of the CEAB Accreditation other interdisciplinary factors.”. The two begins to encompass problem definition, Criteria and Procedures, lists and terms that stand out in this definition configuration assumption, variable defines a dozen “Graduate attributes”. are “. . . integrates . . .” and “. . . subject to selection; all within the constraints of codes, In Section 3.1.4 it notes, “Design: An constraints . . .”. Certainly more inclusive, but standards, economics and time. ability to design solutions for complex, apparently not a part of “A knowledge base With the passage of time, each engineer open-ended engineering problems for engineering”. gains experience and a broadened view and to design systems, components or Shifting to expectations at the hiring level, of some part of our “engineering world”. processes that meet specified needs with there is no question that employers seek Over that same period of time, new analysis appropriate attention to health and safety individuals who understand and can use techniques emerge and, for most of us, our risks, applicable standards, economic, all the latest technical tools. We academics “cutting edge” technical skills are replaced environmental, cultural and societal are told that graduates are expected to by a greater appreciation of the fuller scope considerations.” Note the mention of “. . . view “design” more in the light of Section of our particular area of practice. Again specified needs . . .” . 3.3.4.3, with an emphasis on the integration “design” has acquired a different, more Interestingly, when one looks at Section of technical skills and the identification variable definition. 3.1.1, “A knowledge base for engineering”, of constraints. They are also expected to My assessment leans heavily on the front design is not included in the list of contribute as part of a design team. At this end of the process because we have competencies this “attribute” covers. If point, “design” shifts to requiring individual relatively clear CEAB definitions. The design isn’t an element of basic Engineering input to a broad team goal that has profession has created a specification knowledge, what is it? Is it simply answering seemingly continually varying constraints. for the “academically qualified graduate” questions that have pre defined “specific The task now is to find acceptable solutions and I have extracted what I believe to be needs”? Is it an individual skill acquired to problems, not correct answers to the definition of the “design” component through individual effort? questions. Individuals must be able to from that specification. The steps beyond communicate their technical input to others This definition makes sense for the 18 to that point become more anecdotal. This is in their technical team. The definition has 25 year old students who are attempting understandable because our profession has changed. to gain an understanding of the technical a multitude of specific needs beyond the skills future employers expect them to have. The other change that enters the picture “entry” requirements. Each of us develops a But it also leaves them with the feeling that is that of precision vs accuracy. During professional profile that reflects the needs they will be provided with the necessary undergraduate courses, students become we have been exposed to. Each of us looks inputs when they are called upon to “design” skilled in applying analysis techniques that upon our profile as the essence of design. something. produce precise answers to constrained Maybe this is at the heart of the “design questions that are assigned. Assuming that continued on page 25 8 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

The Importance Of Being the IEEQ Program at the University of answer is “It started when I decided to Registered With APEGM Manitoba to fulfill the requirements. After become a P.Eng.”. The P.Eng. credential twelve months of full-time study, I finished is something very important that shows When You Hold A Computer the program and I was ready to work in that you are part of a very prestigious Engineering Degree my first engineering position in Canada organization that protects the public; in G. Naigeboren, P.Eng. with the EIT status. A year later, with the this case the customer. addition of the Canadian job experience I remember taking a course at University The intention of this article is to present and the National Professional Practice when a professor asked the following three different stages of my life and the Exam, I got my P.Eng. status. role that professional registration with question: can you mention one thing APEGM had to do with that. I quickly realized the importance of being in this room that did not go through registered. Sometime later I became the hands of an engineer directly or I have a degree in Computer Engineering a P.Eng. I remember looking for job indirectly? The first few moments were from Argentina. I worked at a TV Cable opportunities. I will never forget walking just silent. But few minutes later, all of us company for 14 years. Simultaneously, into the interviews seeing my resume were in shock. The answer was: Nothing! I started my own consulting firm highlighted where it said ‘Registered with Everything in the room had passed developing software and hardware APEGM’. It took me a while to understand through the hands of an engineer, either solutions. In 2003, I worked for a large that for an employer it is important to directly or indirectly. bank in Italy, managing the network hire people who are enrolled in the That day was a very special one for me. connectivity between the mainframes professional associations to protect not It changed the perception I have with and the 1100 branches around the only themselves but also the public from engineering. When I say engineering country. Upon immigration to Canada poor engineering practice. in 2004, I worked for two different I mean every engineering field. As firms: Infomagnetics Technologies and Now, a few years later, I decided to engineers, we have a role in society. In Conviron. Most recently, I started my own start my own practice creating GN order to accomplish that role we need company where we offer different kinds of Technology Solutions. The company is a to register with the regulatory bodies to computer and custom hardware solutions, service based company but the area of ensure the public receives engineering especially SCADA systems. specialization is SCADA - Supervisory services at the highest ethical and Control and Data Acquisition - solutions. professional standards. At the same time, My first baby-steps in the profession This kind of product is a very nice the registration generates respect and within Canada came with my degree in example of what Computer Engineers credibility on who you are and what you Computer Engineering from Argentina, do, namely software, networks and are capable of. but without registration with APEGM. I electronics. We look at systems from The registration process is a win-win was able to find jobs but they were not the electronics and core structure. The situation. I encourage every discipline of what I was expecting after I studied so beginnings were hard, but after sometime Engineering, and especially Computer many years to become an Engineer. I got software contracts and opportunities Engineers, to be a part of something Moreover, I was expecting to be called in the SCADA field doing electronics that will bring you a lot of satisfaction. As Engineer after so many years of sacrifice and control software. Recently, with a you can see, my P.Eng. not only helped in Argentina and Canada – studying, new partnership with Protegra - one me to get a better job, but also to get working multiple jobs - but that right was of the largest and most important IT better contracts and partnerships with reserved only for the ones registered. companies in Winnipeg - we will be very successful businesses. I am looking able to leverage SCADA solutions and For me, licensing began with an forward to what else it will bring. assessment of my credentials by APEGM. take it to different fields such as health, Having been assigned a certain number roads and construction. When I look of technical Confirmatory Exams, I chose back and think how all this happened the continued from page 4, Engineering Philosophy 101 narrow nor technically constrained. competence on a regular basis? This is not a new problem for APEGM. Competency requirements grow, Does it not follow that each update list Countless hours in numerous Council change and expand as we progress would vary depending on individual meetings have been devoted to through our careers. Creating and circumstances? I am certain that my finding a solution, or for that matter, administering any lists or any collection list, as a soon to be retired academic even clearly defining the question. If of exams would be at best, time engineer would look nothing like the list Engineering was a narrow, technically consuming, and at worst, completely from a 25 year old structural analyst. meaningless. constrained undertaking it would be We scrutinize our “members” as relatively easy to create a “check list” Clause 3.2 places the responsibility on students and MITs, during their entry that would assure APEGM that each each of us to maintain our competence. into our profession. Shouldn’t that level member has met the requirements of Assuming that each of us, in our own of scrutiny remain after we cross the clause 3.2. Alternately, a set of “exams” way, is in compliance with that clause, threshold to the P.Eng.? could be created and administered on a does it not make sense to provide But as always, the devil is in the regular basis. But Engineering is neither APEGM with documentation of that details. WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 9

Chantal Guay, P.Eng., M.Env. Engineers Canada CEO Message

Enhancing Foreign Qualifications Assessment for Licensure

n April, the Honourable Diane Finley, able to obtain an engineering licence work experience, is recognized and Minister of Human Resources and Social without compromising public safety or evaluated. The project is studying IDevelopment, announced the signing lowering professional standards, we have the use of a competency-based of three new agreements that will help been developing tools in support of our assessment method, and will define facilitate international labour mobility constituent members’ activities to better core competencies, identify the most between Canada and the European Union: assess foreign qualifications for licensure. suitable evaluation methods (exams, interviews, self-reporting, etc.), and • The Environmental Career Organization These recommended tools touched on the develop a high level implementation of Canada will explore the development experience of international engineering plan for the adoption of a competency- of a mutual certification framework for graduates, from licensing and employment based assessment system. environmental workers in Canada and to language standards, and included: the EU; • Engineering and Technology • International Institutions Labour Market Study • Engineers Canada will compare and Degrees Database regulation and registration practices This study, started in 2006, provided This interactive tool helps make in the engineering field in Canada and accurate national labour market assessments for constituent members the EU to identify opportunities for the information to potential immigrants, and allows them to enter information alignment of practices and areas for new graduates and engineers in career about programs and degrees and to future collaboration; and, change, thereby allowing them to share this information. The database make informed career decisions. This • The Public Policy Forum will help consists of recognized non-Canadian data will allow for the development organize and host two reciprocal Engineering Accreditation Board and implementation of a continuously roundtables in Europe (2009) and degrees and institutions that will be updated, regionally accurate labour Canada (2010) on foreign credential used in a consistent manner in the market information system. Engineers recognition and labour mobility where licensing system. The primary goal of Canada staff will now consider options experts will discuss effective ways to the database is to develop criteria that to begin updating the system in 2009. A facilitate mobility and better align will govern both how an institution communications campaign to promote foreign credential recognition practices is placed on the database and how the study and its results is also under in key occupations of mutual interest in that information is used to facilitate development. the regulated sector. consistent assessments of international These new federal initiatives will likely engineering graduates’ applications for As the leading national organization of the increase the influx of international licensure in provinces and territories. engineering profession, all of our work is conducted in the public’s interest. We are engineering graduates into Canada. The • Language benchmarking tools work of Engineers Canada’s constituent committed to continually working with Currently under development, these members in the area of foreign our constituent members and the federal tools will help constituent members qualifications assessment is now even more government on foreign qualifications to better evaluate their language relevant and timely. assessment, and Canada’s engineering proficiency in either English or French profession remains committed to making Our constituent members have been by establishing benchmarks. the profession equally accessible for working together for the past five years • Alternative Methods of both Canada-born engineers and for on the Engineers Canada led From Licensure international engineering graduates. The Consideration to Integration Program. With profession will continue to work with the the intention of developing new processes This project aims to simplify and clarify federal government towards reaching and improving current processes by which the process by which engineering common objectives while keeping the international engineering graduates are work experience, including foreign safety of Canadians paramount. 10 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Professional Development & Networking Events

East Side Transportation Initiative Presentation S. Kass, P.Eng. n Wednesday, September approximate length of 154 km. This impact assessment, exploration for 9, 2009, the Professional will be done in stages with upgrading appropriate materials, completing the ODevelopment Committee of what was known as Rice River Road detailed designs which include many APEGM sponsored a presentation on and connecting to Bloodvein as stage bridges and the tight time frame. It is the East Side Transportation Initiative one and continuing to Berens River as hoped that tendering for work will be given by Doug Peterson, P.Eng. stage two. done in the fall of 2010. Doug started by informing an audience The second phase is to complete The shortage of experienced staff of 53 engineers how the East Side the larger East Side route options which adds to the challenges prompted Road Authority Inc (ESRA) was formed with connections to several remote Doug to announce to his technical by the Government of Manitoba with a communities. audience that he will be recruiting with mandate to build all seasons roads in some good promises. Mr. Peterson explained the the east side of lake Winnipeg. challenges facing this initiative such At the end of the presentation many The first phase is to build the road as consultations with stakeholders, questions were answered efficiently by from PR 304 to Berens River with community engagement, environmental Doug.

AGM Professional Development Conference: the Challenge of Tomorrow A. Erhardt, EIT hankfully, it was only leaves for the second, four grains for the effects of old age could be erased! falling and not snow as the third and so on. The emperor gladly “How does this impact our profession,” Annual General Meeting was agreed to such a simple reward, after T one might ask. Often compared held on Friday October 23rd at the all, there were only 64 squares on the to fellow author Michael Crichton, Fort Garry Hotel. People were busy board! However, by the time the 30th Robert explained that while Crichton’s enjoying the deluxe continental square had been reached, the entire work would lead you to believe that breakfast and exchanging handshakes kingdom’s supply of rice now belonged this exponential advancement is and business cards while discussing to the mathematician. dangerous, Robert is optimistic about the planned events of the day and the Similarly, Moore’s Law, named after technology. theme for the AGM: “Where have we Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore, come from. Where are we going”. Drawing upon his favorite topic, he states that in 10 years, computers presented a Star Trek analogy. Scotty Shortly after 8:30am, soon to be Past- will be 64 times more powerful than is probably the most famous engineer. President Don Himbeault welcomed today, as the growth of technology is However, for all of its technology everyone in attendance and introduced exponential and not linear. As such, we and advancements, Star Trek on the keynote speaker for the morning, will witness first hand these dramatic the whole is anti-engineering. Time Robert J. Sawyer. changes and the impact they will have and time again, Kirk ignores Scotty’s upon our lives, and specifically our Called “a writer of boundless warnings that “the engines canna take profession. confidence and bold scientific ane more”, and the crew manages to extrapolation” by The New York Times, Based upon current estimates, scrape by whatever danger threatens Robert began by telling a story about sometime around 2020, a computer them. an emperor and a mathematician. In will be developed that has the same However as engineers and the story, the mathematician introduced processing power as that of the geoscientists, we realize that our reality the emperor to the game of chess. human brain. Continuing with these is a far cry from the fictional work of the Delighted by the game, the emperor exponential models, by Canada Day USS Enterprise. It is our responsibility asked the mathematician how he 2021, computers will be twice as as engineers and geoscientists to could reward him for introducing him to powerful as the human brain. Centuries be the first and best defense against such a fine game. The mathematician of progress will be made in the next disaster. thought about it for a moment, and few decades. Soon, no cancer or asked for one grain of rice for the first disease will exist. With the continued Robert continued by explaining square on the board. Then two grains study of genetics, maybe even the that Canada is an engineering and WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 11 geoscience nation. While US history is things are safe. shift from professional “grunt work” to based upon the Civil War and slavery professional consulting and functioning Following a brief question and answer and its abolishment, Canada’s history as an expert. As professionals, we period, along with a break for coffee is defined by the creation of a national will require continual professional and more networking, the topic railway; a great engineering and development to ensure competency so shifted to the future of professional geoscientific moment. that we can secure work in the ever- registration, and specifically, continuing growing competitive marketplace. With the development of nano- development. technology, new doors are constantly Other issues Robert touched on were Robert posed the question of whether being opened. He described a visit he the economic and environmental an engineer registered in 1980 was took to the University of Saskatchewan crises, inter-agency mobility, the impact still effective today. He explained that to learn about a “space elevator”. of September 11, and the challenges there has been a paradigm shift. In the This elevator, envisioned in Arthur C. we face competing with China and past, certification was done to confirm Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey, India. that you already knew something; would be an inexpensive way to get today, professional certification isn’t In closing, Robert described how into orbit. just a piece of paper representing what engineers and geoscientists need Now, as technology advances, one one has done. It is a symbol that as a to step up and address a variety of group is confident that they can professional, you are able to provide issues that are arising with the reality make this concept reality by 2018 a service to clients effectively and of Moore’s Law. Robert presented a thanks to carbon nanotubes. Despite reliably. risk versus reward theory. Engineers recent space-related disasters, this make sure that we take risks safely. The website amazon.com began the far-fetched concept does not have Geoscientists make sure that we concept of anonymously reviewing Robert concerned thanks to engineers. ensure the safety of the earth. authors and books. Now, there are As he described it, engineers and We need to take risks in order to websites where you can anonymously geoscientists act as a “safety net continue to advance, but with the rate university professors. Soon, for the human race”. Whether it is a help and guidance of engineers and even professionals will be rated billionth of a meter, or an iron road geoscientists, these advancements and this information will be readily from coast to coast, engineers and can continue without concern of dire available to anyone. As technology geoscientists will always ensure that consequences. continues to advance, there will be a 12 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

APEGM Committees: The Professional Development Committee D. Grant, P.Eng. very member is no doubt aware of the events held reached it’s completion for another view of the project from by this group of dedicated volunteers. Most of the the final position. reminders and emails you get from APEGM include E Members are encouraged, as well as the general public notice of upcoming Professional Development Committee is always welcome, to attend these events. There have events. This article is intended to give you a deeper been times when demand exceeds our capacity to seat understanding of all that your PD Committee does. participants, so we encourage members to register early. The PD Committee was established to keep us competent. Our events tend to be advertised in our own media, and at Its rather extensive “Terms of Reference” document is places such as the University of Manitoba, so attendees available from APEGM for more information. tend to be part of our wider community. The Committee maintains a long list of potential topics for When we develop the idea for a presentation, we try to avoid future presentations. When a member finds a speaker for commercial messages. This means a presenter may talk such an event, the Committee, along with APEGM staff, about a new material or process they are using, however, sets a tentative date and venue, confirming with all those they should not try to promote a brand name. Of course, involved. They put in place a team to hold the event: venue those who work for government may have views that are liaison, speaker liaison, providing a gift for the speaker, very supportive of their Department, but the Committee has a person to introduce the speaker, a registration team, no expectation of complete neutrality in some presentations. and the volunteers who will take any needed items to and There has been discussion in past years of not holding from the venue. One volunteer handles attendee-feedback events on ‘controversial’ topics. This might limit our ability evaluations, while another writes a article for the Keystone to ‘inform’ our members in a timely way, so the Committee Professional. This sounds like a long process which could does not have any such absolute limits. be challenging and complicated. While that may be, the folks The greatest crowds tend to be drawn to topics of great who do all this on a regular basis have so much experience, current interest. The Floodway and the Bi-Pole III East-West that it is as routine as your trip to work in the morning! debate are examples. The Committee is pulled two ways in Professional Development events range from luncheons choosing a topic. Things that teach engineers specialized to tours of interesting facilities such as the Smith Carter information tend to have small audiences. Those that are LEED Building which took place in November or the nearly- of only general interest to a large crowd tend to seem more complete MTS Center, to full-day academic sessions. There ‘rewarding’ regarding attendance. There is a temptation to are plans afoot to move into offering Webinars starting in favour the topics the Committee expects to draw a crowd, 2010. This would enable us to carry our message, routinely, but they also put on our calendar any good topic with a beyond the Perimeter Highway. confirmed speaker. Breakfast sessions were routinely held at hotels in the past, The Professional Development Committee is always but with the move to APEGM’s new building and with their interested in member contributions. If any member has an expanded meeting facilities, these events have taken on idea for a presentation, or more importantly the name of an a whole new shine such as the PD session on Building informed speaker on a topic, the Committee would welcome Structure Snow Loading. What may have struck one as hearing from you. a dry, obscure topic, brought out over 60 enthusiastic engineers, who were ready to learn from an expert, for an Current Current Staff hour or two, before their work day began. Committee List: Support: The list of future topics will never run dry. It is very long, and each year it is added to. The Committee tries to hold 2 W. Jackson, P.Eng. (Chair) W. Boyce events a month although they don’t book anything for the I. Abdalla, P.Eng. A. Moore months of July, August, and December. This also holds true B. Bruce, P.Eng. C. Camara during the extra-busy times at the APEGM office, such as D. Grant, P.Eng. near PEGW Week in March and near the time of the AGM in R. Gupta, P.Eng. October. S. Kass, P.Eng. G. Lodha, P.Geo. The Committee meets once a month, and tries to plan E. Loewen, P.Eng. events 6 months into the future for adequate notice to D. McKibbin, P.Eng. members and planning procedures. It is tempting to ask B. Purdy, P.Eng. speakers to return. The MFA spoke to us when their plans D. Swatek, P.Eng. for the floodway were nearly complete. It was expected they H. Turanli, P.Eng. would again have a floodway-information luncheon when it WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 13

Hope for Haiti: The Adventures of Design in the Developing World J. Schmidt, EIT

n February 2009, I had some these long drives because I had the the capacity of the well. The well holiday time to use up, EIT pleasure of spending them with like minded was 22 metres deep, dug entirely by Ivolunteer requirements and a and enjoyable people and I got to see the hand. There were no source water sense of adventure that lead me to diversity of Haitian culture and landscape. protection measures, water rights go on a trip to Haiti with Engineering At times I would look out the window and licences, or other regulations that Ministries International (eMi). see people with expressionless faces would be expected and required and feel an here in Canada. overwhelming I believe that going to Haiti was sense of a critical and essential part of ineffectiveness. my journey towards professional I wanted to designation. Did I change the solve the world’s world? No, I don’t believe I did. Haiti problems but changed me more than I changed it. had very limited However, I do believe that it taught ability to do so. me lessons that will further my I learned that career development right here at the poverty is not Manitoba Water Services Board, as as black and well as widened my horizons and white as I once broadened my world view. thought. That “doing good” The most common question I have if it can be been asked since I returned has called that, is been whether or not I will do this very uncertain again. The beautiful people and the business. I also circumstances I saw did something realized that if I to me. They changed me in ways I I was part of a team of 11 people, looked hard enough, snapshots of hope can still don’t understand. So I think the most of whom were design be found. Hope is present in the eyes of the better question is not if I will do this professionals. The purpose of our children going to school and in the voices of again, but when. trip was to design an orphanage the orphans at HCRM whose singing was complex that Haiti Children’s More information on eMi, the work sometimes in the background as we worked Rescue Mission (HCRM) could they do, as well as upcoming on our design. build on their newly acquired land. trips can be found at http://www. Here in Canada I work in water and I learned that emicanada.org/ wastewater, so my job on the trip design in the third was to assist another civil engineer world can be quite on the design of the orphanage a bit different water and sanitary system. I had the than back home pleasure of working with a seasoned in Canada. Every professional who taught me an team member immense amount about water and had unique sanitary design in the developing and different world. challenges. As the civil engineers, we Before I left, I wasn’t sure what to ran into difficulties expect. I didn’t know how I would such as trying to process the poverty I would see, design a series or the challenges that lay ahead. of septic fields Challenges arose once we arrived. on an extremely For instance, some days we spent steep slope, to just as much time traveling in the trying to design land cruiser as we did actually a water system working on the site. I didn’t mind without knowing 14 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Council Reports Thursday, September 10, 2009 A. Kempan, P.Eng. fter the traditional sandwich lunch the business meeting with term limits for Registration Committee members. Three opened at 12:37 p.m. Disposing of a few routine tasks, members had passed the six year limit so the committee agreed ACouncil turned to an interesting item on the agenda: among itself that two members would resign immediately, SPEPEM. This rather formidable acronym stood for the Society while another would stay on for an extra year to provide an of Philippine Educated Professional Engineers of Manitoba. opportunity for a smoother transition. Dr. Marolo Alfaro, P.Eng. (professor in the Civil Department, Council made a brief stop at the “outstanding items” list. There University of Manitoba Faculty of Engineering) made a was no hope of changing the name of the school science fair to presentation to Council at its’ June meeting; explaining the include the term “engineering” they learned, so the item came group and seeking a working relationship with APEGM. In the off the list. As far as Continuous Professional Development was meantime, APEGM legal counsel recommended a memorandum concerned, members were to receive a soft warning that it was of understanding (MOU). Today it was time for Councillors to on the way, although another Councillor favoured the hard consider the MOU. approach. An information item on CPD was planned for insertion In the beginning this sounded like a rather straightforward into the AGM member packages. MOU, but it ended up generating an extensive debate in which Since 1936 the engineering profession has had a national virtually everyone had a say. Councillor Jeannette Montufar organization to represent the provincial organizations at a thought signing an agreement with a specific ethnic group higher level. In that time many points of friction had developed wasn’t a good idea. Councillor Don Spangelo thought the between the national group and its provincial constituents. To educational requirements for SPEPEM members was loose, but set a new course for the future, the parties agreed to create the Executive Director Grant Koropatnick said APEGM had approved Synergy Task Force in July of 2008. There they would define roles their education since SPEPEM members consisted of registered and procedures which, once agreed upon, would allow everyone Professional Engineers and EITs. Councillors Bob Malenko, Arthur to work together more harmoniously. The task force had written Chapman, and Past President Tim Corkery supported the MOU, a draft report so now Council had a chance to discuss the noting that SPEPEM was seeking cooperation and nothing findings. To start with, Mr. Brent Smith of New Brunswick talked more. Appointed Councillor Brian Shortt was more critical in his Council through the report via teleconference call, after which review of the MOU, suggesting that certain points be removed. Council discussed it in more detail. Their goal was to sign an President Himbeault said the SPEPEM MOU was modelled on agreement in October. one with UMES (University of Manitoba Engineering Society). In the Information Reports was an item on a proposed industry- In the end, the MOU did not get a vote. President Himbeault, based EIT training program. This was an idea which had been sensing the mood of Council, suggested a tightening up and floating around for a while and was previously presented to the re-wording of the agreement. So Executive Director Grant APEGM Experience Review Committee in 2006. At that time, it Koropatnick would rejig the MOU for another discussion at the was voted down by the committee. Councillor John Woods and next Council meeting. a small task group recently re-examined the idea and found it On to the “Items For Decision” section of the agenda. The had some merit, but would be an additional drain on APEGM first item was a bylaw revision proposal on changes to the resources when the current program was already handling a Investigation Committee procedures and the other item growing number of EIT files. Although the concept seemed regarding the registration of U.S. Engineers. The Investigation good, it was doubtful that industry would pick up the tab. Mr. Committee bylaw would change the wording of the alternate Woods asked Council to either begin a process to implement dispute resolution option. Presently it is the first option, the an industry-based EIT training program or abandon the idea. bylaw change would make it last, the change based on APEGM Council wasn’t ready to do either so they referred the matter to legal advice. After some discussion Council decided to table that Executive Director Grant Koropatnick for handling in the day-to- bylaw until the intent of the wording was checked. The APEGM day operations. registration policy would be changed to allow the registration In the meeting evaluation Council agreed they had done well. of US engineers with a P.E. license as regular members and not This was Councillor Bob Malenko’s last meeting so the group “temporary.” It was stated that the P.E. process was at least as thanked him for his contribution over the years before ending rigorous as APEGM’s qualification process, so P.E.s should be the meeting at 4:49 PM. registered in the regular membership category upon proof of status from an engineering state board of registration. More MOUs came to the table but were routine renewals of existing documents. The home inspectors and UMES agreements were renewed. The last item for discussion dealt WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 15

Council Reports Friday, October 23, 2009 A. Erhardt, EIT ollowing the morning professional development session As there were no resolutions presented for the meeting, the by Robert J. Sawyer, those in attendance made their way to agenda proceeded with the recognition of retiring councilors. Fthe west ballroom for the AGM business meeting. Shortly Councilor Bob Malenko, P.Eng., and Past President Tim Corkery, before noon, quorum was reached, the meeting was called P.Geo., had both served four year terms, and were presented to order, and members stood for the playing of the national with certificates thanking them for their efforts. anthem. A moment of silence was observed for those members With no other business having been added to the agenda, the who had passed away over the past year. After a formal meeting proceeded with the formal passing of the Scott Gavel reading of the Notice of Meeting by Executive Director Grant ceremony from outgoing President Don Himbeault to the Koropatnick and the approval of the agenda, the APEGM Council incoming President John Woods. As per tradition, President John and staff members were introduced. Woods opened the gavel and inscribed his name upon the scroll Shortly afterward, outgoing President Don Himbeault took some within, which contains the signature of each of the Association’s time to recognize invited guests and association representatives. past presidents. Greetings were brought by Ken From on behalf of Engineers President Woods took the opportunity to reiterate his platform Canada. Greetings were also delivered by former APEGM of strengthening the position and enrollment numbers of the President Tim Corkery, representing the Canadian Council of Association while thanking those around him for their support. Professional Geoscientists. Following some closing announcements, the meeting was These greetings were followed up by the Report of the President. formally adjourned. A fantastic lunch was provided along with a Outgoing President Don Himbeault provided some insight as to variety of door prizes for those who remained in attendance. the role of the President along with APEGM Council, and what he had learned over the past year, while giving some indications of what to watch for in the upcoming year. After the minutes from the previous meeting were accepted, the election results for councilors to serve from 2009 through 2011 were announced. New councilors elected to serve on APEGM council were Doina Priscu, P.Eng., and Robyn Taylor, P.Eng., although for Robyn Taylor, it will be her second stint on council. Re-elected to serve another two year term were Alan Aftanas P.Eng., William Girling, P.Eng., and Raymond Reichelt, P.Geo. The auditor’s report for the past financial year was submitted, and BDO Dunwoody was again appointed as the auditors for the upcoming year. The operating budget and schedule of dues and fees were presented for information. There were no changes to dues from the previous year. Now Accepting Proposals for Participating... It was at this time, that those in attendance were given a few minutes to solicit volunteers for the Nominating Committee. CCWESTT: Leading the Way 2010 In no time at all, all five committee spots Empowering Women, Building Communities were filled. The following members allowed their names to stand for nomination: Jeff How can I participate in CCWESTT 2010? O’Driscoll, Efrem Teklemariam, Suresh  Panellist - share career or personal experiences Neethirajan, Dawn Nedohin-Mecek, and  Presenter - share knowledge and expertise on topic Lindsay Melvin.  Moderator - direct a forum during a session Then, the staff and committee reports were  Talent - showcase personal skills and abilities brought up as information items for possible  Poster - provide a display that shares knowledge and/or results comment by those in attendance. They were accepted without comment. www.ccwestt2010.ca 16 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Immigration and the Engineering Profession A. Kempan, P.Eng.

The Need for Immigration and economic agenda. These provincial then Premier Gary Doer travelled to programs are usually called Provincial the Philippines with a delegation to Manitoba experienced record breaking Nominee Programs, and in 1998 Manitoba promote Manitoba as a prime location population growth over the last year; the was the first jurisdiction to implement a for immigration and investment, while best in 38 years according to government nominee program. Since that time 30,000 introducing Manitoba businesses to a sources. Around 10,500 people chose people have arrived in Manitoba under new export market. Manitoba as their new home during that the program, the largest share of any time, the vast majority of them from other Since those first garment workers arrived province. In 2007, 7,689 people entered countries. A society’s greatest resource is in the 1960s, Philippine immigrants have Manitoba, 45% of all provincial nominees its people and a person’s decision to leave become the largest newcomer group in entering Canada that year. Much of their homeland and seek a new place has Manitoba as characterized by language. the success in drawing candidates benefits for both parties, both those who 27% of new arrivals speak Tagalog as their to Manitoba can be attributed to the chose Manitoba and those already living mother tongue. Their occupations have support services offered here. there. Immigrants are essential to our also changed through the years, from welfare and we need people to maintain Under the nominee program, immigrants skilled manual labourers in the 1960s, to our growth and prosperity. At the same are chosen for their perceived ability to professionals in the 2000s. Engineers are time, new arrivals have an opportunity to succeed and prosper in our community, in this group, but other professions are improve their lives. The decision to leave and they fall into different classifications, represented too. In late 2009, a Manitoba one’s homeland is often a difficult one or “streams”. Most engineers qualify under recruitment team made conditional but that uncertainty can be mitigated if the Economic Class, as skilled workers offers to 131 Philippine nurses to work in the receiving jurisdiction provides active or dependents of skilled workers. In the various locations around the province. assistance to newcomers to help them latest available statistics, from the year Just as Manitoba has had an influx of succeed in their new situation. Essential 2007, 130 engineers from all categories Philippine immigrants, APEGM has seen areas for assistance are language training, landed in Manitoba. Engineering held a similar rise in the number of Philippine- education, employment, housing, family down third spot among all Economic trained engineers, with 175 going and community support, and cultural Class immigrant occupations. through the assessment process. They integration. are followed by India (132) and China What is true for all of Manitoba applies Sources of Immigration (121). Altogether, 304 candidates made specifically to the engineering and In previous decades, most immigrants it through the assessment process to geoscience community. We see the same were from European countries, but the become registered, and with 180 MITs still need for new people if the profession is sources of immigration have changed in the pipeline. to play its part in filling jobs which will radically in recent times. Today over 53% To illustrate the growing importance ultimately contribute to the prosperity, of immigrants come from Asia and the of Philippine professionals in our safety, and well-being of all citizens. Pacific region, although Europe still holds organization, at the September a respectable second place with 19%. 10, 2009, Council meeting APEGM Methods of Immigration In the 1960s Manitoba sewing factories councillors reviewed a Memorandum Immigration is a federal responsibility in went to the Philippines to recruit mainly of Understanding with the Society Canada, but most provinces have made female workers for the garment industry of Philippine-Educated Professional agreements with the central government and over the years that connection has Engineers of Manitoba (SPEPEM). APEGM to develop individualized programs which blossomed into a special relationship retains all its regulatory powers under the address a province’s specific immigration with that country. In February of 2008, MOU, but agrees to cooperate on issues WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 17 important to both organizations. (Council and would have no difficulty conforming Conclusion has still to vote on the MOU at a future to the act. We need immigration and as a society meeting.) APEGM has other means to support we should actively support them immigrants, both institutionally and to become fully functional citizens. Support to Immigrants personally. APEGM has partnered with The economic case for immigration For newcomers to succeed, they must the University of Manitoba in a unique is clear . . . but immigration provides receive training and support, and program know as the Internationally other benefits beyond supplying the Manitoba has done much to assist Educated Engineers Qualification manpower for present day needs. them. On November 3, 2009, the Program (IEEQ). When foreign-educated Each new arrival will, in turn, create province opened the Manitoba Nominee engineers, with extensive engineering more citizens in the future. In 2008, the Application Centre where applicants experience abroad, are assessed by Manitoba Bureau of Statistics performed receive group and one-on-one assistance APEGM and are assigned five or fewer an economic simulation to determine on completing PNP applications. By confirmatory exams, they may apply to what the impact of 10,000 new citizens helping applicants with the paperwork, the IEEQ program. There they will receive, would be on the province at 2 year, incomplete submissions will be reduced in 12 to 24 months, a mixture of language, 10 year, and 20 year intervals. After and the whole application process will be culture, and academic training, coupled two years, the newcomers would have accelerated. with co-op work experience. Upon swelled by reproduction to 10,100, at completing the IEEQ program, graduates ten years to 11,400, and after twenty Foreign-trained professionals often will be considered academically qualified years, to 12,800. Due to population have difficulty proving their credentials by APEGM and able to undertake the next growth, housing starts would also meet Manitoba standards, so in 2007 the steps leading to registration. increase over two years (3,700), ten province passed The Fair Registration years (4,700), and twenty years (6,000). Practices in Regulated Professions Act. Helping new immigrants can also be Similar increases in gross economic This legislation requires that licensing a personal experience. As a volunteer, output, wholesale and retail trade, and bodies practice fair, transparent, former Councillor Bob Malenko was able disposable income would follow. objective, timely, and impartial to assist certain foreign-trained engineers assessment procedures. At the time, because he spoke their language and And we should not ignore the cultural Executive Director Grant Koropatnick said so was able to give them advice and enrichment that people from other APEGM was already doing those things support. cultures provide. So in the end all parties benefit. 18 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

90th Annual General Meeting Friday, October 23, 2009 The Fort Garry Hotel Awards Dinner 222 Broadway, Winnipeg

Dance A. Erhardt, EIT

t was a night of celebration on many took the opportunity to thank those most andfronts as many APEGM professionals important to them, both personally and Igathered together for the 90th Annual professionally. General Meeting Awards Dinner and Following an outstanding four course meal, Dance in the Crystal Ballroom at the Fort Paul Boge turned the room over to Anders Garry Hotel. With the dinner and dance Magic, who proceeded to not only amaze completely sold out, many people enjoyed the audience with his magic, but even took each other’s company over a glass of wine the time to teach everyone a few basic or a cocktail as magician Anders Boulanger tricks. of Anders Magic wandered about, mystifying groups of people with feats of A special lesson was provided to APEGM’s magic prior to the commencement of the new president, John Woods P.Eng. While he official festivities. caught on rather quickly and did a great job of “working the room”, Anders managed After a video montage profiling the night’s to convince him not to give up his day emcee, Paul Boge P.Eng., the evening began job. Pulling volunteers out of the audience with a brief introduction from Executive at will, the magic continued to flow and Director Grant Koropatnick, followed by Joey Anderson shows her take home excitement and entertainment filled the greetings from the Province of Manitoba by souvenir from the classic photo booth. air. From straightjackets to power saws Bidhu Jha on behalf of the Premier. As those to a “missing” watch, it was a spectacular in attendance began to enjoy appetizers, performance. the official awards presentations were too soon, the night began to wind down made. After the magic show had come to a close, and the dance floor slowly emptied the festivities shifted over to out. When all was said and done, it had the Concert Ballroom, where been a fantastic night, spent celebrating things were turned over to Engineering and Geoscience in Winnipeg’s hottest dance Manitoba with friends, family and fellow band, the Ron Paley Dance professionals. Band. While some people stayed back in the Crystal Ballroom to chat, others made their way onto the dance floor to enjoy the timeless classics that were being belted out. In Anders Boulanger admires the knot made by one corner of President John Woods. the ballroom, a lineup quickly formed in front of a classic photo booth that was set up to add a little “flash” to the evening. Congratulations go out to all of the winners A special thank you goes out to of this year’s awards. A brief video profile the event sponsors: Great-West of each award winner was presented prior Life, Crosier Kilgour & Partners Cyndy Stewart helps Anders with another trick to to receiving their awards. All of the winners and Nova 3 Engineering. All entertain the crowd. WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 19

Certificate of Achievement Award HudBay Minerals Inc. udBay Minerals Inc. and Vowels to use EM surveys in large prospective areas to target deep is an integrated drill holes. Computer modelling of EM data indicated two conducting Hmining company bodies, one about 1.4km and one 3 km northwest of Chisel North at operating mines, depths of 800 metres. concentrators and a The closest target was drilled first and confirmed mineralization, but the metal production facility ore grades were not economic. After fine-tuning of EM interpretation and in northern Manitoba a bold decision by senior geologist Craig Taylor, the second target was and Saskatchewan for the last 81 years. Since its inception, HudBay has drilled in March 2007. This time the team hit high-grade 24-metre thick discovered more than 26 ore bodies and mined 155 million tons of mineralization of zinc (13%) and copper at predicted depth. This was a ore. The company is currently engaged in one of the most aggressive stunning exploration success. Since then five more drills have been moved exploration programs in Canada, spending $42.8 million for exploration in into the area drilling more than 60 drill holes. By now they have delineated 2008. six ore zones within the mapped broad geophysical anomaly covering a Lalor story begins in the1980s when HudBay’s Chisel Lake Mine located surface area of 0.7 square kilometres. A NI 43-101 technical report gives an in the Flin Flon Greenstone Belt was close to being mined out. The estimate of the inferred ore resources at 13.2 million tonnes grading 2.9 exploration team headed by Kelly Gilmore embarked on an aggressive grams/tonne gold, 34.1 grams/tonne silver, 0.70% copper and 8.19 % zinc. exploration program integrating land acquisition, geological mapping, The indicated reserve estimates are 3.4 million tonnes grading 1.9 grams/ geophysical surveys and drilling. Drilling close and far from known mines tonne gold, 20.5 grams/tonne silver, 0.71% copper and 8.82% zinc. in exposed as well as soil-covered areas tested the subsurface models At this stage of development, the deposit is considered larger than interpreted by integrated studies. what the 777 mine and Flin Flon Mine deposits were prior to starting In early 2002 project geophysicist Alan Vowles tested deep penetrating production. This discovery gives life to The Company as well as to the commercial EM systems utilizing large multi-turn transmitter loops at whole town of Snow Lake. The Association is pleased to recognize HudBay Chisel North, and received a response from a known ore body at a depth Minerals Inc. for its excellence in exploration and feels it is a worthy of 600 metres. This successful test helped project geologist Chris Roney recipient of the Certificate of Geoscience Achievement.

Professional-in-Training Award Matthew Wheatley, EIT r. Matthew Wheatley graduated the quotation process would get him only so far. It had quickly become from the University of evident to him that if he was going to keep up to the ever increasing MManitoba in 2007 with a B.Sc. demands, the optimal solution was to focus on effectiveness rather in Computer Engineering. During his than efficiencies, or in other words get a special order to follow the fulltime studies, he balanced his busy same information route used by products ordered out of a catalogue. academic commitments with equally as To accomplish this massive undertaking, he knew he needed to put in challenging athletic commitments that place a Cracker Jack team – which he accomplished through the hiring of include earning the role of captain of the three EITs who had recently graduated from the University of Manitoba’s Winnipeg South Blues Jr. A hockey team Computer Engineering program. as well as working as a hockey coach for Approximately 1 ½ years later, in February 2008, a value stream manager children aged three to eighteen. Matthew position opened up within the Operations team. Again, Matthew’s became a Student member of APEGM successful can-do track record made him an excellent candidate for the in September 2005 and an Engineer-in- position – which he again enthusiastically accepted. As a value stream Training (EIT) in February of 2007. manager, Matthew responsibilities included both the administrative and In January of 2006, Matthew was hired on a part-time basis by E.H. Price production areas of the business. Essentially, he was in control of a $6M Ltd. Initially he worked within the Customer Service Department as a plus business. Mechanical Estimator where he provided strategic quotations for custom Matthew held the value stream manager position until very recently; when products to their customers. Within a very short period of time Matthew he was promoted to the position of Product Manager, whose primary distinguished himself as someone with excellent communication skills responsibility is to drive the growth of strategic product lines. and an outstanding ability to recognize and eliminate inefficiencies in a process. One such example includes the development of custom software Throughout his academic studies and professional career, Matthew has to monitor information related to specials as they are processed from been actively involved in several committees, some of which include order entry through to shipping. sitting on council for the University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) and filling the role of treasurer for IEEE Gold. By April of 2006, Matthew completed his studies and became a fulltime employee of E.H. Price Ltd. Soon after his transition to fulltime, after Additionally, Matthew has spent numerous hours volunteering his repeated demonstration of his commitment and ability to execute, he was time to help promote the profession. His breadth of service includes the company’s candidate of choice for the Customer Service Manager role judging school science fairs and attending school barbeques, answering that opened in July of 2006; which he enthusiastically accepted. questions from inquisitive students during engineering week, managing the company hockey team, and membership of the company Wellness In Matthew’s role as Customer Service manager he had the challenge of Program Leadership Team. managing 40% growth in demand. Recognizing the current processes were manual and not well suited to support the long term growth of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba is the department, he led an initiative to write and implement software pleased to present the Professional-in-Training Award for 2009 to Matthew that would both standardize and streamline the quotation process. It Wheatley, an exemplary individual, committed to his community and to wasn’t long after starting his initiative that Matthew realized streamlining his profession. 20 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Early Achievement Award Robyn L. Taylor, P.Eng. obyn Taylor was born and raised in Since returning to Canada, Robyn has been acting as Teshmont’s Project Winnipeg. She earned her bachelor’s Manager for the proposed HVDC projects in Alberta. degree in Electrical Engineering R As part of engineering community service, Robyn is very active in from the University of Manitoba in encouraging and promoting high school students to select engineering 1998 and her Project Management by giving presentations at high schools and at Rotary Career Symposiums. Professional designation from the Project She coordinated “Special Engineering” awards and judges for a number Management Institute in 2005. of years at the Manitoba Schools Science Symposium (MSSS). Robyn Robyn commenced working at Teshmont has been involved with the Rotary Club of Winnipeg, and was an active Consultants in Winnipeg upon graduation member of the Rotary Youth Exchange Program and Rotary Model United in 1998, where she currently is a Project National Assembly (MUNA) activities. Manager. Robyn has over eleven years Robyn served as a Chairperson of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics of experience in project management, Engineers (IEEE) Winnipeg section, Chairperson of the IEEE Power & Energy engineering of submarine and Society (PES) Winnipeg Section, and is currently the Chairperson of the underground cables, transformer engineering and inspection, substation IEEE PES High Voltage DC (HVDC) and Flexible AC Transmission System design, and system studies. She has worked on projects in Canada, USA, (FACTS) Subcommittee. Chile, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, China, India, and Malaysia. Robyn Taylor has been an APEGM member since 1998. She served on Robyn was President of APEGM in 2007, and was unable to fulfill the role the APEGM Council from 2005 until 2007, and as a member of various of Past President as she accepted an overseas position with Teshmont in committees including the Public Awareness Committee and Nominating December 2007. Teshmont was retained as Owner’s Engineer for an HVDC Committee. transmission project in Malaysia, where Robyn acted as Project Manager, based in Kuala Lumpur, for over a year and a half. She worked closely with Robyn is also registered as a Temporary Engineer with the Board of the Client in order to meet their tight schedule, and issued regular reports Engineers Malaysia (BEM), as a P.Eng. with the Alberta Association of to project stakeholders to identify risks and issues in order to maintain Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), the schedule, budget, and quality of the project. Robyn was involved and as an Engineer-in-Training with the North Dakota State Board of with prequalification; preparing functional specifications for the HVDC Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. converter stations, transmission lines, and submarine cables; and assisting In recognition of Robyn’s significant contributions as an engineer, to the Client during discussions with the power off-takers, project advisors, society, and the engineering profession, in the early part of her career, the and lenders. Association is pleased to present the Early Achievement Award to Robyn Taylor.

Champion of Engineering Education Ximena Muñoz s. Ximena Muñoz, herself an and eventually assisting the program in securing permanent, sustainable immigrant professional, came funding for an expanded program. to Canada from Chile and has M Ms. Muñoz extended a great deal of flexibility to the IEEQ program to spent over 20 years demonstrating her fine-tune its mandate, objectives, and delivery as the program developed. commitment to the improvement of In doing so, she demonstrated sensitivity to the unique challenges of qualifications recognition practices for the program model, which delivers a regulatory function within a post- internationally educated professionals in secondary education setting. Ms. Muñoz and the project officers she Manitoba. As director of the Settlement assigned to the program demonstrated an active interest in the program and Labour Market Services Branch of not only from an administrative perspective, but for the individual Manitoba Labour & Immigration, she set participants as well. new directions for Manitoba to develop services and supports that meet the Ms. Muñoz has also served the engineering profession nationally, needs of increasing immigration to by serving on the steering committees of Engineers Canada’s From the province. In 2001, she organized Consideration to Integration (FC2I) project (2003-2005) and the Manitoba’s first think-tank meeting bringing together immigrants, engineering Qualifications Recognition model (eQRm) project (2005- regulators, employers, policy-makers and other stakeholders which led 2008). The FC2I project focused on understanding and improving the to the development a Qualifications Recognition Strategy that was the integration processes for international engineering graduates nationally, first of its kind in Canada. On the basis of this strategy, Muñoz and her while the eQRm project provided information and training to other provincial colleagues worked in collaboration with regulators, employers Canadian jurisdictions interested in setting up an IEEQ-style program, in and educational partners to establish a series of ground-breaking whole or in part. In both projects, Ms. Muñoz was an invaluable resource demonstration projects. One of these was the Internationally Educated to interested stakeholders in other jurisdictions, sharing information of our Engineers Qualifications Recognition Program, or IEEQ Program at the Manitoba experience. University of Manitoba. Since 2008, Ms. Muñoz serves as the province’s first fairness commissioner, Throughout the five-year pilot phase of the IEEQ Program (2003-2008), responsible for implementing the Fair Registration Practices in Regulated Ms. Muñoz was an unwavering champion of the program. Although the Professions Act. most visible contribution was the project funding contributed to the The Association, along with the Faculty of Engineering, is pleased to IEEQ project over the pilot phase, Ms. Muñoz’ contributions far exceeded honour Ms. Ximena Muñoz with the inaugural Champion of Engineering monetary support. She demonstrated a tremendous amount of advocacy Education award. WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 21

Outstanding Service Award Alfred Poetker, P.Eng. lfred Poetker became registered Mexico, and Venezuela. Significant projects include the design of the with APEGM in 1967. He was a first regional water treatment plant at Letellier, now a part of a much Amember of Council from 1998 larger system operated by the Pembina Valley Cooperative providing to 2002. He served on the Registration water to a large part of southern Manitoba, and as Project Director for Committee for six years, the MAA-APEGM the Cartier Regional Water System, helped to establish the first public- Joint Board Committee for two years, the private partnership water supply project in Manitoba, which serves four EGIAR Joint Board Committee for four municipalities west of Winnipeg. years, the Member Competence Board Alf was on the Board of the Consulting Engineers of Manitoba (CEM) from committee for two years, the Nominating 1983-1990 and President from1988-1989. From 1991-1994 he represented Committee for one year, and the Bulletin Manitoba on the Board of the Consulting Engineers of Canada. In 2007, Committee for two years. he was presented the CEM Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of Alf graduated from the University of exceptional leadership, integrity, innovation, diligence, and unwavering Manitoba with a Bachelor of Science respect for his fellow engineers and the citizens of Manitoba. degree in Civil Engineering in 1965. He completed his Graduate Studies For many years, Alf was a volunteer lecturer at the MWWA’s Annual course work in Environmental Engineering in 1972. Operators’ School. He has been on his church council for over 25 years He started his engineering career with the Manitoba Water Resources and on the Board of Trustees for five years, plus working with various Branch in 1985. He was Chief Engineer of the Manitoba Water Services church ministries and committees. From 2000-2009, he volunteered on a Board (MWSB) from 1969 to 1978. In 1978, Alf established A.J. Poetker Community Based Language Program for immigrants. He served on the & Associates. In 1981, he partnered with two other engineers to form Board of the Family Life Network (a non-profit Christian media production Poetker Engineering Consultants Ltd. In 1990, the company merged agency) from 1996 to 2004. with another firm to form Poetker MacLaren. Alf was President of Poetker From 1977 to 1984, Alf served on the Agassiz Drive School Parent MacLaren, which later became Cochrane Engineering, until 1995, when he Committee. He also headed the committee that raised funds for and relinquished his administrative and executive duties to focus on technical built a new community playground structure. He obtained government projects with Cochrane until his retirement in 2007. assistance to hire students to run a skate park program for neighbourhood While with the MWSB, he was instrumental in facilitating the provision of youth. He is also a member of the Fort Garry Horticultural Society. water and sewer facilities for some 45 rural Manitoba communities, which The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba at the time was a major advancement for Manitoba in terms of public is pleased to confer on Alfred Poetker the Outstanding Service Award in health and community development. recognition of his commitment to the Association, the profession and the As a Consultant, Alf was been involved in engineering projects in public. Manitoba, as well as in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario,

Leadership Award W.M. (bill) McDermid, P.Eng. r. McDermid graduated with a under construction in Winnipeg would not have come to be without his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering persistence and hard work. By demonstrating how it will benefit Hydro, Mfrom the University of Manitoba Bill was able to sell this concept to Hydro’s Executive and its Board. This in 1961. In 1962, after a year with Ontario lab will bring all of Manitoba Hydro’s high-voltage testing under one roof, Hydro as an engineer-in-training, he albeit a very tall and wide one. It will greatly expand Hydro’s ability to test joined Manitoba Hydro. He soon became equipment before it goes into service. involved in diagnostic testing of electrical Mr. McDermid has authored or coauthored more than 40 IEEE papers insulation, to assess the condition of during his career, 12 of them in refereed journals such as the Transactions electrical apparatus. For many years Mr. EC and Transactions DEI. Some important refereed papers where Mr. McDermid was in charge of the Insulation McDermid was a main author are: Test group at Manitoba Hydro. Under his leadership, it grew from a small handful • “Practical on-line partial discharge tests for turbine generators and of staff, to a very busy group of over 20 motors”, Energy Conversion, IEEE Transaction on Volume 9, Issue engineers and highly trained technicians. 2, June 1994. This paper was the seminal paper that described the Mr. McDermid has been an extremely active volunteer for the IEEE, in both time-of flight and pulse shape methods of separating PD from the Power Engineering Society and the Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation electrical interference. The result was the first practical on-line PD test Society. that has since been widely adopted. This paper also won the IEEE PES Best Paper Award. While Bill is highly respected in the electrical utility industry, for his knowledge, discoveries and hard work, he is being recognized in this • “Experience with directional couplers for partial discharge award for his vision and long-term planning. There is ample evidence that measurements on rotating machines in operation”; Energy Conversion, Bill’s career-long goal was to enhance electrical system reliability by the IEEE Transaction on Volume 14, Issue 2, June 1999. This paper shows development and application of so many predictive and failure-preventing the experimental work he did to verify that the time-of-flight noise tests. This vision has benefited Manitoba Hydro and its ratepayers with separation method can work successfully. reduced outages and repair costs. In recognition of his scientific knowledge and outstanding leadership, He is currently the Director of Manitoba Hydro’s High Voltage Test Facility, applied to benefit Manitobans and utilities world-wide, the Association is for equipment rated up to 550 kVAC and 500 kVDC. This Test Facility, now pleased to present the Leadership Award to W. M. (Bill) McDermid. 22 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

Department Of Geological Sciences: 1910-Present B. Brisbin, B. Miller and N. Chow 1910-1947 – THE BEGINNING AND THE received a major boost in 1918 when J.W. Introductory classes taught by E.I. BROADWAY CAMPUS YEARS Winthrop Spencer donated his lifetime Leith drew ever-increasing numbers of The Department of Geology and collections of fossil, mineral and rock students and led to larger enrolments Mineralogy at the University of Manitoba specimens, and his library of over 600 in the General and Honours Geology was established in 1910 with the volumes. The “Spencer Collections” to this programs. The Department also took on the appointment of R.C. Wallace as Head. day form the core of the departmental Geological Engineering Curriculum, with Dr. Wallace began teaching courses in teaching materials. a Geology-Civil Engineering committee providing curriculum guidance. The five mineralogy, petrology and petrography, The University’s Broadway Campus wa professonial staff had their hands full and physical and historical geology. He also the home of the Department during the began field investigations of the natural years 1910 to 1947. gypsum deposits and saline brines in The Department the Interlake district and of the sulphide offices were in an mineral resources of the Precambrian annex of the Science Shield. He later served as Commissioner of Building. Although Mines for Northern Manitoba. the Department had Over the next twenty years, the teaching its own museum, staff grew with the addition of J.S. DeLury the lecture rooms in 1915 (Petrology), S.R. Kirk in 1927 and labs were shared (Palaeontology), G.M. Brownell in 1928 among the Arts and (Economic Geology), and E.I. Leith in 1935 Science disciplines. (Stratigraphy and Sedimentation). Dr. During this time, the DeLury became Head in 1928 when Dr. Geology research Wallace resigned to become President of equipment was the University of Alberta. limited to specimen preparation facilities, Although small, microscope labs, and Early students in the field - year and location unknown. the Department field equipment. was ambitious from the start. During the late thirties to mid 1940’s the and had limited space yet they met the Geophysics University took steps to move all its facilities challenge by providing excellent courses began in from the Broadway campus to the site of and by establishing research labs and 1911 with the the Manitoba Agricultural College, later programs. R.B. Ferguson acquired X-ray installation of a known as the Fort Garry Campus. The diffraction equipment for his research seismological Department of Geology and Mineralogy on feldspars. H.D.B. Wilson spent his station at moved into the Buller Building, where it time researching and writing on layered St. Boniface occupied the top two floors of the west intrusions and ore deposits. G.A. Russell College as part wing. G.M. Brownell became Head in 1944 acquired separation equipment for his of the Jesuit and the following new faculty members labs in mineral processing. In 1957, W.C. network. The were added in 1947: R.B. Ferguson Brisbin was appointed to the staff and Geology Club (Crystallography and Mineralogy), H.D.B. took on the teaching of Structural Geology was formed Wilson (Petrology and Petrography), and and Petroleum Geology. He also began a during 1916- G.A. Russell (Photo-geology, Environmental program of regional gravity interpretations 17, and the Geology and Mining Geology). of continental crust and mantle. In 1962, first student D.H. Hall was appointed to the staff and 1947-1962 – THE BULLER BUILDING field trips were developed a full program in Geophysics. Dr. YEARS launched in Hall brought seismic and other geophysical R.C. Wallace circa 1910. He was the the following The years in the Buller Building represented equipment to the Department and thereby first Professor and Head of the Dept year. The a successful transition to a robust developed a full program of study leading of Geology and Mineralogy at the department with well-defined objectives in University of Manitoba. resources of the to specialization in geophysics. in 1963, Department teaching and research. the Department’s name was changed WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 23

Geology), P. Cerny (Pegmatite Mineralogy to communities to present geoscience and Geology), R.S. Harrison (Carbonate courses in places as far north as Churchill, Geology), P. Laznicka, (Metallogenesis), as unusual as Stony Mountain Penitentiary, L.D. Ayres (Precambrian Volcanology), and as far away as Canadian Armed Forces and A.G. Green (Solid Earth Geophysics Bases in Germany. The Department hosted and Global Tectonics). From 1979 to 1983, the GAC-MAC Annual Meeting in 1981. new staff appointments included R.J. Elias By 1975, the growth of the Department (Paleontology), W. Moon (Satellite Imagery surpassed the capacity of the Fitzgerald/ and Geophysics), W.M. Last (Petroleum Geology Building. The growth and lack of Geology, Sedimentology), F.C. Hawthorne space required creative initiatives such as (Mineralogy, Crystal Chemistry), and N.M. the addition of an annex to the existing Halden, (Geochemistry). Technical staff building, the placing of trailers in the consisted of A. Pasquale, J. Berta, K. Ramlal, quadrangle in front of the Buller Building, P. Beaudoin, R. Pryhitko, I. Berta, I. Cerny, and graduate students found themselves J. Wenham. occupying trailers near the Russell Building, Two collaborative research initiatives stand and eventually, classroom, lab, and office out during this period. Project Pioneer, space spilled over into the Bison Building. which began in 1966, was a study of the Although the University and University Early student at a microscope. Rice Lake-Beresford Lake area by the Grants Commission considered a new Department and the Manitoba Department Geology building to be at the top of their to Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics. of Mines. The project was innovative in that priority list, construction did not begin until Technical staff between 1947 and 1962 it applied a coordinated series of geological, the early 1980s. included W. Hill, K. Irwin, R. Wadge, and W. geochemical, and geophysical techniques Hutchcroft. to a single Precambrian area. The second 1986 – Present – THE WALLACE It soon became obvious that the initiative was the formation of the Centre BUILDING YEARS Department’s continued growth would for Precambrian Studies as a semi- The official opening of the R.C. Wallace require considerably more space and autonomous unit of the University in 1972 building occurred on October 26, 1986. negotiations led to the acquisition of the to implement multi-disciplinary research on The new building carried the name of the old Chemistry-Physics Building of the larger areas the Precambrian Shield. M. Keys first head of the Department of Geology Agricultural College (now the Fitzgerald served as the administrative officer. and Mineralogy. Coinciding with the grand Building). A complete building renovation opening, the Department’s name was Annual geology and geophysics field resulted in new teaching labs, museum changed to the Department of Geological courses were introduced first at the space, and laboratories for trace-element Sciences. Chemalloy Mine property at Bernic Lake analysis, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, in 1964 and in 1971 at the mineral processing, and X-ray diffraction. newly constructed Star Lake 1963-1985 – THE GEOLOGY Field Station. The field courses (FITZGERALD) BUILDING YEARS were augmented by local and international field trips The move into the newly renovated space to acquaint our students with invigorated the Department and led to a multitude of geological new appointments, new areas of research, environments and processes. and increased enrolments over the next 22 This philosophy has continued years. over the ensuing years with Professorial appointments between trips to the Black Hills, Grand 1965 and 1967 included D.T. Anderson Canyon, Canadian Cordillera, (Remote Sensing), A.C. Turnock (Igneous plate margins in California and Metamorphic Petrology), G.S. Clark and Baja California, Southern (Geochronology), J. Cherry (Groundwater Appalachians, Florida Keys, Geology), and C.D. Anderson (Exploration Northwest Territories, and Geophysics). At this time, the name Yellowstone. of the Department was changed to The Department was also Students working in the Petrology Lab, 2007. the Department of Earth Sciences, in committed to providing recognition of the additional fields. geoscience education to The design of the Wallace Building From 1970 to 1974, new appointments grade school teachers through its EdGeo represented a major change in covered other important areas of program at the Star lake Field Station. architectural style on the campus and geological science. These included Many staff members were also involved provided a site for much of the 1996 J.T. Teller (Glaciology and Quaternary with continuing education, travelling GAC-MAC Annual Meeting. The new 24 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009 building was also a harbinger of other Since the move to the Wallace Building, discipline designation. The first recorded changes for the Department. During the the Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie has B.Sc. Geology degree was awarded in six years after the move, the following been created with generous donations 1922 to C.A. Merritt. The first M.Sc. Degree appointments were made: M. Osborne from alumni, the R.B. Ferguson Museum in Geology was conferred in 1924 to L.G. of Mineralogy has been expanded, Thompson and the first Ph.D. Degree in and another half storey has been Geology was conferred in 1960 to L.C. added to the Wallace Building to Kilburn. Departmental records for the accommodate the Riddell Faculty period between 1922 and August, 2009 offices and the Centre for Earth indicate the conferring of 902 B.Sc. Geology Observation Science. Lab facilities (Hon.) and B.Sc. Geology (Maj.) degrees, 357 related to the research of faculty have B.Sc. Geological Engineering degrees, 300 been redesigned using impressive, M.Sc. degrees, and 45 Ph.D. degrees. state of the art, analytical and data processing equipment. Technical staff CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS 2010 supporting and advancing this world- The Department will be celebrating class research have included N. Ball, its centenary in 2010 and several M. Cooper, R. Chapman, S. Mejia, W. exciting projects are now underway to Blonski, G. Morden, M. Serzu, P. Yang, commemorate this special occasion. M. Yun, and R. Sidhu. Winnipeg Weekend 2010 – A reunion Over the Department’s history, of the Department will be held at the many other individuals have passed University of Manitoba during the through our doors and helped build weekend of August 27-29, 2010. The Graduate students working with the secondary ion mass the Department into what it is today. reunion will include a “beer and bull” spectrometer, 2008. Office support staff, including M. session in University Centre on Friday Riddell, F. Starratt, E. Ross, S. Kirsch, M. evening, and an open house and (Mineralogy, Crystallography), N. Chow Watson and B. Miller, have spent significant formal welcome in the Wallace Building (Carbonate Sedimentology), C. Macrides portions of their careers ensuring that on Saturday afternoon/evening. On (Geophysics), B.L. Sherriff (Mineralogy), I.J. students receive the advice and assistance Sunday, alumni will be able to visit the Ferguson (Electromagnetic Geophysics), they need to succeed. Research associates, Star Lake Field Station. A.C. L. Larocque (Geochemistry), A. post-doctoral fellows, adjunct professors, Chakhmouradian (Mineralogy), A. Department History Wall and Mosaic and visiting researchers have made Frederiksen (Earthquake Seismology). Map of Manitoba Geology – Two significant contributions to research and Teaching appointments included J. Young, important displays will be added to the student progress. W. Mandziuk, and K. Ferreira. Department to celebrate the Centenary: During this same period, discussions in the DEGREES CONFERRED Department were focussing on the future THROUGHOUT OUR and the changing role of the geological HISTORY TO 2009 sciences in Canada. These discussions Without question, the most led the Department to take a major step important component in promoting the formulation of a new of the Department faculty. In 2003, a new faculty was formed throughout its history has involving the Department of Geological been the students. Each Sciences, the Department of Environment year they challenge, they and Geography, and the Natural Resources frustrate, they entertain Institute. and above all they provide the Department with a The name of the new faculty was modified sense of accomplishment, in 2005 to the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of satisfaction and pride. The Environment, Earth, and Resources. Clayton Department has strived Riddell is an alumnus of the Department to maintain contact with (B.Sc. Hon. 1955) and provided a $10 million alumni and in return, endowment to support the new faculty. alumni have provided Geology field school, Whiteshell Provincial Park, 2009. Four new departmental appointments generous support followed 2003: E. Sokolova (Crystal through contributions Chemistry), M. Fayek (Environmental and the Department History Wall and the to the Department’s endowment funds, Isotopic Geochemistry), A. Camacho Mosaic Map of Manitoba Geology. scholarships, and other initiatives. (Tectonics), and A. Bekker (Isotopic Design work for the displays has been Geochemistry). The first B.Sc. degrees were awarded at the finished and the fundraising campaign University of Manitoba in 1912 but without is underway to complete these projects. WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 25

GeoCanada 2010 – A special technical Geoscape Park – The largest and most session is planned for the GeoCanada ambitious project is the construction continued from page 7, Thoughts on Design 2010 Conference, May 10-13, 2010 in of a rock garden around the Wallace definition” problem. We can, within limits, Calgary. The theme of the session will Building. The Geoscape Park will be define attributes of new graduates. The be geological processes over time designed to serve the teaching and attributes reflect skills of “typical” graduates in central Canada and the talks are outreach functions of the Department from “typical” programs. We can, within anticipated to be broad ranging. The by showcasing the geology of Manitoba broader limits, define the expansion of follow-up project is a special issue of the and the industrial and environmental attributes through the EIT process. Beyond Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. importance of the geological that point, we seem hard pressed to define sciences. It will transform the grounds Engineering in general and incapable of Jack Gallagher Visiting Scientists – around the Wallace Building into an developing a definition broad enough to fit Two prominent geoscientists will be the breadth of our profession. attractive facility that will create a link invited to be visiting scientists during between the outdoors and the Ed If design is what Engineers do, maybe we the Centenary year. Each individual will Leith Cretaceous Menagerie and R.B. should just leave the “doing” to individuals visit the Department for 2-3 days during Ferguson Museum of Mineralogy. The in their specific professional requirements which they will give several talks and Geoscape Park will involve a major and stop worrying about a universal meet with students, faculty and staff. fundraising campaign which will definition. The endowment fund for this program commence in 2010. was established by Jack Gallagher in 1990 and enables the Department to Updates for the Winnipeg Weekend and the bring in scientists with outstanding other Centenary projects are available at careers in the petroleum and mining www.umanitoba.ca/geoscience. industries. Speakers and dates are still be determinded and announced.

APEGM is asking members to promote the Call for Nominations for the following APEGM awards to be presented at future Annual APEGM Awards Dinners: • Certificate of Achievement • Early Achievement Award • Member-in-Training Award • Honorary Life Membership • Leadership Award • Merit Award • Outstanding Service Award If you are aware of Manitoba engineers or geoscientists who are deserving of an award, please submit your completed Nomination form, available through the APEGM office or website. Your help in this regard is pivitol to the ongoing success of the awards program, and to ensure that Manitoba’s most worthy professional engineers and geoscientists are recognized for their contributions to our professions and society.

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Open source, on the other hand, has a license associated with it that you must comply with. This includes making derivative works open source.

How is this different from, Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) style licenses? BSD style software licenses have very liberal terms in that you are allowed to make derivative works and not supply the source code for the derived work. Opensource.org recognizes what is called the “New Style BSD License” as open source open source even though it does not require redistribution of source code. There are many derivatives of BSD style licenses. Because of the liberal style of license, many commercial projects have software been built from code that has a BSD - What You Need to Know style license. C. McNeil, P.Eng. Why do I care what the license is? If your main goal is to find software that you can use in your business to lower ver the last few years open These requirements in short, are as your technology expenditures then the source software has been follows style of license is less important than getting a lot of attention in O 1. Free Redistribution finding good quality software. There are the press. As a long time user of open 2. Source Code Included many mature open source projects that source software I am often asked the can meet almost any need. following questions regarding open 3. Must allow Derived Works source: 4. Integrity of The Author’s Source If your main focus is developing Code software, you need to be keenly aware • Is open source software something of the license before you begin your my business should be relying on?” 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups project. If you build a product on top • Can I use open source code as the of open source code then your project 6. No Discrimination Against Fields base for my project? must be distributed under the same of Endeavor terms. Including making source code • Why, as an Engineer, do you like 7. Distribution of License available. open source? 8. License Must Not Be Specific to a If you are looking to make a closed The most important step in deciding Product source project, then make sure you if open source software is right for you 9. License Must Not Restrict Other have a full understanding of the license is to have an understanding of what Software of the code base you are building on. an open source software license is and 10. License Must Be Technology- Look for a BSD style or public domain how it differs from other licenses. Neutral style code base to build on. Common myths and misconceptions What is Open Source Software How is this different from Public around Open Source Open source is software that has a license that meets the requirements as Domain Software? 1. I cannot use open source laid out by opensource.org (see www. Public Domain software, by definition, products due to lack of opensource.org for full description). does not have a license of any type support. Many mature open One of most common open source associated with it. You are free to do source products are released licenses is the GNU Public Licence whatever you want with the software, by companies that offer paid (GPL). including making derivative works that support for their product. Many are closed source. products are also released under WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 27

a dual license. You can purchase world since 1996 and PostgreSQL Security the commercial version or has been in existence since 1986. • OpenSSH – Secure terminal client download a community version. Apache like some other popular and server,secure file transfers, Having used many open source projects is run by a foundation. tunneling. applications, I have never had 6. I cannot use Open Source code • OpenVPN – Open source Virtual a problem without a solution. in my project. This depends on Private Network software. A simple Google search will what you want to do. Make sure typically find your answer. • Untangle – Network security you read and understand the appliance. 2. Open source is mainly for terms of the license before you Linux geeks. Although I use start using the code in a project. Web Server Linux for many things, I am Do not taint your project with • Apache – Web Server currently writing this article on code that requires you to release Web Browsing a Windows XP machine using your source code unless you are an open source editor (Open planning to make your project • Firefox Office). When finished it will open source. On the other hand CRM (Customer Relationship be emailed through an open there is much BSD licensed code Management) source Windows version of the out there that is typically fine to • SugarCRM – This is a dual Thunderbird email client to a build a closed source project licensed product (Open source/ secure open source Linux mail on. It can be a great way to jump Commercial) server (postfix + dovecot). I am start your project. looking up information for this • Vtiger CRM – Open source, paid It is clear from the above that open article using the Open source support available. source software can and does have a browser “FireFox”. place in the corporate world. It is now 3. Open source is not used in large common to see a mixture of open Why as an Engineer I like Open Companies. Many of the largest source and commercial software in the Source software companies in the world are big corporate environment. Many of us have become engineers contributors to open source. because we like to know how things IBM, for example, is one of the What are some of the mature Open work and be able to improve on largest contributors to open existing products. Open source source. The most popular web Source software that you would software is the ultimate tinker toy server in the world is the open recommend ? for those of us who work in the source Apache server with about Some stable mature Open Source / BSD information technology field. We can 42% of the total market (http:// projects by function include: look at the internals of a product and www.news.netcraft.com/) . One understand how it works and make of the world’s most popular web Operating Systems (OS) improvements to it. scripting language is PHP (free • Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware and Some useful links license). Debian are all popular versions of 4. I will have to license the Linux. • http://apache.org application if it is made into a • OpenBSD (very secure Unix like OS.), • http://www.openbsd.org commercial product. By its very FreeBSD • http://www.freebsd.org nature open source licenses give Embedded OS / Mini Linux you access to the source code. • http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm The terms of the license cannot • Busybox (used in many Dlink be retroactively removed. If the products and some Vmware • http://www.vtiger.com products.) original author decides to make • http://www.busybox.net it into commercial product or • Damn Small Linux. (Complete OS • http://www.samba.org discontinues supporting it, you that takes about 50MB of space) and the open source community Mail Related • http://www.openssh.com still have the original code and • Postfix – Mail server are free to continue using it and • http://www.freshmeat.net improving it. • Dovecot – Secure IMAP server, also supports POP3. 5. Open Source is a new unproven • Thunderbird – Email client concept. Some of the most popular Open source/BSD • Squirrel Mail – Webmail client projects have been around a File Server long time. Apache has been the • SAMBA – Windows compatible file number one web server in the server. 28 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

A member on several APEGM committees over the years, John has also served as president of the Consulting Engineers of Meet Your New Manitoba for two years. He is or has been a member of professional engineering President - associations in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest John Woods, P.Eng. Territories, Nunavut and Yukon, practicing A. Erhardt, EIT engineering in all of these jurisdictions. He has also held “Designer” status with the Having been registered with APEGM Lightning Protection Institute, a not-for- in 1988, John worked for a handful of profit organization dedicated to ensuring engineering firms before co-founding that today’s lightning protection systems the Tower Engineering Group, a multi- are of the highest quality in all aspects from John Woods, P.Eng. disciplined firm. Then, in 2004 he design through to installation. ohn Woods graduated from the established Woods Engineering, which provided consulting services in electrical John has been involved in many energy University of Manitoba with his efficiency projects, and maintains a strong Bachelor of Science degree in engineering and power quality. Currently, J John is working as a Senior Electrical interest in energy production and usage, Electrical Engineering and then his Masters with a particular interest in sources of of Science in 1985. Running on a platform Engineer and Project Manager with KGS Group Consulting Engineers. alternative energy. This has led him to based upon strengthening and expanding engage in a PHD program in Mechanical the membership of APEGM, John was Since 2006, John has also been involved Engineering at the University of Manitoba, elevated to the role of President of APEGM with the University of Manitoba, in particular with a thesis centered on generating at the Annual General Meeting this past with the CCPE initiative to coordinate a electricity using the kinetic energy of flowing October. national approach to the Internationally rivers – without the need for a dam or any Born in Winnipeg, John moved to Kansas Educated Engineers Qualifications (IEEQ) fixed structure. City in 1963 when his father, a futures Program. “There is continued pressure on graduates to consider careers elsewhere, Should you meet him in passing, please grain trader, was transferred. John take the time to congratulate John Woods returned to Winnipeg in 1971, and while his and it is our duty to ensure that the opportunity to be an engineer in Manitoba on being elected as President for the professional travels have taken him not only Association. We look forward to the insight across Canada, but to the Philippines and is not missed by graduates nor are opportunities for new comers to satisfy the and ideas that he will bring forward in his the Ukraine, Winnipeg has remained his new role. home. requirements in the workplace.”

Association. Within APEGM she has been a member since 2005 and has played an active role in our Association as a member Meet Your New of the Safety Committee, member and past Chair of the Women Action Committee, and Councillor - was invited to be a guest luncheon speaker in 2007. She was also elected as a member Doina Priscu, P.Eng. of the Nominating Committee for the 2007 S. McFarlane, EiT to 2008 period. As a member of Council, Doina will be completing graduate studies at McGill contributing to a number of areas within the University in Montreal, she began work in Association to foster excellence through 1996 with CANMET, Natural Resources education and advanced development, Doina Priscu, P.Eng. Canada as a Research Scientist for the to promote the engineering profession Experimental Mine Val d’Or, Quebec until to the public, and to promote women’s oina Priscu is a new addition to 1999. After relocating to Manitoba, Doina contributions within the Association. APEGM Council as of the Annual joined Manitoba Labour and Immigration Through her actions, she hopes to DGeneral Meeting on October 23, in 2001 in their Workplace Safety and “encourage all engineers and geoscientists 2009. Doina holds two Master Degrees, Health Division, until 2007; while there she to inform themselves, debate the issues, one in Civil Engineering and one in Mining held different roles from Safety Engineer and be prepared to stand up and take a Engineering, as well as a Diploma in to Director Engineering and Ergonomics leading role in the public discussions of our Strategy and Leadership. She is currently Branch. day - it is our responsibility”. the Chief Mining Engineer for Mines Branch Manitoba Innovation, Energy and Mines. Doina has been very active in the Doina is married and has a ten year Engineering community as a member old son. She enjoys volunteering in the Doina began her career in Romania as of the Canadian Institute of Mining and community, either at her son’s school or a Design Engineer in the Dam Division its Winnipeg Chapter, the Manitoba participating in Folklorama Festival, which with a Romanian Engineering Consulting Prospectors and Developers Association, she has been involved with for the last eight firm. After relocating to Canada and Women in Mining, and the Canadian Dam years. WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 29

Athlete of the year, classical guitarist . . . and now Rhodes Scholar The University of Manitoba is honoured to announce that Tyler Grant, a student in 4th year engineering, is the recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship for 2010. This continues the excellent record for University of Manitoba students winning Rhodes Scholarships, bringing the total to 93 students, more than any other university in Western Canada. Grant is also the only Rhodes scholarship recipient from Manitoba this year. A highly motivated and driven student, Grant has his eyes set on becoming a biomedical researcher and an orthopaedic surgeon. He was moved to learn more about biomedicine after watching his grandfather’s recovery from hip replacement surgery. He finds orthopaedics a “worthy undertaking, particularly in light of the aging population and their expectation for mobility for life.” A graduate of Springfield Collegiate in Oakbank, Grant was not only good academically but was also athlete of the year six years in a row. He credits his high school physics teacher Kevin Kitching as a source of inspiration who made physics fun but also cared about the world, motivating and encouraging his students. In the Faculty of Engineering, Grant helps with student activities and works as a teaching assistant. He’s won numerous awards for his undergraduate research, presented papers at international conferences and will be graduating this coming Spring, likely near the top of his class. He also is active on volleyball teams, volunteers with a food bank and is a highly proficient classical guitarist, having performed at the master class level under international instructors. “I learn through repetition and instruction,” Grant notes. “I have good hands and I seem to be free of performance anxiety.” He adds: “Those gifts are traits that can help make a great surgeon.” As for how he has managed to excel in so many fields, Grant explains he is a “big fan of prioritization.” He actually has a large chalkboard in his bedroom on which he writes his tasks each week, ordering them from A through D. His mother is a dedicated special needs educator, while his father is a professor in agribusiness at the University of Manitoba. He has two sisters; one is in business at Queen’s University and the other is at the U of M in Environmental Design. “Our father taught us how to look for creative solutions to problems,” Grant notes. “His students sometimes call him the ‘Nutty Professor’ because he is a lot of fun to learn from and has a unique way of dealing with problems.” Grant’s altruism may stem from his family tree. His great-grandfather, Charles Smith Rutherford, was a recipient of the Victoria Cross at the age of 26. He singlehandedly captured two German pillboxes and 80 soldiers in The Great War, without firing a single shot. “He was actually a pacifist,” Grant says proudly. Although his career path may seem a bit unusual, Grant explains it this way: “One of the best engineering professors was originally a mechanic. His understanding of how machines worked allowed him to apply his knowledge in research, design and teaching. I want to do the same thing, learning the way in which bones and joints work and then being able to say, ‘I can fix that.’” Grant says that having had the benefit of an “exceptional learning environment,” he is motivated to “give freely” of his gifts in order to help others, as “gifts come with responsibility.”

Reprinted with permission from University of Manitoba 30 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009 alternating work and school for 3-month intervals during the five-year program.

Pep Talks: Why did you quit GM? CS: It was a tough decision at the time, but I knew I wanted to see the bigger picture of business. When you are at a company like GM, because of the sheer size of the company you can gain a tremendous amount of knowledge that goes very deep, but not necessarily very wide. In addition the business is very mature and competitive, with lots of talent. It is very difficult to make a significant impact. I wanted to remain in the manufacturing sector, but in a non-automotive environment. Pep Talks An opportunity came up at National Steel Car, in Hamilton, Ontario, which was a great fit for my career aspirations. The with Chris Stoddart company had the right balance between size and agility. It provided the opportunity to participate in the entire process of business, meeting the customer, designing and building their product, and supporting the product when it goes into service. I was able to gain diverse experience working closely with Sales, Supply Management, Manufacturing, Finance, and R. Minhaz, EIT Field Service. It was easier for the management team to make changes, because the processes were not as well defined as the automotive environment. he Pontiac GTO or Shelby Cobra may be history to many of us, but to Chris Stoddart, who hails from Georgetown, Ontario, those muscle cars were part of the inspiration Pep Talks: What is the earliest engineering interaction T that you think was a milestone in your professional career? to pursue a career in automotive engineering. If you walk down the hallway of the 2nd floor of New Flyer, on your left the nameplate holder reads Chris Stoddart, Vice President, CS: That would probably be my thesis project. I was very Engineering Services and if you step into the office to have fortunate that GM gave me a significant project, with the a chat with him you might think that he is that young man necessary budget and mentoring to be successful. I had who raced with you on Portage Avenue on Sunday night, or the opportunity to be the project engineer for the design, someone you just met at a sports arena. installation, and commissioning of completely new tooling for assembling rear suspensions. The project was very real; it His passion for cars influenced his decision to attend Kettering had to work in order to support building the 1994 Buick Regal University (formerly GMI Engineering & Mgmt Inst.) in Flint, and Chevy Lumina. I learned to deal with outside contractors, Michigan, where he graduated in 1994 as a Mechanical maintenance, and production operators in addition to learning Engineer with an automotive specialty. the basics of tooling design and robot programming. It was a great experience to have at young age. Eighteen years of engineering and management experience at General Motors (GM) and National Steel Car helped prepare him for his present position at New Flyer, which Mr. Stoddart has Pep Talks: What is the scope, in terms for engineering, for held since December of 2007. different engineering disciplines in the transit bus industry?

In his New Flyer office, on Kernaghan Avenue, Pep Talks asked CS: There are fantastic opportunities for engineers, Mr. Chris Stoddart (CS) – Why he went to engineering school? predominantly mechanical and electrical, in our company. The types of areas you can get exposure to include New Product CS: I have always enjoyed mechanical objects powered by Development; Production Engineering (where engineers make motors. I like to race. When I was a kid, I raced BMX bicycles, all the specific design modification to meet the needs of our and then I transitioned into racing motocross. I have always contracts), Manufacturing Engineering (which is essentially the loved cars. I was good at math and science, and when I liaison between product engineering and the shop floor with graduated from high school, I knew I wanted to get into a duties such as preparing the tooling, work instructions, labour mechanical engineering co-op position in the automotive standards, and safety procedures), and Field Service (dealing field. I chose a school that married those aspects nicely. GM, in with the customer with field concerns and participating in Oshawa, Ontario, sponsored the co-op program and it involved developing solutions to improve our products). It is a pretty WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 31 neat industry to be able to get exposure to so many areas of the CS: We are fortunate that product innovation has been part of business from the engineering perspective. the New Flyer DNA for many years. We promote an environment for continuous improvement. In order to remain competitive, it Pep Talks: What engineering excellence is keeping New is imperative that the products that we build tomorrow will be Flyer afloat when there is wide media speculation that the better than products built today. And the processes we develop golden era of the North American manufacturing industry is tomorrow will be better than the processes we have today. over with the collapse of the empire of General Motors? Proper communication of company strategy and how it relates to our product technology roadmap, helps people connect the CS: New Flyer is fortunate to be market leaders in an industry dots as to why we need to innovate. To complement the need that has not been as negatively impacted as automotive. The to innovate requires a well-developed cross-functional New economic turndown has actually caused bus ridership to Product Development process with dedicated resources. increase and in most cases, our buses are up to 80% federally funded in the United States. In addition, we currently have Pep Talks: If you were asked to give a piece of advice to a solid backlog. The engineering excellence helping us to those who are at the beginning of their engineering career, win business is a combination of our product innovation, what would it be? If an engineer finds themselves laid off, diverse product offering, and willingness to provide custom with difficulty finding a job, and has the option to further their engineering solutions to meet the exact needs of our education, would you direct them toward management-related customers. programs, or graduate engineering programs, and why?

Pep Talks: Historically when there was an economic CS: As far as advice at the beginning of an engineering career, crisis, there was opportunity and engineers came up with new it would be to spend some time in the engineering trenches innovations. What kind of innovation do you think we will see and try to get as much first-hand experience in different during this economic crisis from engineers? areas of the business. Try not to focus too much on upper advancement versus lateral experience. CS: There is no question when there is crisis there is opportunity. From an engineering perspective as it relates The education question really depends on the particular to the transit industry and New Flyer, I think you will see a individual, their background, and aspirations. While I strongly tremendous amount of innovation on either hybrid technology encourage education, people need to understand education or energy storage in general, combined with other technologies enhances the toolbox. You also require other tools to to improve fuel efficiency and lower lifecycle costs. complement the education.

Pep Talks: The word hybrid is like a phenomenon Pep Talks: Thank you very much for your time. in today’s world. What are the most significant features of New Flyer’s hybrid buses and what makes them unique in CS: Thank you. comparison to its competitors?

CS: One thing New Flyer brings to table is experience. We have had hybrid buses in service since 1997. The knowledge you obtain with that many years of experience certainly gives you an advantage. We offer hybrid buses in both gas and diesel, which are available with drivetrains with series and parallel configurations. We provide hybrid solutions across our entire product offering different bus lengths and styles and we continue to evaluate the latest hybrid providers to preserve our competitive advantage.

Pep Talks: As vice president of engineering, one of the things you have to do to keep New Flyer competitive in the market is to drive innovation. Tell us about how you encourage engineers toward innovation? What do you think would be the best environment to encourage innovation among engineers, or, if you believe different environments would suit different engineers, what type of environment would be best for you? 32 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009 Professions Act definition, which refers to “… the application of engineering principles …” I’m baffled at how a legal definition can be self-referential and Closing still be deemed useful, but that’s a discussion for another day. Notes A quick scan of other jurisdictions shows that four provinces have acts with a similar component to their definition, while four refer to the application of science. The Engineer’s Council for Professional Development, in the United States, also acknowledges science as the fundamental basis of engineering. The two other Canadian provinces simply have prescriptive lists of actions and works/systems that encompass engineering. If the Canadian associations of By: M. Gre engineers can’t come to an agreement goire, P.Eng. on describing our body of knowledge without the use of self-referential definitions, imagine how difficult it is What Do You Think As professionals, lay people regard us for the lay people around us to filter as possessing a firm body of knowledge our comments. Is the statement we just Canon 2.7 of our Code of Ethics states in the area we work in. They will made related to an “engineering matter” that “each practitioner shall refrain therefore defer to us when we express or is it simply the discussion of scientific from expressing an opinion publicly on our opinion on certain matters. In order topic of interest? The only way to be engineering or geoscientific matters to protect the public’s well being as clear is to treat all scientific matters (the without being qualified to do so”. At well as the reputation of the profession, foundation of our profession) the same first brush this seems like a fairly easy Canon 2.7 needs to be followed. way. directive to follow. A structural engineer who specializes in reinforced concrete But exactly what our body of The statements that risk causing isn’t going to design a connection knowledge entails is often a mystery problems are any that start with “I do/ detail for a glulam wood truss without for our friends and relatives, even if don’t think that …” or “I believe that having read the proper codes and they are professionals themselves. …” If we, as professionals, wish to take gained knowledge from a mentor or Simply ask one of them what the a stance on a scientific issue, it can peer. Nor would a geoscientist ever difference is between an architect only be done based on evidence of a consider specifying an HVAC system. and an engineer. Well, at least we as scientific nature. Therefore, if we can’t engineers understand what our body of support a statement by referring to a But the scenarios described above knowledge is. Or do we? study published on the topic, we need are already covered by Canon 2.1, to refrain from doing so. which states that “each practitioner I remember being told a long time shall possess the training, ability and ago that Engineering involves the experience necessary to fulfill the application of science, in which requirements of any engineering or case it would make sense that our geoscientific work undertaken”. The undergraduate program is a Science difference between the two canons degree. The Merriam Webster does lies in the term “expressing an opinion”, indeed define engineering as “the which implies conduct outside of application of science and mathematics one’s professional practice. The same by which the properties of matter and principal can be found in the codes of the sources of energy in nature are ethics of other professional associations. made useful to people”. This differs from the the Engineering and Geoscientific WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 33 The Brown Sheet

Detach page for posting Winnipeg’s New Water Treatment Plant After over 10 years of study, design, planning and construction the Date: January 12, 2010 new Winnipeg water treatment plant will come online towards the Time: 11:30 1.m. - 1:30 p.m. end of 2009. Cost: The treated water of this state-of-the-art plant will comply with $20.00 Pre-registration highest drinking water standards, reduce the risk of waterborne $25.00 at the door disease outbreaks, reduce the level of disinfection byproducts and $15.00 for APEGM improve taste and odor levels of the treated water. Student Members This presentation will give an overview about the background of the Location: Norwood Hotel, cities’ raw water quality and the treatment requirements; information 112 Marion St., Winnipeg, about location and lay out of the new facility; and an introduction to MB the various treatment processes of the plant. More information can be found on the APEGM website.

Annual Networking Dinner APEGM’s Annual Networking Dinner is held to help encourage Date: January 28, 2010 student engineers and geoscientists to become more involved in Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. their profession before graduation. Cost: The dinner features a delicious meal, presentation by Grant $75.00 Registration Koropatnick, P.Eng., and activities to encourage interaction $275.00 Table Sponsor between the students and professionals. Location: Canad Inns The Networking Dinner is a great way to promote yourself and your Fort Garry, 1824 Pembina company and support the future of engineering and geoscience in Highway, Winnipeg, MB Manitoba. Sponsorship opportunities are available through the APEGM office. Please contact Angela Moore at 474-2736 for more information.

Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week Activities At 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 5th, centre court of Kildonan Place Date: March 1 - 7, 2010 will host the kick-off of PEGW activities with the Proclamation Location: Kildonan Place of Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week by a member Shopping Centre, 1555 of the Provincial Government; a representative of the Faculty of Regent Ave., Winnipeg, Engineering, University of Manitoba; the President of Consulting MB Engineers of Manitoba; and, the President of APEGM. Saturday, March 6th, will feature the ever popular Spaghetti Bridge Building Contest. The Spaghetti Bridge competition is open to all school aged children. Contestants are required to follow specific contest rules. To enter the contest for 2010, you need to register on line or download the entry form from the APEGM website as a PDF file and mail or fax the completed from to the address on the form. Other activities during the three days include a variety of related activities for children and displays featuring engineering and geoscience through the University of Manitoba and other local companies. For more information, see the APEGM website. 34 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL WINTER 2009

APEGM Night at the Theatre In association with APEGM’s 90th Anniversary, APEGM will Date: March 22, 2010 be hosting two award-winning plays presented by NewStage Time: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Productions of Winnipeg that were performed at an International One-Act-Play Festival in the UK, May 2009. Cost: $10.00 In advance You Will Write, Won’t You? $15.00 At the door A senior teen living in a remote Saskatchewan farming community Location: The Park Theatre, tries to overcome her family’s and her boyfriend’s resistance to her 698 Osborne St., Winnipeg, plan to enroll in the Writers’ Institute in Banff rather than stay at MB home and work on the farm for the summer.

Sudoku Fever A mildly off-the-wall comedy in which a family in Minnedosa try to prevent their daughter from enrolling in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Manitoba. The Sudoku room has a hidden meaning for this family.

Tickets available in advance through the APEGM office and at the door. Contact Angela Moore at 474-2736 or [email protected] for more information.

APEGM’s 90th Anniversary ‘Birthday Party’ You are invited to take part in a come-and-go open house Date: March 27, 2010 ‘Birthday Party’ for the Association of Professional Engineers and Time: 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Geoscientists of Manitoba as they celebrate their 90th Anniversary. Come enjoy live music, activities for the whole family, tour of the Cost: Complementary new office building, and don’t forget the Birthday Cake! Location: The APEGM More information will be available on the APEGM website and in the Office, 870 Pembina Hwy., Spring 2010 issue of the Keystone Professional. Winnipeg, MB

CCWESTT 2010 Conference The Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Date: May 13 - 15, 2010 Trades, and Technology (CCWESTT) acts as a united voice for Time: 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. women across Canada in SETT (Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology) careers. Established in 1987, CCWESTT has grown Location: The Fairmont to include approximately 25 member organizations and represent Hotel, 2 Lombard Place., more than 20,000 individuals. The goals of the organization can Winnipeg, MB be summarized to include: sharing success stories, disseminating information, and providing consultation on pertinent policy issues. A conference provides the perfect opportunity to address all of CCWESTT’s goals. Approximately 400 attendees including women, men, students, academics, entrepreneurs, and professionals from the public and private industries will enjoy keynote speakers, professional development workshops, networking opportunities, panel discussions, presentations and fun activities. Topics for the two day conference will range from examining the growth and development of SETT professions, to opportunities to develop the variety of skills professionals require to advance their careers. For more information, see the conference’s website at www.ccwestt2010.ca WINTER 2009 THE KEYSTONE PROFESSIONAL 35

New Members Registered August, September, & October 2009

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