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THE PROFESSIOnAL EDGEISSUE 162 MAy/jUnE 2016 2016 Annual Meeting 2016 Annual Salary Survey Achieving a Safe and Prosperous Editorial provided by: Martin Charlton Communications Future through Engineering and #300 - 1914 Hamilton Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3n6 Geoscience T: 306.584-1000, F: 306. 584-5111, E: [email protected] Editor: Lyle Hewitt, Managing Director, Martin Charlton Communications E: [email protected] Design and Layout: jo Anne Lauder Publishing & Design, T: 306.522-8461, E :[email protected] Opinions expressed in signed contributions are those of the individual authors only, and the Association accepts no responsibility for them. The Association reserves the right to make the usual editorial changes in manuscripts accepted for publication, including such revisions as are necessary to ensure correctness of grammar and spelling. The Association also reserves the right to refuse or withdraw acceptance from or delay publication of any manuscript. 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POSTMASTER Deb Rolfes Return undeliverable copies to: The Professional Edge, APEGS, #300 - 4581 Parliament Avenue, Regina SK S4W 0G3 Staff Advisor Chris Wimmer, P.Eng., FEC Advertising in The Professional Edge It pays to advertise in The Professional Edge. you reach 5,000 P.Engs, P.Geos, Engineers-in-Training and Geoscientists-in-Training in Saskatchewan and 5,000 others outside Saskatchewan. Staff Advertising Rates and Mechanical Requirements Dennis Paddock, P.Eng., FEC, FCSSE, FCAE, FGC (Hon.) Advertising Rate, per dimensions (width x height) insertion. Colour as published. Film or electronic files. Executive Director and Registrar Electronic art must be at least 300 dpi in a JPEG, TIFF or EPS format. Kate MacLachlan, P.Geo., FEC (Hon.) COVERS 1x 3x 6x Director of Academic Review Outside back: $1,500 $1,500 $1,250 $1,100 Tina Maki, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) Director of Registration Inside Front/back: $1,200 $1,200 $1,000 $900 bob McDonald, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.), LL.b. 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Angela Foster - Senior Administrative Assistant Patti Haus - Registration Coordinator Submission Deadlines natasha Kabatoff - Administrative Assistant JULY/AUGUST 2016: july 1, 2016 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016: September 1, 2016 Karli Landry - Administrative Assistant Carla van Heerden - Academic Review Assistant Subscription Rates* Fan yang - Administrative Assistant Members and Licensees - Free. Others in Saskatchewan - $12/year. Elsewhere - $20/year. 3 Table of Contents Evolving I S S U E 1 6 2 Technology MAy/jUnE 2016 TRACK 1 Evolving Workplaces Sustainable TRACK 2 Solutions SRC Evolving Infrastructure President’s Message Evolving 05 TRACK 3 Professions TRACK 4 20 Member Profile Annual Meeting Track Sessions 22 APEGS View Professional Development Luncheon - 7 jesse Hirsh 25 Environment and Sustainability Committee On the Front Lines Against Fire - La Ronge 9 Area Forest Fires 28 2016 Annual Meeting 11 Fighting Crime by Design 30 2016 Award Winners 13 Creating Space for Half a Million People - 37 news beyond Our borders City of Saskatoon Growth Plan Time Talks and Space Speaks - non-Verbal 39 news From The Field 15 Communication 44 Calendar Of Events Sustainable Solutions from the 16 Saskatchewan Research Council 2016 Annual On ThE COvER - President Tara Zrymiak, Salary Survey P.Eng., FEC receives the emblems of office from Past President Margaret-Anne hodges, P.Eng., FEC 4 President’s Message And so it starts, but is it APEGS itself is also going through evolutionary stages. One of the really a start? Or is it an biggest changes was the welcoming of geoscientists into our fold with the resulting name change from APES to APEGS in 1997. The evolution? rapid growth in membership (from 5,400 in 2004 to over 12,400 in 2015) has necessitated a corresponding growth in staff (from 8 in lthough being sworn in as the APEGS 2004 to 18 in 2015). needless to say, all these people needed more president is a beginning of sorts, as I room so they were very relieved to move into the beautiful new look back on my experiences with office in Regina’s Harbour Landing in 2014. The Association has also AAPEGS I can certainly see the evolutionary made great strides in developing and clarifying organizational process. After moving back to objectives and strategic planning in order to ensure that we are all Saskatchewan from Alberta I became an working towards the same goals. Some other components of APEGS member in 2004 and then joined the growth include implementation of the licensee registration category, new K-12 Committee in 2005, followed by updating our awareness campaign, and the release of the new e- the Experience Review Committee in 2006. Edge. The most recent change for the organization is the retirement As my sixth year on the K-12 Committee of Executive Director Dennis Paddock after 23 years at the head. He approached its end in 2011, I was thrilled to has left APEGS in a strong position with a number of great people, be nominated for and subsequently elected and we will continue to grow and prosper with our new leadership. to Council, which also involved liaison The membership of APEGS – the engineers and geoscientists who assignments on the Awards Committee and live or work in Saskatchewan – is also continuously changing, the Connection and Involvement becoming more diverse both from within and from outside. We are Committee. I also had the pleasure of proud of the growth so far in membership numbers of Aboriginals chairing the Annual Meeting Planning and women in our professions, at the same time realizing that we Committee in 2013-2014. As the end of my still have a lot of work to do. APEGS has a number of dedicated and first three-year term approached, I was passionate volunteers and staff working in these areas. At the same looking forward to hopefully holding on to time, immigration continues to increase the number of members and my Council position but instead I was invited potential members who were educated outside of Canada. Much to run for vice-president. It took some work has been done and continues to be done to optimize the consideration, but I accepted the challenge, processes to register these competent and smart applicants, as we and was gratified to be elected to the position. The two years of vice-president recognize the benefit that this diversity can bring to the professions. and president-elect have been a whirlwind The constant evolution of our professions presents itself in many leading up to now – who knew evolution forms. There are certainly more distinct disciplines than there ever could happen so fast!? have been. For engineering, no longer are the choices limited to the 5 President Tara Zrymiak, P.Eng., FEC presented Christine Enmark, P.Eng. (left) and holly Annand, P.Eng. (right) with $7500 APEGS Member Grants to further their education in post-graduate studies. standard civil, mechanical, electrical and chemical. see what is happening elsewhere in the country when I Prospective engineers can also choose agriculture and attended the EGM Annual Meeting in Winnipeg last fall bioresources, computer software or hardware, and the Engineers Canada board meeting in Ottawa in environmental or various combinations of all of these in the February. There are many differences between APEGS and new and growing systems engineering disciplines. Similarly, the other associations, but we all have the same overall geoscience is no longer limited to geology and geophysics. goals and have much to learn from each other. One can now choose geochemistry, hydrogeology, Congratulations to our new vice-president, Stormy paleontology, petroleum geology or other emerging fields. Holmes, and our new councillors as you start on your Over all of these is the new and deeper examination of how journey. Also, welcome back to all of our returning all disciplines serve the public and address new challenges councillors; I look forward to a wonderful year working to enhance the safety and prosperity of everyone in our with you all. society. At the Professional Development Luncheon at the I want to express my sincere thanks to Dennis and Wendy Annual Meeting, the keynote speaker, jesse Hirsch ,made Paddock for their guidance, advice and encouragement bold predictions about how engineers and geoscientists are over the last few years, and I wish them good fortune in gaining power in our world, with the move from their new adventures.