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What's the Scoop? together we will build the world’s best propulsion systems GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter April 3, 2017 Your phone is one of the quickest and easiest ways for scammers to reach you - do you know how to outsmart them? Don’t answer calls from any phone number you don’t recognize and hang up if you answer to an automated message Never give out sensitive personal or General Motors of Canada Named One of Canada’s Best financial information to anyone who Diversity Employers in 2017 calls you unsolicited Write up your own personal refusal General Motors of Canada has been named one of Canada’s th script such as "I don't make decisions Best Diversity Employers in 2017. Now entering its 10 year, without talking to my advisor." Put it Canada’s Best Diversity Employers recognizes employers across near your phone to empower yourself Canada that have exceptional workplace diversity and to shut down scammers inclusiveness programs. At GM Canada, we’ve built a culture of Double check the numbers of inclusiveness and a business environment based on inclusion, organizations you're attempting to call, mutual respect, responsibility and understanding. We and if you're ever feeling pressured to understand that diversity is a distinctive business advantage. make a decision quickly, hang up You can report unsolicited callers to the In addition to many diverse programs and three affinity groups Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) at supporting new hires, women and Asian-Indian employees, GM 1-888-495-8501. Canada maintains a longstanding Supplier Diversity Council which works with more than 200 certified minority and women- owned businesses in Canada and the United States. WHAT’S THE SCOOP? This competition recognizes successful diversity initiatives in a Tips to Outsmart Phone Scammers variety of areas, including programs for employees from five GM Canada Named a Best Diversity Employer in 2017 groups: (a) women; (b) members of visible minorities; (c) Show n’ Shine—Friday, August 4th persons with disabilities; (d) aboriginal peoples; and (e) lesbian, Employee Spotlight—I Still Drive My gay, bisexual and transgendered/transsexual (LGBT) peoples. First Car by Pete Birrell To learn more about the Best Diversity Employers award please Wildlife Habitat Update visit www.canadastop100.com/diversity. GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter Sam Hoodless | ext. 6619 | [email protected] Employee Information Hotline: 1-877-868-3895 | Employee Portal: www.gmstcatharines.ca GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 2 THE 19TH ANNUAL SHOW N’ SHINE CAR SHOW TAKES PLACE THIS YEAR ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 4TH! To help promote this event we’re looking for articles to share here in the Power Source and on the Employee Portal featuring your interesting vehicles! The following is a plant newsletter article originally printed in May of 1997, almost 20 years ago, about car show committee member Pete Birrell’s first vehicles, with a brief update about how the cars are faring now (spoiler alert—he still has them!). I STILL DRIVE MY FIRST CAR – by Pete Birrell, Supervisor, Facilities Engineering My first car was a 1929 Ford “Model A” that I bought in 1966 while I was still in high school. After responding to an ad for $275, I found the car in an old cow barn north of Burlington. The doors to the barn’s stone basement were nailed shut and the car was deep inside. You could barely see the flat black primer car as there was only one dim lightbulb in the born. The “A” started up immediately for the owner, and in no time flat I said “I’ll take it” and spent my summer’s fruit picking money. I returned on the weekend to pick it up and in the daylight I could see rough body filler covering paper bags stuffed into holes in the body. We towed it home with a rented tow bar. My dad had to show me how to start it. By chance, he had an identical ‘29 when my folks went on their honeymoon. The carburetor had to be choked each time it started and the fuel air mixture was controlled from the dash by rotating the choke rod. When I drove it to school, it leaked so much oil that I had to put a cake pan under it. After a week on the road I decided the car wasn’t reliable enough. I decided to change the engine and repaint the car in preparation for driving it to university in the near future. For the next two years the Model A was my regular transportation from St. Catharines to Waterloo. The car cruised at 45 MPH, was flat out at 60, but would go 65 coming down the escarpment on Highway #6. In those days the speed limit on the 401 was 70 MPH so I had to take the back roads to keep from getting run over by faster moving trucks. THE WINTER BEATER The Model A had no heater, no defroster and a single vacuum windshield wiper hanging from the top. When it snowed, snow would pack above the wiper until the wiper stopped working. After getting caught in a snow storm in 1968, I was forced to buy a “winter beater” - a ‘56 Ford Victoria. Like the ’29, I still own and drive the ’56 today. GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 3 Over the years the ’56 has changed many times. It’s had 12 engines, six transmissions (three and four speed standards and automatics), six rear-ends, four interiors, two frames and six complete paint jobs—all different colours. The latest engine is a 350 Gen I Chev built here in St. Catharines. In the ‘70s the car had a 428 CJ engine with dual carburetors and I raced it at both Cayuga and Niagara Drag Strips where it ran a best of 103 MPH in 13.8 seconds. In 1995 it still ran 94 MPH at Cayuga with the 350 on unleaded regular gas. The ’29 has also been painted a few times and today is powered by a classic Ford four-cylinder engine with vintage speed equipment putting out about 65 HP. Last summer both cars were driven to work alternately. This summer the ’56 will be daily transportation again. My kids are teenagers now and I need a bigger car. Later this summer I’ll be driving my current project, a 1962 Pontiac Parisienne four door hardtop with a Chev 400 engine. Working as an Environmental Engineer, I’m driven to keep recycling these old cars. A 2017 UPDATE (20 YEARS LATER!) In the ‘90s the Model A was driven regularly and also hauled the family go-kart. The car was driven to work at the Ontario Street Plant in the year of its 80th birthday. It’s currently waiting for a fuel pump replacement. The ‘winter beater’ ‘56 Ford has been refreshed again over the last five years with new paint and a ‘95 Corvette Gen II engine and four speed automatic transmission. The family size ‘62 Pontiac now has a fuel Injection Gen II 350 Chev engine with all of the emission components to meet Ontario’s “Drive Clean” requirements (this is a result of my current assignment as an Environmental Engineer at the plant). Both the ‘56 and ‘62 regularly make it to the annual GM Show n’ Shine event. By Pete Birrell Do you have an interesting car story to share? Help us promote the Show n’ Shine by featuring your story here! Contact [email protected] for more information. GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter 4 GM St. Catharines Spring 2017 Wildlife Habitat Update Tree Pruning and Birdhouses with Niagara College Students GM St. Catharines’ metal casting foundry closed in 1995. This provided space for the expanded engine manufacturing operation. As part of the closure project, the clarifiers and the spent foundry sand pile were remediated down to the clay base. Thousands of poplar trees were later planted because of their ability to quickly form a dense root network, thus preventing erosion. Today the 8,000 or so poplar trees thrive, averaging 20 feet in height. However, in this monoculture, biodiversity doesn’t exist which could lead to the depletion of the whole population if a disease was contracted in that species of tree (think of the ash tree and the emerald ash borer). Over the years the trees have not been maintained. The south yard is a prime candidate for wildlife habitat improvement projects with the Ecosystem Restoration students at Niagara College. The multi-year plan is to increase biodiversity by: Adding different tree species Removing phragmites (invasive perennial grass that looks like a feather duster) Pruning trees to make them healthier Constructing brush piles (to provide small animal shelter) And adding bird houses Motion sensor cameras and other evidence show that deer, coyote, wild turkey, rabbit and a plethora of birds and other animals are using this area. On February 8th, 17 students volunteered to prune the trees and build brush piles with the clipped branches. About 25% of the trees were pruned and six new brush piles were built. On March 22nd, 14 birdhouses for four species were assembled and decorated. The birdhouses will be installed in early spring and will target bluebirds, tree swallows, Carolina wrens and tufted titmouse. Do you know someone who deserves recognition? Do you have an interesting story to share? Contact [email protected] to see your story in the next Power Source! GM St. Catharines Employee Newsletter Sam Hoodless | ext. 6619 | [email protected] Employee Information Hotline: 1-877-868-3895 | Employee Portal: www.gmstcatharines.ca Copyright (c) 2017 by General Motors of Canada Company.
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