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Elsewhere - $20/year. 3 Table of Contents I S S u E 1 6 1 marCH/aprIl 2016 05 president’s message 16 member profile 7 20 annual meeting and Prevent, Detect, Respond: professional Development SnC-Lavalin overhauls ethics and compliance Conference program 27 2016 awards Winners 29 apEGS View 9 On ethics and ethical support 31 Use of On-line profile In conversation with APEGS Deputy Registrar Bob McDonald 32 College Corner 33 apEGS member Guilty of professional misconduct 11 Corruption in Montreal 35 assessing and applying OIQ makes changes to better protect Sustainability in remediation the public projects 37 News From the Field 41 News beyond Our borders 14 Against technology doping Sean Maw holds a higher standard 44 Calendar of Events for amateur sport 4 president’s message What does it mean to be a exercises that pointed out the differences in their code between when the association was formed in 1920 and the present. The person of good character? session also involved thought experiments to illustrate that acting ethically can vary, depending on the order of events and the vantage point from which a situation is viewed. So what to do? I have been talking to many people about writing this message for The Professional Edge and a couple of themes have risen to the top. First and foremost, we must all talk about this subject. In would argue that being of good our modern, busy lifestyles, many of the traditional forums for character is an expectation of a having these discussions have disappeared from our day-to-day professional person. We all know good activity. That is why it is crucial for an organization like apEGS to lead Icharacter when we see it, but it’s a those discussions with the membership. In a way, this is our second challenge to put that down on paper. apEGS themed Edge on the topic of ethics, because Continuing professional is in the process of reviewing the definition Excellence and reporting is an activity that gives each of us time to in our Good Character Guidelines, and it’s contemplate, and states to our world that as a professional, “I am taking a lot of time to draft and reflect on responsible; I act with integrity in my promise to be up to date on my because the meaning of good character professional skills; and I am honest in making that claim.” changes with time. Second, being a member of good character and in good standing Ethics is at the heart of the matter, and in with apEGS benefits each of us personally. as professionals, we this issue of The Professional Edge that topic benefit from the collective public’s vision/view of engineers and will be explored. In fact, the issue of ethics geoscientists as honest and trustworthy people. We know from our within the professions has been a constant public surveying about the professions that we are highly regarded topic of conversation across the country at for what we do. This is valuable but, as with anything that is of value, our sister Constituent associations’ annual there is a risk of it being lost when as professionals we do not act or meetings and at Engineers Canada. and it are seen not to act ethically and in the best interest of the public. as should be a topic of constant conversation, you will read in this issue, some of the saddest tragedies resulting because while the definition may evolve the from engineering project failures of the last few years across the need stays the same. country were more about the failure to act ethically than a failure of an excellent professional development technical skills alone. session at Engineers and Geoscientists This is my last message for The Professional Edge. I would like to give manitoba’s annual meeting featured my thanks to a number of people for their support over the last year. 5 First, a thank you to the membership having a medical doctor and a p.Eng. at home as role models, I have always known that I wanted to be a for placing confidence in me to take professional person. I am very fortunate to have chosen on this role and represent you engineering, and a p.Eng. is who I am and what I will remain. I also hope I have made my grandfather (Sam provincially and nationally. It has Goodfellow) proud. as a machinist, inventor and entrepreneur, today he would have been a licensee been a great honour and pleasure to member. perhaps he would have fulfilled his dream of serve you. studying engineering had he not been diverted from that goal by the First World War a century ago. Second, my thanks to Dennis and Wendy paddock for their and thanks also, to my husband and daughter, Ed and mentorship throughout the year of leading Council, alice Willett. You have both successfully managed to keep travelling the country and understanding the issues of our the home fires burning while I have been away, whether professions from regional and national points of view. as that be travelling or trying to get everything caught up on you may know, Dennis is retiring from apEGS this year. He the weekends at work. Thank you for helping me “do it will be greatly missed by staff, Council and the all!” membership. Dennis, I want to wish you and Wendy happiness in your next set of adventures. Third, I would like to again thank my employer, SaskTel, for its support of my professional activities, and I know that the experience I have gained this year will help me do a Previous page: L-R Engineers Canada representative Dwayne A. better job at work! Gelowitz, P.Eng., FEC; President Margaret Anne Hodges, P.Eng., FEC; President-Elect Tara Zrymiak, P.Eng., FEC; Dennis Paddock, P.Eng., Finally, to my family: at many speaking engagements, FEC, FCSSA, FCAE, FGC (Hon.) when I discuss what it means to be a professional person, I talk about the examples set for me by my parents, Dr.