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Branches Off to a Quick Start in January APEGBC’s branches play a vital role in the professional community. They are a touch point for communication and interaction between the Association and members in their home regions of the province. Here is a snapshot of branch activities during the months of January and February. Career Awareness Members of the Central Interior Branch visited five elementary schools from January to the end of February, reaching 150 students. The Sea to Sky Branch also spent time on career awareness, visiting with 35 students. These visits allow members to connect with youth, raising awareness about engineering and geoscience as a career choice. Branch Events Presentations with breakfast/lunch/dinner meetings are popular branch activities, providing members with a casual forum for networking and professional development. Presentations were held on the following topics: the Ajax mine project currently underway near Kamloops, (South Central Branch), Mechatronics (Fraser Valley Branch), Canfor Pulp Mill Upgrades (Central Interior Branch), Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver Branch). The Victoria Branch hosted a Robbie Burns Night supper with presentations on engineering in Scotland. Other branch meetings included a Vice President’s dinner in February organized by the Richmond/Delta Branch, and two EIT/GIT information nights hosted by the South Central Branch and Burnaby/New Westminster Branches respectively. Branch-hosted tours are also popular events and included visits to the Canada Line, Armtec, landfill disposal sites, Vernon’s new library, the HeliOne facility, and the Enviromental Testing Chamber at the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation. These tours were organized by the Richmond/Delta, Sea to Sky, Vancouver, Okanagan, Vancouver Island, and Tri-City Branches. To find out more about branch events in your area, visit www.apeg.bc.ca/branches/.

This special pictorial feature, published annually in the July/August issue of Innovation, showcases the diverse activities of BC’s professional engineers and geoscientists both at home and abroad. Submissions relating to all engineering and geoscience disciplines are encouraged. Members or companies may submit photographs of projects undertaken during the past 12 months, within or outside BC, employing APEGBC members. Photographs may be original colour prints or high-resolution digital image files. Before submitting your project for consideration, please view the details on submission requirements, including specifications for digital images, at www.apeg.bc.ca/go/pictorial/. Photos must be accompanied by a caption of no more than 150 words in MS Word format that describes the project and identifies the owners and professionals involved. Members are also encouraged to describe the innovative or sustainability aspects of their particular project. Members working for large companies are recommended to coordinate their project submissions to avoid multiple or duplicate submissions. The deadline for photographs, complete with captions, is Friday, May 11, 2012. Please direct all submissions to Innovation at the Association office in Burnaby by mail, or by e-mail at pictorial@apeg.bc.ca. Questions about the pictorial feature may be directed to Melinda Lau, Managing Editor at (604) 412-4866. 2011/2012 Project Highlights: Call for Submissions Deep Bay Marine Field Station

Forest Engineering and Geoscience Bursary The Division of Engineers and Geoscientists in the Resource Sector (DEGIRS) is pleased to offer a $2,000 bursary aimed at advancing engineering and geoscience education and practices in BC. The bursary is intended to provide financial assistance to students in an accredited post-secondary or post-graduate

For additional information please contact David Holland PEng RFP at dholland@ dwbconsulting.ca. DEGIRS aims to advance all aspects of engineering and geosciences in the resource sector, partly by providing opportunities and venues in which to share information and resources. The division works to guide the development and maintenance of standards of practice for professional engineers and geoscientists working in the resource sector, and to promote high standards of practice in this area. More information on DEGIRS and its activities is available at www.degirs.com.

program at a degree-granting institute in BC. Studies should relate directly to professional engineering and/or geosciences/ geotechnique in the resource sector. The deadline to receive applications is June 30, 2012 . Bursary application guidelines are available at www.apeg.bc.ca/ students/scholarships/degirsbursary.html.

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