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Since Congress, I have mainly been transitioning with Mark Grady. I contacted all our official partners to introduce Mark as well as every organization we are currently working with. I also continued to develop the relationship with potential partners. I had a meeting with Mark Abbott of Engineers Without Borders about CFES and the Engineering Change Lab. I also discussed with members of NSERC. Congress 2015 had a deficit and I have been mediating solutions on how to solve this. I have been communicating with the University of Manitoba Engineering Society (UMES) and the CFES Board of Directors to make… Read More

IT Commissioner – Final Update

Categories: Officer Updates

Priorities for next year are as follows: – Consider merging French and English versions of website under one content management system to make maintaining multilingual content easier. – Switch to portfolio-based email accounts for incoming executive. – Assess the future of the “Hub” or an alternative member communications platform. – Discuss expanding the membership database with the content that was formerly part of the questions database. Read More

CDE Activity Manager

Categories: Officer Updates

I have been transitioning sponsors to Kristina, finalizing payment with the hotel and closing the NCWIE 2014 bank account. I have not done much else as there has not been a 2016 bid accepted yet. Read More

Administration Commissioner – Final Update

Categories: Officer Updates

Work Plan – SPRING 2015 – COMPLETE Since my last update, I have continued to collect and sort all mail as necessary. Now that we have transitioned to online banking, the scanning-into-the-electronic-library-of-bank-statements is no longer necessary. All of my work for the financial audit has been completed. I have been actively tracking membership fees as they come in. The EngCan Qualifications Board Engineer-in-Training Committee is still active, and I participated in the committee’s teleconference since Congress, during which we revisited the Model Guide for EIT Supervisors (which has been an ongoing project of ours for a while now). Read More

National Councillors – Final Update

Categories: Officer Updates

Beth: I (with Anton) have finished the Policy Manual based on what was passed at Congress 2015. I have completed the in-house training package with Taylor based on Motion “Policy Manual – Inclusivity”, clause BIFRT: The ICE Chairs, Elizabeth Croteau & Taylor Standring, develop an in-house training package in inclusivity awareness and safe space concepts for the officer team, to be approved by the Board of Directors at Spring Meeting 2015. My major projects this year were the inclusivity task force with Taylor, which included consultations, the ICE report, policy development, and the Inclusive Conference Planning Handbook; and the policy manual,… Read More

Corporate Relations Commissioner – Final Update

Categories: Officer Updates

Updated the CFES sponsorship database and moved it to Google Drive to make it easier to share amongst Activity Managers and future Corporate Relations Commissioners Worked with Engineers Canada to get engineering student volunteers to attend their NEM event on Parliament Hill Had a great time serving as the Corporate Relations Commissioner and am transitioning Zenon Kripki to take on the role for next year… Read More

VP Finance and Administration – Final update

Categories: Officer Updates

Throughout the 2014-2015 year, the VP Finance and Administration performed the duties summarized below. -Performed an external audit of the organization with Deloitte -Transitioned the CFES under the new NFP Corporations Act -Established online banking for all CFES bank accounts -Created an Activity Finance Handbook -Revamped the Finance section of the Policy Manual -Fixed problems with the use of bank accounts -Collected membership fees and outstanding fees -Distributed 2015-2016 membership fee invoices -Performed all general finance roles including writing checks and making deposits… Read More

Engineering Change Lab

28 March 2015

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Alexandra Guay, our outgoing Quebec ambassador, represented the CFES at the launch of the Engineering Change Lab (Eng Lab). Many participants united to find solutions to address lack of diversity, failures of ethics and professionalism, poor record of innovation, inflexibility in the academic system and others issues of the engineering profession in Canada. You are welcome to read her report and a short description of the event. Eng Change Lab Overview Document Engineering Change Lab Report [EN]… Read More

Engineers Canada Board Meeting February

24 February 2015

Categories: Officer Updates

Engineers Canada Board Meeting – February 22-24 in Ottawa, Ontario There were a lot of topics discussed and here is the list of the main topics relevant to CFES. NSERC will have public consultations about their Strategic Plan this summer. CFES will have a copy of that report and will have the opportunity to comment on it. The report will be made available to our members as soon as we receive it. The CFES will look at the Underemployment report produced by the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and the International Engineering Graduate program by Engineers Canada and the Canadian government and update… Read More

2015 James Dyson Award

9 February 2015

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