Events

Scholarship Program   Each year, in partnership with Manulife and TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, we award six cash prizes totalling $60,000 to professional engineers returning to university. The deadline for all scholarship submissions is March 1, 2019. There are two types of scholarships: Engineers Canada-Manulife Three scholarships valued at $12,500 each to support Canadian  engineers returning to university for further study or research in an engineering field. Engineers Canada-TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Three scholarships valued at $7,500 each to support Canadian engineers returning to university for further study or research. Your studies must be in a field other than engineering,…

Engineers Canada is pleased to partner with Risk Sciences International (RSI) to offer this online version of the introductory workshop on the PIEVC Protocol for infrastructure climate risk and vulnerability assessment. This workshop will provide participants with information about, and practice with Engineers Canada’s PIEVC Engineering Protocol, a practical tool and process that systematically assesses the risks of extreme weather and future climate on public infrastructure. Developed between 2007 and 2012 in partnership with Natural Resources Canada, the Protocol is a structured procedure using standard risk assessment science to assess and fully document the vulnerability of infrastructure to the impacts…

Friday, January 25, 2019 1:00–4:00 DISPLAYS & PRESENTATIONS 4:00–6:00 RECEPTION Explorer Hotel, Yellowknife Connect with representatives from various FF&E suppliers, including headliners Wissner-Bosserhoff and Herman Miller. See healthcare furniture and join presentations: The Therapeutic Value of a Homelike Environment Under Pressure: Looking for Answers Through Workplace Design Workplace Strategy: New Metrics of Place REGISTRATION: Free (limited seating) To register, email contact@nwtaa.ca

Violence against women and girls remains a worldwide phenomenon. To commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the Status of Women Council will be hosting a December 6th vigil. The special event will pay tribute to the 14 women that lost their lives during the Montreal massacre 29 years ago. The vigil will also be an opportunity to acknowledge the countless women and girls that are victims of gender-based violence. The Status of Women Council welcomes you to join them in remembering those we have lost as a result of violence and to declare an…

Our first webinar series was such a success that ACEC, in association with DFS, have partnered together again to create a second series of webinars to help young professionals develop skills essential for a successful career as a consulting engineer. The topics covered in the series are outlined below. REGISTER HERE Registration: Register for sessions separately, or take part in all four and receive a certificate of completion.  Pricing: Each session is $100 per participant plus tax for members, and $150 plus tax for non-members. Register for all four sessions for only $300 per participant plus tax for members, and…

Description The Northern Centre for Sustainability (NCFS) will be built in downtown Yellowknife, and will act as a living lab and innovation hub. The building will demonstrate cutting-edge building technologies, and be the first Living Building in Canada’s North. The NCFS will be carbon-negative and energy, water, waste, and people-positive. It will be a hub in which knowledge will move between isolated northern indigenous communities, Ecology North, the Yellowknives Dene First Nation, and participating universities. This project will actively promote technology replication and develop the building retrofit economy in Canada, and be the first project of its kind in the…

NAPEG award nominations are now open. We encourage you to notify your staff of this exciting way to highlight the great work you’re doing and to honour your professional engineering and geoscience members who make up your teams. Award Terms of Reference and Nomination Form

NAPEG award nominations are now open. We encourage you to notify your staff of this exciting way to highlight the great work you’re doing and to honour your professional engineering and geoscience members who make up your teams. Award Terms of Reference and Nomination Form

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the SWE Toronto affiliate, in partnership with Engineers Canada and Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), invite you to join fellow engineering students, engineering graduates and professional engineers on Saturday November 17, 2018 for an interactive day with a focus on Emotional Intelligence. This workshop will be held at Vantage Venues, 150 King St W, Toronto, ON M5H 1J9, Canada, from 9:00am – 1:30pm and is open to all university students and professionals. Thank you to our generous partners, OSPE and Engineers Canada for making this event possible!

A “WHAT IF” History of Yellowknife Ryan Silke Yellowknife Historian Yellowknife Historical Society From rocks to riches…Yellowknife’s success has been in part thanks to the minerals beneath our feet. But what if the gold credited with kick-starting the community back in 1934 never existed? What if the city lost its bid to become capital of the NWT in 1967? What if the diamond deposits that have sustained our economy for the past twenty years were never found? This unconventional talk looks at the keystone events in Yellowknife’s history and then discusses the consequences on the community if they did not…