With impressive loads and enthusiastic students, the 2022 Spaghetti Bridge Competition marked another successful year for this annual Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba event. While streaming live on March 23, Association volunteers broke 143 trusses that were designed by 286 Manitoba students ranging from grade 3 to grade 12. The strongest bridge this year was built was made by a group of grade 7 students from Bruce Middle School holding an impressive weight of 172.6 kg. To read more about this year's event, please click the
news story.
The Association has improved its registration process to
provide a more equitable, transparent, consistent, and efficient process for
applicants. Validators play a key role in competency-based assessments and
would benefit from learning the updated process in the steps towards
professional registration. A virtual information session took place on March
24, 2022, which allowed supervisors and managers who anticipated validating
applicants' work to learn more about the validator role and ask any questions
they had of the Association's Admissions Team. A recording of this session is
now available. For more information, please visit the
news story.
Three 90-minute courses which explore climate change
resilience in infrastructure are now available to view online, having been
hosted by the Association as part of the Building Regional Adaptation Capacity
and Expertise (BRACE) program. The BRACE program's main goal is to address one
of the critical barriers, currently limiting action to reduce climate change
impacts in Canada, which is knowledge and tools and the appropriate capacity to
apply them effectively. For more information regarding the courses, please visit the
news story.
Manitoba
Schools Science Symposium (MSSS)
MSSS is Manitoba's largest science fair and is taking
place virtually from Friday, April 22 to Sunday, April 24, 2022. Students
from grades 4 to 12 will showcase their projects for a chance to win medals,
awards, and scholarships. The Association is looking for volunteers to assist
in judging engineering and geoscience projects for the Association's Special
Awards. Volunteers can be a P.Eng., P.Geo., or an Intern with strong
communication skills, ability to work well with others, and must be flexible.
The ability to judge projects in French is an asset. Please see the
call for volunteers for details.
Co-Working Sessions for Interns Who Are Women and Gender-Diverse -
April 14, 2022As part of the Association's strategic commitment to achieve Council policy End 5: Practitioners Reflect the Diversity of the Public, Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba is launching support co-working sessions for women and gender-diverse interns. Learn more about this session and register online via the
event
listing.
In this virtual 60-minute session, attendees will be introduced to the key ingredients to ensure electronic document reliability from a legal perspective, the different signature technologies available on the market and the varying levels of reliability of each, what is specific about EngGeoMB's digital signature certificates, its benefits, and how it is used to authenticate professional work products in accordance with EngGeoMB Guidelines for Use of Professional Seal. For more information, please visit
the
event page.
The Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO) 2022 Virtual Symposium is an opportunity to engage with fellow practitioners regarding issues affecting geoscience practice. We present four themes pertinent to everyone: intersectionality of Reconciliation with diversity and inclusion, professionalism, communication, and sustainability and climate change. Learn more about this symposium and
register online via the
event listing.
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