2025 Ingenium Professional Development Conference - Starting Next Week! - November 18 - November 20, 2025
This year, Ingenium 2025 turns the spotlight Local, highlighting Manitoba's unique challenges, innovations, and opportunities. The event combines live sessions, interactive discussions, and on-demand access for ultimate flexibility and value. Conference registration includes: access to 15 live keynote sessions, interactive workshops, and seminar sessions (all virtual); exclusive on-demand sessions, available any time; an in-person networking event on Thursday, November 20, 2025; and recordings of all sessions available for 90 days. EngGeoMB registrants receive a $75 discount.

For more details, check out the Ingenium website and register online today.

By-law 18.2 Liability Insurance Requirements for Professional Members and Licensees Practising as Sole Proprietors
At the 2024 Annual General Meeting, changes to By-law 18.2 were passed, making it a requirement for all professional members, temporary licensees, and specified scope of practice licensees (SSPL) who are practising individually ("sole proprietors"), to hold professional liability insurance. This change aims to better protect the public, clients, and practitioners. Sole proprietors have until December 31, 2025, to comply with the new requirements and will be required to hold the same insurance as Certificate of Authorization holders, the details of which are set by Council. For more information, please read the full news story.

Join the Circular Mentorship Program
The Circular Mentorship Program is a year-long program that unites practitioners in engineering and geoscience professions and build trusting relationships among less experienced and more-experienced members together, to offer guidance, support, and encouragement aimed at developing the competence and character. Registration opens on Friday, November 14, 2025, and ends on Monday, December, 15, 2025. For more information, please see the Circular Mentorship Program webpage.

Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) Industry Survey
The Manitoba Construction Sector Council is currently facilitating a project to better understand the current state of existing workforce and equipment capacity for the GSHP industry. The survey will only take five minutes of your time and will provide valuable context needed to develop a roadmap to facilitate improvements for this increasingly in-demand industry. The deadline for responses is Monday, November 24, 2025. The intended audience of this survey is companies either currently providing products or services in Manitoba's ground source heat pump (GSHP) / geothermal industry or companies that has the potential to move into this space.

Registration Committee
The Registration Committee is a committee of Council, responsible for conducting the final review of applicants and interns moving forward towards final registration and licensure. The committee is currently looking for a professional geoscientist (P.Geo.) to participate in applicant reviews and monthly meetings. The application deadline for this opportunity is Thursday, November 27, 2025, end of day. For full details, please review the call for volunteers.

Filipino Members Chapter Presents: Annual Holiday Gala and Fundraising Event - Saturday, November 29, 2025
Join the Filipino Members Chapter for an evening of celebration, community, and giving at their Annual Holiday Gala and Fundraising Event on Saturday, November 29, 2025, at the Philippine Canadian Centre of Manitoba. Themed Forged in Excellence, this smart casual affair begins at 7:00 p.m. and promises a memorable night of culture, connection, and support. For more information, please read the event listing.

Building Code: Spatial Separation and Exposure Protection - Friday, November 21, 2025
Spatial separation rules drive big design decisions: how close a building can sit to a property line, how much glass you can use, and what level of fire resistance your walls need. This session cuts through the code language and shows you how to apply Subsection 3.2.3 of the 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBC) on real projects. For more information, please see the full event listing.