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Stand Out From the Crowd Nominations Now Open for APEGBC Awards Nominations are now being accepted for APEGBC’s President’s Awards, Environmental Award, Sustainability Award, and Mentor of the Year Award. These awards will be presented at APEGBC’s 2016 Annual Conference, October 21–22, in Victoria, BC. APEGBC President’s Awards Nominations accepted until Friday, April 15, 2016 APEGBC needs your help to identify deserving professionals within the engineering and geoscience community who serve as role models, excel at what they do, and inspire others. The APEGBC President’s Awards are British Columbia’s top honours for professional engineers, professional geoscientists and licensees. The awards recognise the exemplary and outstanding professional, technical and community contributions of APEGBC members and allow the association to showcase the professions to the public. Award winners are selected by a committee of APEGBC members, based on nominations submitted by their peers. APEGBC members can be nominated within the following award categories: meritorious achievement, community service, professional service, and teaching at the post-secondary level. A fifth award, the Young Professional Award, recognises an individual not older than 35 years of age who combines professional achievement, community service and professional service early in their career. The R.A. McLachlan Memorial Award and the C.J. Westerman Memorial Award are APEGBC’s premier awards for engineering and geoscience, respectively, and recognise those who have made significant contributions to their profession throughout their careers. Award terms of reference and nomination procedures are available at apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/Awards. Questions about the President’s Awards can be directed to Laurel Buss, APEGBC Communications Officer, lbuss@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.6052. APEGBC Sustainability Award Nominations accepted until Friday, March 11, 2016 From innovative processes that do more with less to adaptive measures that address an uncertain climate future, APEGBC engineers and geoscientists practise at the leading edge of sustainability. APEGBC recognises these leaders through the annual Sustainability Award as a means to celebrate and share positive contributions to a sustainable future. Any project that demonstrates a commitment to, and understanding of, the concept of sustainability and/or has applied one or more of the APEGBC Sustainability Guidelines is eligible. The APEGBC Sustainability Committee welcomes nominations from sustainable projects large and small. Nomination process details and awards criteria are available at apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/ Awards. Please direct questions about the Sustainability Award to Harshan Radhakrishnan, P.Eng., APEGBC Practice Advisor, hrad@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.6054.

APEGBC Environmental Award Nominations accepted until Friday, March 11, 2016 APEGBC’s Division of Environmental Professionals encourages submissions for the Environmental Award, highlighting professional engineers’ and geoscientists’ roles in responsible environmental management, environmental protection, and sustainable development. Nomination process details and awards criteria are available at apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/Awards. Please direct questions about the Environmental Award to Laurel Buss, APEGBC Communications Officer, lbuss@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.6052. APEGBC Mentor of the Year Award Nominations accepted until Friday, April 15, 2016 APEGBC’s Mentor of the Year Award recognises excellence among mentors in BC’s engineering and geoscience community. Mentorship plays a key role in supporting a successful career in engineering and geoscience. Nominees must be a mentor in the APEGBC Mentoring Program. Nomination process details and awards criteria are available at apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/Awards. Please direct questions about the Mentor of the Year Award to Amit Plaha, APEGBC Mentoring Program Coordinator, aplaha@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.4885. APEGBC/ABCFP Forest Engineering Award of Excellence Nominations accepted throughout the year The Forest Engineering Award of Excellence, sponsored jointly by APEGBC and the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP), recognises excellence, cooperation and leadership in forest engineering. The award is presented annually and alternates between associations. The ABCFP will present the 2016 award. Nominees may be individuals, organisations or associations responsible for projects that demonstrate outstanding accomplishments in forest engineering. Nomination procedure details and awards criteria are available at apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/Awards.

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