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Call for Nominations: Forest Engineering Award of Excellence The Forest Engineering Award of Excellence—sponsored jointly by APEGBC and the Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP)— recognizes excellence and promotes cooperation and leadership in forest engineering in the broadest sense. Nominees may be individuals, demonstrate or represent outstanding accomplishments in forest engineering. Individuals must be members of either ABCFP or APEGBC. Organizations and associations must be recognized as being associated with professional forestry, professional engineering or professional geoscience. To be eligible, projects must have been completed within the past two years and carried out by, or under the supervision of, a member of either association. Nominees must be either residents of BC or work for a BC-based firm, or the work must have been carried out in BC. A management, academic or research contribution, or the life work of an individual may also be considered. Nominations must contain the names and signatures of three registered members of either association, accompanied by a one- page statement of nomination outlining the reason(s) for the nomination, and supporting information such as CVs, project outlines, letters of reference and news clippings. The award is presented annually and alternates between associations; this year it will be presented by APEGBC in October at the 2013 annual conference in Whistler, BC. The nomination deadline for the 2013 Forest Engineering Award of Excellence is July 12, 2013. Details on the award criteria and nomination forms are available on the website at www. apeg.bc.ca/services/awards/awards. html. Further questions may be directed to Laurel Buss at lbuss@apeg.bc.ca or 604.412.6052. organizations or associations responsible for projects that

Volunteers Honoured with Engineers Canada Distinction On March 7, 2013 at the Coast Coal Harbour hotel, a number of APEGBC members were inducted as fellows of Engineers Canada by President Michael Isaacson, P.Eng., FEC, and CEO and Registrar, Ann English, P.Eng. The ceremony was emceed by Vice President, Mike Bapty, P.Eng., FEC, who congratulated the recipients and thanked them for their years of service to APEGBC and the profession of engineering. APEGBC is a constituent association of Engineers Canada, the national organization of the 12 provincial and territorial associations that regulate the practice of engineering in Canada. Engineers Canada Fellowships were created to identify and recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of the profession of engineering. For more information, visit www.engineerscanada.ca.

Fellowship of Engineers Canada Inductees Sean Abram, P.Eng., FEC Mohammad Afsar, P.Eng., FEC Yusuf Altintas, P.Eng., FEC Robert Armour, P.Eng., FEC Sheldon Cherry, P.Eng., FEC Jennifer Clarke, P.Geo., FEC (Hon.) Michael Currie, P.Eng., FEC Farmand Ghafari, P.Eng., FEC Victor Goncalves, P.Eng., FEC Donna Howes, P.Eng., FEC Michael Isaacson, P.Eng., FEC Steven Keyes, P.Eng., FEC Balvinder Khangura, P.Eng., FEC Randall Kovacs, P.Eng., FEC

John Lenahan, P.Eng., FEC Megan Leslie, P.Eng., FEC

Donald Littleford, P.Eng., FEC Phyllis MacIntyre, P.Eng., FEC Mahmoud Mahmoud, P.Eng., FEC Peter Marsh, P.Eng., FEC James Moors, P.Geo., FEC (Hon.) Claudia Ng, P.Eng., FEC John Perry, P.Geo., FEC (Hon.) Leonard Pianalto, P.Eng., FEC James Robertson, P.Geo., FEC (Hon.) Catherine Roome, P.Eng., FEC Shahabaddine Sokhansanj, P.Eng., FEC Kevin Smith, P.Eng., FEC Leslie Taggart, P.Eng., FEC Thor Tandy, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., FEC

Clarence Wong, P.Eng., FEC Michael Wilson, P.Eng., FEC Michael Wrinch, P.Eng., FEC

Craig Labas, P.Eng., FEC Jules Lajoie, P.Eng., FEC Jack Lee, P.Eng., FEC

Video Tutorial Available for Professional Development Tracking A new online video makes it easy for members to learn how to use the CPD Online Recording Centre to track their professional development hours. This short, five-minute video tutorial

walks the viewer through the online recording tool, which allows members to record and classify professional development activities into six eligible

categories. The Recording Centre assists with tracking the limits associated with the amount of professional development hours a member may claim, per category, per calendar year, displaying the remaining available hours left to be claimed when entering professional development activity. Through the Recording Centre, members can claim their professional development hours in the year in which they were earned, or carry them through to future reporting years. The tool also automatically tracks professional development hours accrued by members taking APEGBC seminars and can export data to an MS Excel spreadsheet, allowing members to easily modify the data to meet reporting requirements of other jurisdictions and professional bodies. The tutorial video and the CPD Online Recording Centre can be found on the APEGBC website at www.apeg.bc.ca/prodev/recording.html.

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