haunted tour still fun after 10 years!
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Haunted Tour... Still Fun After 10 Years!
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EDITOR: Andrew McLeod, CEO
APEGNB StaffChief Executive OfficerAndrew McLeod, FEC (Hon), FGC (Hon)[email protected]
Director of AdministrationRachael Christenson, FEC (Hon), FGC (Hon)[email protected]
Director of Professional Affairs & RegistrarCarol MacQuarrie, [email protected]
Director of RegistrationKate Sisk FEC (Hon), FGC (Hon)[email protected]
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APEGNB Executive and CouncilPresidentJeffrey Underhill, PEng
Vice-PresidentSerge Dupuis, PEng
Engineers Canada DirectorJean Boudreau, PEng, FEC
Geoscientists Canada DirectorMike Parkhill, PGeo, FGC
Fredericton CouncillorSpencer Devereaux, PEng
Moncton CouncillorMaryse Doucet, PEng
Saint John CouncillorMarlo Rose, PEng
Northwestern CouncillorKeith Brideau, PEng
Northeastern CouncillorPhilippe Landry, PEng
Geoscience RepresentativeMatt Alexander, PGeo
Public RepresentativesLise Landry, LLBVasu Sivapalan, LLB
At Large CouncillorsMichelle Paul-Elias, PEngHolly Young, PEng
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Front Row (L to R): Philippe Landry, PEng; Holly Young, PEng; Maryse Doucet, PEng; Michelle Paul-Elias, PEng; Vasu Sivapalan, LLB; Serge Dupuis, PEng; Keith Brideau, PEng
Back Row (L to R): Matt Alexander, PGeo; Spencer Devereaux, PEng; Jeff Underhill, PEng; Jean Boudreau, PEng; Mike Parkhill, PGeo; Lise Landry, LLB, Andrew McLeod, CEO
Absent:Marlo Rose, PEng
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WINTER 2018PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
It’s hard to believe my year as President of APEGNB will soon be coming to a close. The summer is typically a slower time of year how-ever we’ve managed to find plenty of things to keep us busy!
Back in June, as part of the CSCE conference in Fredericton, I attend-ed a plaque unveiling marking the William L. Barrett Water Treat-ment plant as a National Historic Civil Engineering Site. There was an excellent turnout even with the poor weather, and it was truly a pleasure to get a picture with the five past-presidents of our association who were in attendance.
The planning for our centenary celebrations continues. A commit-tee has been named and it will be chaired by Michelle Paul-Elias, PEng, FEC. We will be giving a full update on this major undertaking at the 2019 annual meeting in Febru-ary, and a big thanks to our volunteer committee for all the work they’ve put in already. Five of our sister asso-ciations across the country will also be marking 100 years in 2020 so it will be an exciting year for engineer-ing in Canada!
August saw our Council meet for a couple of days to explore and
update our strategic plan. This is always a highlight and we were pleased to welcome Christina Comeau back once again to facilitate the sessions. Christina is a profes-sional facilitator and a former staff member of Engineers Canada which makes her a great fit to work with our group. This year we were due to revisit the plan from top to bottom and reaffirm our directions. After a great discussion we narrowed our strategic directions to (in no partic-ular order): Diversity and Inclusion; 2020 Centenary; Sustainability of the Profession; and, a review of our Certificate of Authorization.
With respect to Diversity and Inclusion, Council has recently approved the hiring of a Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator on a one-year contract. This is a new position for our Association and we’re excited to see progress on this important file over the next year. This new employ-ee will work closely with the D&I committee!
Fall sees the annual meetings for two of our neighboring associations. Nova Scotia hosted their Annual Meeting and professional develop-ment day in September in Halifax. Selfishly, the highlight for me was attending a PD session co-hosted by APEGNB’s own Maggie Sto-thart, PEng discussing indigenous consultation. As you would expect there were plenty of questions from
the crowd, this is an emerging topic whose prevalence is only going to increase in the years to come. Engi-neers PEI will once again be hosting their annual meeting in November and although the weather is chilly they put on a great program.
On a sad note, we recently lost a long-time friend of the association in Richard Scott, QC, FEC (Hon). I call myself fortunate as I got to know Richard during his time on our Council and, although he had moved on to other volunteer work, he continued to work with APEG-NB on legal matters. He will truly be missed both in the engineering and legal communities.
Lastly, Council this year decided to schedule our October meeting to coincide with the ‘Haunted Tour’ put on by our Fredericton branch. It had been a number of years since Coun-cil had attended so we were due. This event is well known throughout Fredericton and although we at-tended early on the first night, it was already lined up out of the doors of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. It’s amazing to see the effort put in by all the volunteers to create the Tour every year, not to mention staying in character for hours on end host-ing streams of unsuspecting guests. Thanks to all for keeping this great event going for ten years!
President’s MessageJeffrey Underhill, PEng
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Message du présidentJeffrey Underhill, ing
Il m’est difficile de croire que mon année à la présidence de l’AIGNB tire déjà à sa fin. Généralement, l’été est un moment plus lent dans l’année; toutefois, nous avons réussi à trouver plein de choses à faire pour nous tenir occupés.
Au mois de juin, dans le cadre du congrès de la Société canadienne de génie civil à Fredericton, j’ai assisté au dévoilement d’une plaque pour indiquer que l’usine de traitement de l’eau William L.-Barrett est doréna-vant reconnue comme lieu historique national du génie civil. Il y avait une bonne assistance malgré la mauvaise température, et il m’a réellement fait plaisir de prendre une photo avec les cinq derniers titulaires de la présidence de notre Association qui étaient sur les lieux.
La planification des célébrations de notre centenaire se poursuit. Les membres du comité ont été nommés; il sera présidé par Michelle Paul-Elias, ing, FIC. Nous ferons une mise à jour sur cette importante initiative lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle de 2019 au mois de février. Un grand merci aux bénévoles du comité pour tout le travail qu’ils ont déjà accompli. Cinq de nos associ-ations sœurs de l’ensemble du pays
célébreront également leur cente-naire en 2020 : ce sera donc une année faste pour le génie au Canada!
Notre Conseil s’est réuni au mois d’août pendant quelques jours pour explorer notre plan stratégique et le mettre à jour. C’est toujours un moment marquant, et nous avons été heureux d’accueillir à nouveau Christina Comeau pour animer les séances. Animatrice professionnelle, Christina est une ancienne membre du personnel d’Ingénieurs Canada, ce qui en fait la candidate idéale pour œuvrer avec notre groupe. Cette année, nous étions censés repasser le plan au complet et réaffirmer nos orientations. Après une superbe discussion, nous avons ramené nos orientations stratégiques à (sans ordre particulier) : la diversité et l’inclusion, le Centenaire de 2020, la viabilité de la profession et l’examen de notre certificat d’autorisation.
En ce qui a trait à la diversité et à l’inclusion, le Conseil a récemment approuvé l’embauche d’une personne à la coordination en vertu d’un contrat d’un an. Il s’agit d’un nouveau poste au sein de notre Association, et nous sommes ravis de voir cet important dossier aller de l’avant pour l’année prochaine. Ce nouvel employé travaillera en étroite collab-oration avec le Comité sur l’inclusion et la diversité.
L’automne est la saison des assemblées annuelles de deux de
nos associations voisines. La Nou-velle-Écosse a tenu son assemblée générale annuelle et sa journée de perfectionnement professionnel à Halifax en septembre. Très égoïste-ment, pour moi le fait marquant a été la participation à une séance de perfectionnement professionnel coanimée par Maggie Stothart, ing de notre Association pour parler de la consultation des Autochtones. Comme on s’y attendrait, les ques-tions ont fusé de toute part dans la salle, étant donné qu’il s’agit d’un en-jeu en émergence dont la prévalence ne pourra qu’augmenter au cours des prochaines années. Les ingénieurs de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard tien-dront encore une fois leur assemblée générale annuelle au mois de novem-bre, et, bien que la température soit frisquette, ils savent offrir un fan-tastique programme.
Sur une note plus triste, nous avons récemment perdu un ami de longue date de l’Association, soit Richard Scott, c.r., FIC (hon.). Personnellement, je me compte chanceux d’avoir appris à connaître Richard pendant son mandat au Conseil et, bien qu’il soit passé à d’autres activités bénévoles, il avait continué de travailler avec l’AIGNB sur des questions juridiques. On va beaucoup le manquer, tant dans le milieu des ingénieurs que dans le milieu juridique.
Enfin, le Conseil a décidé cette
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année de tenir sa réunion du mois d’octobre pour qu’elle coïncide avec les visites guidées hantées organisées par notre section de Fredericton. Ça faisait plusieurs années que le Conseil y avait participé, et il était temps d’y retourner. Cette activité est très bien connue dans l’ensemble de Fredericton, et, bien que nous y soyons allés tôt la première soirée, il y avait déjà des gens qui faisaient la queue pour entrer au Centre des arts de la rue Charlotte. C’est impres-sionnant de constater tous les efforts déployés chaque année pour créer les visites guidées hantées, sans oublier la difficulté de rester dans l’esprit de son personnage pendant des heures pour accueillir des files d’invités qui ne savent pas ce qui les attend. Merci à tous d’avoir maintenu cette fan-tastique activité pendant dix ans!
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Thursday, December 13, 2018 • 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM St. James Gate Event Room • 14 Church St., Moncton, NB
All members and members-in-training are invited to join APEGNB President Jeffrey Underhill, PEng, and Council for an evening of good cheer.
Le jeudi 13 décembre 2018 • 16h30 à 19h30 dans la salle d’événements St. James Gate 14 rue Church, Moncton, (N.-B.)
Nous invitons tous nos membres et membres stagiaire à se joindre au président Jeffrey Underhill, ing, et Conseil de l’AIGNB pour une soirée de bons esprits.
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MESSAGE DU PRÉSIDENT
On August 28, 2018, a Discipline Committee Panel of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick (APEGNB) issued an Order with respect to a Complaint involving the provision of engineering services without a current license.
The Order accepted a Voluntary Agreement between the APEGNB and a former Member to have the matter resolved without necessity of a hearing.
The Discipline Committee Panel recognized that it is in the public interest, and the interest of APEGNB, to accept voluntary agreements wherein the individual takes responsibility for misconduct and the sanctions are commensurate with the gravity of the offence.
The Order accepted the joint recommendation that contained the following sanctions:
The Association will publish, without names, without geographic reference, a summary of this matter to the membership consistent with the following for the purpose of education:
APEGNB received a Complaint against a former Member for practicing without license.
The former Member acknowledged the seriousness of the matter and unreservedly agreed that it was misconduct deserving professional discipline.
The former Member undertook to conclude the National Professional Practice Exam prior to the end of 2018.
The former Member undertook to advise the Mandatory Professional Liability Insurer of the Order.
The former Member undertook to advise APEGNB of each individual client to whom ser-vices were provided while unlicensed.
The former Member undertook to provide written notification to each client for whom ser-vices were provided without license.
The former Member undertook to pay legal costs incurred by APEGNB as a result of the Complaint.
No other discipline was ordered on account of the former Member’s admission of the misconduct and commitment to advising all clients.
Any issues with respect to the implementation of the Order remains the jurisdiction of the Panel of the Discipline Committee. Otherwise, the Matter is considered closed without further hearing.
Paul Rennick, PGeo. Acting Chair, Discipline Committee
In the Matter of a Complaint Pursuant to the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act
Le 28 août 2018, un sous-comité du Comité de discipline de l’Association des ingénieurs et des géoscientifiques du Nouveau-Brunswick (AIGNB) a émis une ordonnance relativement à une plainte se rapportant à la prestation de services en génie sans permis d’exercice en règle.
L’ordonnance accepte une entente à l’amiable entre l’AIGNB et un ancien membre pour que la question soit résolue sans avoir à tenir d’audience.
Le sous-comité du Comité de discipline a reconnu qu’il est dans l’intérêt du public et dans l’intérêt de l’AIGNB d’accepter des ententes à l’amiable dans le cas où la personne assume la responsabilité de son inconduite et où les sanctions sont proportionnelles à la gravité de l’infraction.
L’ordonnance acceptait la recommandation conjointe qui contenait les sanctions suivantes :
Aux fins d’éducation, l’Association publiera à l’intention des membres, sans nom ni référence géographique, un résumé de l’affaire qui se conforme à ce qui suit :
L’AIGNB a reçu une plainte contre un ancien membre pour avoir exercé la profession sans détenir de permis d’exercice.
L’ancien membre a reconnu la gravité de l’affaire et a, sans réserve, convenu qu’il s’agissait d’une inconduite qui mérite des mesures disciplinaires professionnelles.
L’ancien membre a pris l’initiative de passer l’examen canadien sur l’exercice de la profession avec succès avant la fin de l’année 2018.
L’ancien membre s’est chargé d’informer l’assureur en matière d’assurance responsabilité professionnelle obligatoire au sujet de l’ordonnance.
L’ancien membre a également pris l’initiative d’informer l’AIGNB de chacun des clients à qui des services avaient été fournis alors qu’il ne détenait pas de permis d’exercice.
L’ancien membre a également pris l’initiative d’informer par écrit chacun des clients à qui des services avaient été fournis sans permis d’exercice.
L’ancien membre s’est chargé de payer les frais judiciaires engagés par l’AIGNB par suite de la plainte.
Aucune autre mesure disciplinaire n’a été ordonnée étant donné que l’ancien membre avait reconnu l’inconduite et s’était engagé à informer tous les clients.
Toute question relative à la mise en œuvre de l’ordonnance reste de la compétence du sous-comité du Comité de discipline. Autrement, la question est considérée close sans autre audience.
Paul Rennick, géosc. Président par intérim, Comité de discipline
Dans l’affaire d’une plainte en vertu de la Loi sur les professions d’ingénieur et de géoscientifique
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Want to wake up science in New Brunswick schools? Here’s an idea: embrace the geosciences! Earth sci-ence is becoming the modern holistic approach that can cross curriculums to provide science education for everyone. Educators are realizing that students need to learn about the physical nature of our planet early on so they can tackle really big issues such as population growth, energy, climate change and our oceans. All students should leave school with a basic understanding of Earth Sci-
ence literacy (Earth Science Literacy is defined as an understanding of earth’s influence on you and of your influence on earth), motivating them to make good decisions for their future families, their community and their planet. Teachers therefore desperately need the knowledge and resources in order to effectively include geoscience education in their classrooms. That is to: 1) learn authentic and relevant information with real world examples, 2) adjust learning through the scientific meth-od: exploration, discovery, critical thinking, decision making and problem solving, and 3) integrate the outdoor environment as an inte-gral and central component in the learning process. The Quartermain
Earth Science Center (QESC) at the University of New Brunswick has embraced this challenge by providing quality EdGEO Earth Science work-shops for New Brunswick teachers.
EdGEO workshops at the QESC is a place where teachers can enhance their knowledge of geological princi-ples, obtain ideas for inquiry-based hands-on activities, and engage with earth science professionals outdoors and in the classroom. We have de-signed the EdGEO workshops at the QESC to complement New Bruns-wick’s ten-year education plan titled “Everyone at their Best”, which aims to improve student performance in science, mathematics and literacy by adopting the next generation of science standards. EdGEO work-shops give teachers the opportunity to stock up on teaching resources, classroom activities, presentations and ideas. We also aspire to build connections between teachers and professionals throughout the province.
EdGEO Earth Science Workshops: Helping teachers help students embrace the geosciences in New Brunswick Schools
An afternoon in the field for New Brunswick Teachers and STEM leaders with Earth Science educators and professionals during the 2018 EdGEO workshop with the QESC.
Ann C. Timmermans
Quartermain Earth Science Centre Department of Earth SciencesUniversity of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5A3 www.QuartermainEarthScienceCentre.com
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New Brunswick has a passionate geoscience community that is ready to help!
This year the EdGEO Work-shop at the QESC took place on August 29th and 30th. On day one we explored grade 4 to 7 curriculum with the mineral property stations and living the rock cycle. Teachers were tasked with completing our “Geo-murder mystery” puzzle using their observational skills to identify rocks and build a stratigraphic story. Through more activities teachers went on to learn about connecting fossils, geological time and pa-leoenvironments to our amazing geoheritage. On day two we used project-based learning and the Big Ideas in Earth Science to incorpo-rate geosciences into mathematics, science and social studies for the grade 8 to 12 curriculum. Teachers learned about how plate tectonics are connected to many different natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes. We made human seismic waves, and explored concepts such as liquefaction, stick-slip and mag-nitude with sand, water, string and pom-poms!
Afternoon field trips are a critical part of the EdGEO workshop. Learn-
ing the geosciences without going into the field is like learning how to cook without going into the kitchen. Seeing and understanding the relationships between rocks and working out geological timing and mechanisms by examining field evidence is often where teachers learn the most, grow their curiosity about the planet and develop a passion for the subject they would teach over the years.
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geologists of New Brunswick (APEGNB) has been a valuable supporter and sponsor for the field trip portion of our work-shops. This year we filled five rental vehicles on each of the two after-noons and had a ratio of about one geologist for every four to five teach-ers. On the afternoon of August 29th we explored roadside geology on the south side of the Saint John River, then moved to the north side on August 30th to see the geology around Mactaquac Dam and Carlisle Quarry. Learning goals for teachers included: 1) selection of safe geo-sites for their students and recognize possible hazards, 2) to make good observations in the field and record those observations as field notes, 3) to engage in discussions about pos-
sible interpretations on the geology at each site and geological history of the area, and 4) to build confidence so that the teachers who inspire students can first pursue their own geoscience experiences.
At the end of each day, teachers left the workshop feeling excited about using the resources to apply the geosciences in their classroom. I am very grateful to EdGEO, APEGNB and all our generous sponsors that contributed to our 2018 Earth Science workshop. I would like to thank our co-instructors and volun-teers for their time and enthusiasm in their engagement with the teach-ers. And most of all, I would like to thank the teachers, district coordina-tors and STEM leaders for choosing to take the time out of their busy schedule to participate in this year’s workshop.
This is a critical time for students to understand how our planet works as a system and how humans inter-act with earth. EdGEO workshops with the QESC empower teachers with scientific knowledge and skills with multidisciplinary applications that can cross-curriculums. New Brunswick teachers can return to their schools as experts igniting the interest of students for a better future!
Teachers test water for contamination (environmental hydrogeochemistry) and minerals for their properties (physical mineralogy) during the during the 2018 EdGEO workshop with the QESC.
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CANDIDATES FOR 2019 COUNCIL As per By-Law 9.6.1 (see below), this is the approved Nomination Report for APEGNB's Council in 2019:
CANDIDATURES POUR LE CONSEIL DE 2019 Tel que stipule à l’article 9.6.1 du règlement administratif (ci-dessous), voici le rapport approuvé sur les candidatures au Conseil de l’AIGNB de 2019 :
9.6.1 At least ninety days before the Annual Meeting, the Nominating Committee shall submit to the Secretary a list of those nominated for election to Council. Included with the list shall be a written statement from each nominee confirming his or her agreement to stand for election to the office for which the nomination is made. Nominations shall be approved by Council and Council shall make nominations if, for any reason, there are insufficient nominees to fill all vacancies.
9.6.1 Au moins 90 jours avant l’assemblée annuelle, le comité des candidatures remet par écrit au secrétaire une liste des candidatures pour des postes au Conseil, accompagnée d’une déclaration écrite de chacun des candidats attestant qu’il accepte d’être candidat à ce poste. Les candidatures exigent l’approbation du Conseil, qui présente d’autres candidats si, pour une raison quelconque, le nombre de candidatures présentées n’est pas suffisant pour que tous les postes vacants soient remplis.
President
Vice-president COUNCILLORS
Fredericton Moncton Northeastern Northwestern Saint John Geoscientists At-Large
Serge Dupuis, PEng/ing
Véronique Haché, PEng/ing David Kozak, PEng/ing Marlo Rose, PEng/ing
Georges Roy, PEng/ing Maggie Stothart, PEng/ing
Tony Whalen, PEng/ing
To be elected in 2020 To be elected in 2020
Stephanie Doucet-Landry, PEng/ing To be elected in 2020
Jeffrey Underhill, PEng/ing Matthew Alexander, PGeo/géosc
To be elected in 2020
Présidence
Vice-présidence CONSEILLERS
Fredericton Moncton Nord-Est Nord-Ouest Saint John Géoscientifiques Général
As per By-Law 9.6.2 (see below), if you would like to run for APEGNB Council in 2019, provide your name as follows:
Tel que stipulé à l’article 9.6.2 du règlement administratif (ci-dessous), si vous souhaitez poser votre candidature pour un poste au Conseil du l’AIGNB de 2019, veuillez fournier votre nom comme suite :
9.6.2 Nominations for office may be made by any member entitled to attend and vote at an Annual Meeting provided such nomination is made in writing and filed with the Secretary at least sixty days before the Annual Meeting. The written submission shall include the name of the nominee, the office for which the nomination is made, and the signatures of at least ten members entitled to attend and vote at an Annual Meeting in support of the nomination. The submission shall also include a written statement from the nominee confirming agreement to stand for election as nominated.
9.6.2 Tout membre autorisé à assister avec voix délibérative à l’assemblée annuelle peut présenter des candidatures en les déposant par écrit auprès du secrétaire au moins soixante jours avant l’assemblée annuelle. La mise en candidature doit préciser le nom du candidat et le poste visé et être appuyée des signatures d’au moins dix membres autorisés à assister avec voix délibérative à l’assemblée annuelle. Elle est accompagnée d’une déclaration écrite du candidat attestant qu’il accepte d’être candidat à ce poste.
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The members of APEGNB Fredericton Branch wrapped up the 10th annual Haunted Tours in support of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre and Science East this past October. The Charlotte Street “high-scare” tour has become a favorite not just in the Fredericton area, but is recognized province- wide. This year CBC New Brunswick listed us the #1 Halloween event in the province! This is a testimonial to the hard work and creativity of our members.
The high-scare tour was held over four nights at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre and over two days at Science East in the days leading up to Halloween. Once again, these events raised significant funds for the Charlotte Street Arts Centre and Science East, while also supporting organizations such as Engineers Without Borders and UNB Drama. The chart on the next page details the gross revenues and attendance for this year’s tours.
My thanks to all of those who contributed to the tour, either by building a station, donating funds or material, and/or volunteering as fright folks during the tour…
Still fun after 10 years!
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All our efforts again culminated into something great and an event to be remembered for many years to come.
Many thanks to the organizations/sponsors who contributed:• Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick for your continued sup-
port and sponsorship.• UNB Tech Shop for their technical help in keeping our equipment
running (among other things).• City of Fredericton for supplying barricades to support the “Evil forest”
and Spiders’ lair.• Home Depot for financial support and the giant werewolf!• RJ Bartlett for the Fire Safety Plan.• NB Department of Transportation and Infrastructure for their awe-
some Area 51 / Laser Fog swamp.• Caris / Teledyne for the Boneyard.• Keith Munn again as the deranged chainsaw Santa.• NB Power for the Sweeney Todd Demon Barber Shop and the Pie
Shop.• WSP for the safe room, Church and Entrance to Hell• Sam MacLennan for the disturbing Alice in Wonderland• UNB EUS for their Bloody Surgery.• Wood PLC for their Woodland Werewolf camp of horror.• UNB Chemical Engineering department for their Insane Asylum.• Stantec for their Evil Nursery• And APEGNB Fredericton Branch for
the Lightshow (Phil Lamey PEng) Grim Reaper / Angels (Phil Lamey PEng) Scarecrows Clowns Spiders (Diana Loomer P. Geo, Tammy Lamey PEng) Woodland entrance (Tammy Lamey PEng)
Hats off Christina Varner PEng who managed all the volunteers (among many other things). It’s like herding (cool) cats!
To our volunteer/support organizations (UNB Drama, Engineers With-out Borders), thanks again for your time and effort to fill in our roster. It’s an essential part of the tour.
And of course, I’d like to thank the staff and volunteers with the Charlotte Street Arts Centre and Science East for hosting these events. As fundraisers go, this one is a lot of fun, and it provides funds and awareness that support the center and its activities.
The APEGNB Haunted Tour continues to demonstrate how our mem-bers contribute to our community, and brings awareness to our profession. As chair of the event, I’m very proud of what we’ve accomplished over the past ten years and the good will we’ve produced. We have a dedicated group of organizers and volunteers who are committed to keeping this event going, and we look forward to next year.
Why not join us? Bill Lamey PEng – Event Chair
Charlotte Street Arts Center – High Scare
Date People Raised
Oct. 26 700 $7,000.00
Oct. 27 682 $6,820.00
Oct. 28 568 $5,680.00
Oct. 29 511 $5,110.00
total 2461 $24,610.00Concessions + $2,026.00
Total $26,636.00
Science East – Low Scare
Date People Raised
Oct. 27 505 $2,525.00
Oct. 28 605 $3,025.00
total 1110 $5,550.00Sponsors and Donors $1,750.00
Other Sales $215.65Total $7,515.65
Combined Totals
Attendance: 3,571
Admission: $30,160.00
Additional Funds Raised: $3,991.65
Grand Total $34,151.65
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Northeastern Branch
Ray Ritchie, PEng – Chair
The Executive of the Northeast branch of the APEGNB has been particularly busy over the past three months, organizing and carrying out the full slate of Events in our Fall 2018 time frame.
We wish to start by recognizing the outstanding contribution made to our APEGNB Branch, over 25+ years, by Mr. Claude Mallet, PEng, who retired from Roy Consultants in late September this year. Claude still plans to participate when avail-able on our Executive Council – and we extend our admiration for his guidance over the years, and best wishes for an enjoyable retirement.
Pumpkin Fling
Our Signature Annual Event – the APEGNB Sponsored Pumpkin Fling, held in conjunction with the Miramichi’s Autism Group, Historic Downtown Chatham Waterfront committee., NBCC- Miramichi Campus, and Sunny Corner Enter-prises Inc., was held on Saturday,
September 29th. Hundreds of children and parents joined us along the Chatham Waterford Green Park, to hurl pie pumpkins from our compressed air Cannon at speeds exceeding 200 kph at a floating trampoline target in the Miramichi River. The weather was “seasonably appropriate” for this time of year, but with brilliant sunshine, and a temperature in excess of 18 degrees C. the conditions befitted our needs. Kevin Gallant’s “Candy Cannon” was also a highlight of the show. We fired a huge number of clients pumpkins, 120 in all, with our first Direct Hit of the Target in 16 years – by Syd-ney Roussy!
The Major Half-Time Event this year was the Region’s Schools Tre-buchet Firing Competition!
The Pumpkin Fling featured a Mini Trebuchet (STEM) Challenge that was open to all Anglophone North District schools, and we had representation from 15 Schools in the District! The Mini-Trebuchet contest saw each school receive a base model device and had students apply their engineering skills to revamp and redesign their catapult to hit a target located ten metres away with a launched projectile. The competition could not have been any closer with Campbellton slightly edging out the completion for their first victory – and a $750.00 First Place Prize. A School Spirit Prize package was donated by Brilliant Labs. Overall, it was an amazing event with plenty of smiles as well as students working collaboratively to solve problems and apply critical thinking skills in an attempt to win the competition.
Branch Reports 2018 Branch Executive
Chairperson Ray Ritchie, PEng
Vice Chair Kevin Gallant, PEng
Treasurer Maggie Stothart, PEng
Secretary Joey Nowlan, PEng
Prov. Councilor Philippe Landry, PEng
Councilor Northumberland Vacant
Councilor Restigouche Michel Cotton, PEng
Councilor Gloucester East Daniel Sonier, PEng
Councilor Gloucester West Raphael Roy, PEng
Consulting Engineer Rep. Claude Mallet, PEng
P.Geo. Rep. Mike Parkhill, PGeo
Communications Officer Kevin Gallant, PEng
MIT Councilor Nicole Landry, MIT
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Anglophone North School Dis-trict really took ownership of this STEM Event, and with our seed assistance, got great “buy-in” from the students – and this was the goal all along.
Thanks to all of the students who participated, along with the parents & teachers who were on hand to support them. Also a big thank you goes out to event coordinator Kevin Gallant, PEng, Pumpkin Registrar Maggie Stothart, PEng, Korey Sar-gent, MIT, Nicole Landry, MIT, and Joey Nowlan, PEng from the North East Branch of APEGNB. We were honoured to also have participation by Jacob Lingley and Kayoe Stewart of Brilliant Labs, for their continuous support of ASD-N School initiatives.
Special thanks are owed to the Miramichi NBCC students who do-nate their time to assist and marshall all of the events. Local Engineer and Geoscientists Association members, like Maggie Stothart, PEng, Kevin Gallant, PEng and our Master-Com-mander and Gunner – Tom Jennings, From NBCC, are perennial stars of the show. It takes a lot of effort from multiple sources, to make an event as large as this succeed. Our hats go off to Melissa Mertz (FEC) Hon., for her fanatical support of this “Signa-ture Event”. We need to emphasize that the proceeds from the Pumpkin
Fling were channeled to support STEM events for the local School District, with a total of $2,600.00 (including $500.00 from the Mi-ramichi Rotary Club’s input from their Pumpkin Fling Chili Cook-off ) rounding out the total. Our partner-ship with the Anglophone North School District is a note-worthy addition to our efforts to focus energy on support of Science, Technology, Math and Engineering education in promotion of Engineering and Geoscience as career choices.
We are reinvesting some of the proceeds toward supporting renew-able energy STEM demonstration projects with micro-hydro and small-scale wind power devices to be showcased to local schools. Purchase of an energy systems and designs (manufactured in Sussex, N.B.) Micro-Hydro Turbine Demon-stration Kit is first on this list.
Illuminate (STEM Career) Events at Schools – will be par-ticipated in at Campbellton High School on November 29th. Thanks go out to Nicole Landry, MIT, for her efforts with this endeavor.
Upcoming Winter Events
MIT Night - Our premier Win-ter Event – the MIT Night will once again be held in conjunction
with the Titans Hockey game at the K.C. Irving Arena in Bathurst, this coming year on February 22nd. As usual we expect the venue to be great – with a ton of prizes and good food for the participating MIT’s and regular members. Hats off to Marc Losier, PEng, for his exemplary performance in coordinating this event. We hope to see the Titans continued success against Blainville Boisbrillant Armada, after their stellar rise to the top team Nation-wide, last season.
Once again, our collective salute goes off to you members, who are such strong supporters of our local North East Branch of Engineers Geoscien-tist NB.
Two members of our Executive Council have left our region to pursue their professional careers elsewhere, and we wish to offer our sincere appreciation to Justin Stew-art, PEng, and Korey Sargent, MIT, whose participation in our Branch was significant. In addition, it would be unfair not to recognize the in-credible encouragement and support provided over the past decades by Melissa Mertz, FEC (hon.), out- going Communication Director for APEGNB.
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BRANCH REPORTS
This article originally appeared in Engineering Matters, the newsletter of Engineers Canada. To read more or to subscribe visit www.engineerscanada.ca/news.” For specific guidance on regulatory obligations in New Brunswick, please visit www.apegnb.com or contact Carol MacQuarrie, PEng, Director of Professional Affairs & Registrar at 506 451-9628.
Q. When does expressing a public opinion conflict with professional responsibility?
A. Members of our association understand our ethical commitment to protect the public inter-est. But, in doing so, we must ensure that public opinion does not conflict with the association’s Code of Ethics. Three recent examples are illus-trated in the article reproduced below.
When does public opinion conflict with professional responsibility?
People may gravitate towards a good controversy, but when it comes to cases where professionals publicly express opinions, they must tread a careful line.
A retired engineer from Manitoba recently gained na-tional attention, for example, when he made a complaint in the media about amber light times at intersections in Winnipeg. His actions also drew the attention of his province’s regulatory body.
Cet article a été initialement publié dans Engineering Matters, le bulletin d’information d’Ingénieurs Canada. Pour en savoir plus ou pour vous abonner, visitez engineer-scanada.ca/fr/nouvelles-et-evenements/nouvelles. Pour des conseils spécifiques sur les obligations réglementaires au Nouveau-Brunswick, veuillez visiter www.apegnb.com ou contacter Carol MacQuarrie, PEng, Directrice des affaires professionnelles et registraire at 506 451-9628.
Q : Quand est-ce qu’exprimer une opinion pub-lique entre-t-il en conflit avec la responsabilité professionnelle?
A : Les membres de notre association compren-nent notre engagement éthique de protéger l’intérêt public. Mais, ce faisant, nous devons nous assurer que l’opinion publique n’entre pas en conflit avec le code de déontologie de l’Association. Trois exemples récents sont illustrés dans l’article reproduit ci-dessous.
Quand l’opinion exprimée publiquement entre en conflit avec la responsabilité professionnelle?
Les gens ont tendance à être attirés par une bonne controverse, mais quand les professionnels expriment publiquement leur opinion, ils doivent le faire avec cir-conspection.
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According to Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, the provincial regulator governing the licensing and prac-tice of engineering, the retired engineer may have been acting in conflict with the Code of Ethics that engineers in the province must follow by expressing his opinion on a matter outside of his expertise. Specifically, the code states that engineers must “refrain from expressing an opinion publicly on engineering or geoscientific matters without being qualified to do so, and without being aware of the pertinent facts.” As a matter of course, the regulator is now investigating, a process that can some-times take several years to complete.
Notably, this is not the first time in recent memory that a case concerning the question of when and how it is appropriate for professionals to offer public opinions has occurred.
In Ontario in 2015, a geotechnical engineer led a public campaign against the proposed demolition of a water-damaged building that had been previously under consideration by City Council for a heritage designation. While the building had been deemed structurally unsafe by an engineering firm as a result of the water damage, the engineer being disciplined had falsely represented himself as a “structural engineer” and issued an “engi-neer’s instruction” to halt the demolition.
Several details of the case warranted disciplinary action. Among them, according to the regulator’s deci-sion and reasons, “there is no such thing in Ontario as an ‘engineer’s instruction,’” and the engineer had “no author-ity to order a work stoppage.” Additionally, the engineer had no direct knowledge of the building’s structural condition and was not in a position to make such an as-sessment because it was outside of his area of expertise. Following an investigation, the discipline panel decided to reprimand and fine the practitioner, and also require that he complete the Professional Practice Exam within fourteen months or be subject to further penalty.
Elements of this finding echo another highly publi-cized case involving a different self-regulating profession. A registered nurse in Saskatchewan spoke out on social media about the poor quality of care she felt that her father received during end-of-life care and was subse-quently fined by the nursing regulator for “professional misconduct.”
The charges against her included “failure to follow proper channels” for reporting a problem (i.e. first the individual care providers, followed by their manage-ment); “failure to first obtain all the facts” of her father’s
Citons le cas d’un ingénieur manitobain retraité qui a récemment attiré l’attention nationale quand il s’est plaint dans les médias de la durée trop courte des feux orange aux intersections de Winnipeg. Sa déclaration a aussi capté l’attention de l’organisme de réglementation de sa province.
Selon Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, l’organisme qui réglemente l’exercice du génie dans cette province, l’ingénieur retraité a peut-être contrevenu au Code de déontologie que les ingénieurs manitobains doivent respecter en exprimant son opinion sur une question qui ne relève pas de son expertise. Plus précisément, le code stipule que les ingénieurs doivent « s’abstenir d’exprimer publiquement une opinion sur des questions touchant le génie ou les géosciences sans être qualifiés pour le faire et sans disposer des faits pertinents ». L’organisme de réglementation fait maintenant enquête, un processus qui peut parfois prendre plusieurs années.
Fait à noter, ce n’est pas la première fois, de mémoire récente, que survient une affaire concernant la question de savoir quand et comment il est approprié pour un professionnel d’exprimer publiquement son opinion
En effet, en 2015 en Ontario, un ingénieur en géo-technique a mené une campagne publique contre la démolition proposée d’un bâtiment endommagé par l’eau auquel le conseil municipal avait déjà envisagé d’ac-corder une désignation patrimoniale. Bien qu’une firme d’ingénierie ait jugé que le bâtiment était dangereux sur le plan structural en raison des dommages causés par l’eau, l’ingénieur faisant l’objet de mesures disciplinaires s’était faussement présenté comme étant un « ingénieur de structures » et émis une « directive d’ingénieur » pour stopper la démolition.
Dans cette affaire, plusieurs détails justifiaient des mesures disciplinaires, notamment, selon la décision et les motifs de l’organisme de réglementation, « il n’existe pas en Ontario de directive d’ingénieur », et l’ingénieur en question n’avait « aucune autorité pour ordonner l’arrêt des travaux ». En outre, l’ingénieur n’avait aucune connaissance directe de l’état structurel du bâtiment et n’avait pas la compétence pour faire une telle évalua-tion, qui ne relevait pas de son champ d’expertise. À la suite d’une enquête, le conseil de discipline a décidé de réprimander l’ingénieur, de lui imposer une amende et d’exiger qu’il passe l’examen sur l’exercice de la profes-sion dans un délai de quatorze mois, sous peine d’une amende supplémentaire.
Certains éléments de cette décision font écho à une
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care; and “Using status of registered nurse for person-al purposes.” The nurse appealed the findings of her discipline case in provincial court to determine whether the regulator had exceeded its authority. The court ruled that the regulator acted within its mandate as a self-gov-erning body and the appeal was dismissed.
More broadly, such cases raise questions of when engineers and other self-regulated professionals are within their rights to speak publicly on an issue and when the regulator decides that a practitioner needs to be disciplined for making public comments. Once an investigation or discipline process is underway, the regulator must also consider how much information can be disclosed within the particular regulatory, legal, and cultural constraints of the case.
If you are an engineer in Canada, it’s critical to stay familiar with your code of ethics and any regulatory obligations as a professional. The national guidelines on discipline and enforcement, as well as regulator-specific guidelines from your jurisdiction may also be a helpful resource.
autre affaire très médiatisée mettant en cause une autre profession autoréglementée. En Saskatchewan, une in-firmière autorisée a dénoncé dans les réseaux sociaux la piètre qualité des soins palliatifs que son père avait reçus et a été subséquemment mise à l’amende par son ordre professionnel pour « inconduite professionnelle ».
Les accusations déposées contre elle comprenaient « le non-respect des procédures établies » pour signaler un problème (c.-à-d. d’abord au personnel soignant, puis à la direction); « le fait de ne pas avoir d’abord obtenu tous les faits » concernant les soins dispensés à son père, et « l’utilisation de son statut d’infirmière autorisée à des fins personnelles ». L’infirmière a interjeté appel de la décision en cour provinciale afin de déterminer si son ordre professionnel avait outrepassé ses pouvoirs. La cour a statué que l’organisme de réglementation avait agi dans les limites de son mandat d’autoréglementation et l’appel a été rejeté.
Plus généralement, de telles affaires soulèvent la question de savoir quand les ingénieurs et autres prat-iciens exerçant une profession autoréglementée ont le droit de s’exprimer publiquement sur une question et quand l’organisme de réglementation peut décider qu’un praticien doit faire l’objet de mesures disciplinaires pour avoir fait des commentaires publiquement. Une fois qu’une enquête ou qu’un processus disciplinaire est en cours, l’organisme de réglementation doit aussi con-sidérer combien d’informations peuvent être divulguées dans les limites réglementaires, juridiques et culturelles particulières d’une affaire.
Si vous exercez le génie au Canada, il est essentiel de vous tenir au courant de votre code de déontologie et de vos obligations à titre de professionnel. Les guides nationaux Ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre relatifs à la discipline et à l’application de la loi, ainsi que les guides propres à l’organisme de réglementation de la zone de compétence où vous pratiquez peuvent également s’avérer des ressources utiles.
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Jeff Underhill, PEng President of Engineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick presents Michael Parkhill, PGeo, FGC his Fellowship of Geoscientists Canada. The Geoscientists Canada Fellowship honours individuals who have given noteworthy service to the geoscience profession and Mike has served the geoscience profession in a volunteer capacity for ten years.
Being bestowed with this honour, means that these dedicated individuals have the privilege of using the designation “Fellow of Geoscientists Canada” or FGC.
Laura Shaw, BScEEngineers and Geoscientists New Brunswick would like to welcome Laura Shaw as our new Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator. Laura’s extensive experience in program de-velopment and outreach will help us better support our members and aid in attracting a diverse pool of future engineers and geoscientists to our membership in New Brunswick.
In addition to sparking interest in the next generation of engineer-ing and geoscience professionals, her position will promote diversity and inclusion in the professions as well as assist in achieving Engineers Canada’s 30 by 30 goal through pro-motion, recruitment, retention and professional development of women within the engineering profession.
Laura’s initial focus will be the co-ordination and support of Member volunteers to provide engaging and inclusive engineering and geoscience career outreach to New Brunswick classrooms, teachers and guidance counsellors.
Thanks for joining us in welcoming Laura to the team.
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