This year’s meeting had incredible turnout, but you wouldn’t know it from the empty room where the virtual meeting was held.
The 90th Annual Meeting of the Association was called to order virtually through Microsoft TEAMS at 9 a.m., on Friday, September 18, 2020, with 196 voting members in attendance.
The business of the meeting included:
• Minutes from the 2019 Annual Meeting;
• Business arising out of the minutes;
• Reports from committees;
• Audited financial reports;
• New business
• Including four bylaw amendments.
Report of the scrutineers:
The Executive Director and Registrar reported on the results of the 2020 council elections. The total number of votes cast was 1,875 (1,859 electronic and 16 by mail), being 14.8 per cent of the 12,669 total eligible voters. There was one spoiled ballot.
The results of the vote were:
Officers of Council – One-year term
• President – Andrew Lockwood, P.Eng., FEC
• President-Elect – Kristen Darr, P.Geo.
• Vice-President – John Desjarlais, P.Eng.
Councillors
Three-year term
• Group VI (Chemical, Metallurgical and Ceramic) – Patricia Lung, P.Eng.
• North District – Ian Farthing, P.Eng.
• Southwest District – Aaron Phoenix, Ph.D., P.Eng., FEC
• Geoscience North District – Alix Cruickshank, P.Geo.
Returning Members of Council
• Terry Fonstad, PhD, P.Ag, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) – Past President
• Nicholas Kaminski, P.Eng. – Group I (Civil)
• Lesley McGilp, P.Eng. – Group II (Mechanical and Industrial)
• Kaylee Tumack, P.Eng. – Group III (Electrical and Engineering Physics)
• Erin Moss Tressel, P.Eng., P.Geo, FEC – Group IV (Geological, Mining, Petroleum, Geophysics and Geoscientists)
• Kurtis Doney, P.Eng. – Group V (Agriculture and Forestry)
• Danae Lemieux, P.Eng. – Group VII (Environmental)
• Nicole Barber, Engineer-in-Training – Members-in-Training
• Jessica Theriault, P.Eng. – South East District
• Gavin Jensen, P.Geo. – Geoscience South District
• Wendell Patzer – Public Appointee
In addition, a new Public Appointee, Stuart Ritchie, was appointed by Order in Council on recommendation of the Minister of Highways and Infrastructure.
APEGS Awards
Terry formally inducted President Andrew Lockwood, P.Eng., FEC, with the chair of office as president for 2020-2021.
Since the APEGS awards banquet that occurs as part of the annual meeting and conference each May was cancelled due to the pandemic, APEGS celebrated the award recipients listed below at the annual meeting.
Videos of each recipient were presented before meeting proceedings began and during the break. To view the videos, visit apegs.ca under About Us / Annual Meeting and PD Conference.
For photos and biographies of recipients, refer to the May/June issue of The Professional Edge.
• Brian Eckel Distinguished Service Award –
Dennis Paddock, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.)
• Outstanding Achievement Award –
Jim Christopher, P.Geo.
• McCannel Award –
Matthew Dunn, P.Eng.
• Exceptional Engineering/Geoscience Project Award – Harpreet Panesar, M.Sc., P.Eng.
• Environmental Excellence Award –
Michael Nemeth, P.Eng., Leed AP
• Promising Member Award –
Kai Li, P.Eng.
• Friend of the Professions Award –
Megan Moore
APEGS also celebrates the following members who received other awards:
Cordelle Thomasma, P.Eng.,received the Gerry Zoerb Award for achieving the highest mark in the Principles of Professional Practice Exam for 2019.
Terrance A. Fonstad, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) received a certificate of fellowship and the privilege of using the designation Honorary Geoscientists Canada Fellow (FGC Hon.) from Geoscientists Canada upon recommendation from APEGS in honour of exceptional contributions to the geoscience profession.