DREAM IT! – DREAM BIG!
By: MARGARET-ANNE HODGES, CHAIR OF THE APEGS 30X30 TASK GROUP
The film features wondrous engineering achievements of the past (ancient structures), the present (modern masterpieces) and, most importantly, where vision, innovation and creativity will take us in the future.
If you were fortunate, as our family was, to take in Rogue One at the Saskatchewan Science Centre’s Kramer IMAX Theatre, you were entertained by the latest and perhaps one of the best stories in the Star Wars filmverse: a classic heroine (hero) story of an ordinary person being plunged into a situation of significant consequence, only to be transformed due to great challenges, temptations and revelations and emerge with a victory.
While you could have seen the movie almost anywhere on the planet, I mention the Kramer IMAX Theatre because you would also have seen the trailer for the upcoming IMAX film Dream Big, a MacGillivray Freeman movie celebrating the real heroes and heroines among us – engineers!
The Science Centre announced the APEGS sponsorship of Dream Big back in November. Dream Big is the flagship programming event for 2017 30×30 initiatives and other APEGS events. The film features wondrous engineering achievements of the past (ancient structures), the present (modern masterpieces) and, most importantly, where vision, innovation and creativity will take us in the future.
But there is more . . .
The project is so big, it is more than a movie–it’s part of a movement aimed at bringing engineering into the forefront of our culture. Dream Big is the first giant-screen film to answer the call of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) initiative which aims to inspire kids of diverse backgrounds to become innovators who will improve the lives of people across our entire planet as we head into the 21st Century and beyond. That’s why the film will be accompanied by ongoing educational, museum and community efforts to expose young people from all backgrounds to what engineering is and what it can conjure in the world.
dreambigfilm.com
APEGS is very happy to sponsor and partner with the Saskatchewan Science Centre to bring Dream Big to Saskatchewan. Watch for the official launch and announcement of 30 by 30 in February, and the first Dream Big event, Girls’ Night Out, during National Engineering and Geoscience Week in March.
Want to know more about Dream Big – Engineering our World?
– dreambigfilm.com
– macgillivrayfreeman.com
– discover.org
– sasksciencecentre.com
P.S. Thanks to everyone who attended the Women of APEGS lunch at the Saskatoon Club on December 1st. It was great to see you!
P.P.S. Thanks to the members who attended the Women’s History Month event, 20 Years of Professional Women’s Leadership: Breaking Through the Barriers, on December 6th. And thanks to our panel consisting of the four APEGS women presidents, Margaret Kuzyk, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) (1997-1998), Shawna Argue, P.Eng., FEC, FCSSE, FGC (Hon.) (2010-2011), Margaret Anne Hodges, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) (2015–2016), and current President Tara Zrymiak, P.Eng., FEC. Our emcee for the night was Dr. Dena McMartin, P.Eng., FEC.
