Archive: Kailey Morin

February 11, 2025

Save the date for NAPEG’s 2025 Professional Development Symposium on May 14-15 at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife. This year, experts will explore critical topics related to “Transportation and Infrastructure” and share the latest insights, research and Northern solutions. Registration opens soon – stay tuned!  

February 4, 2025

Victor Canada is offering a complimentary webcast on Embracing Change and Mitigating Risk for professional architects, engineers and design consultants on February 20. For Victor Canada policyholders, this is a new opportunity to receive a premium reduction on your next policy renewal if you did not attend the October 31, 2024 webcast.  Embracing Change and Mitigating Risk When it comes to project risks, leaving things to chance is a dangerous game. There are various risks that can jeopardize your projects and potentially harm your firm’s financial stability and professional reputation. Don’t let uncertainty leave you vulnerable to claims. Take control…

January 30, 2025

You’re invited to NAPEG’s annual Bridge Building Competition. Bridge-building kits have been sent to classrooms across the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Student teams will have their bridges put under pressure by using the “Obliterator 3000” (a mounted car jack with a scale apparatus) until the point of failure, testing for strength and design.  March 1, 2025 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Visitor’s Centre, Centre Square Mall Yellowknife, NWT Registration is required. Please email napeg@napeg.nt.ca

January 7, 2025

Congratulations to the 2024 Geoscience Research Award Winners!  The NAPEGG Education Foundation awards two geoscience awards with $1,000 prizes for best oral presentation and poster by a student during the NWT Nunavut Chamber of Mines Annual Geoscience Forum, along with up to $3,000 for a student to attend and present their research findings at each Territorial Forum/Symposium, in memory of Craig Finnigan, P.Geo.  The NAPEGG Education Foundation is thrilled to announce the recipients of this year’s Northwest Territories (NWT) Geoscience Research Awards and Finnigan Awards for Northern Research, recognizing outstanding Geology and Earth Sciences students presenting research relevant to the…

December 3, 2024

December 3, 2024 – National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on Dec 6 This Friday, December 6, 2024, will mark 35 years since 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal were killed in an act of gender-based violence. Most of these women were engineering students, pursuing dreams of creating a better future. As December 6 approaches, we pause to remember their names, their aspirations, and their lives cut tragically short: Geneviève Bergeron, civil engineering student Hélène Colgan, mechanical engineering student Nathalie Croteau, mechanical engineering student Barbara Daigneault, mechanical engineering student Anne-Marie Edward, chemical engineering student Maud…

November 26, 2024

The Northwest Territories Association of Architects Continuing Education is offering a Vision and Change Wellness Workshop on Wednesday, Dec 4th, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Learn more and register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/nwtaa-presents-vision-and-change-a-wellness-workshop-tickets-1092540992519

November 26, 2024

MR: 2024-02 November 26th, 2024 Media Release – For Immediate Release 11 FUTURE NORTHERN ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS BUILDING PATHWAYS INTO HIGH-DEMAND FIELDS Yellowknife – The NAPEGG Education Foundation has awarded 11 scholarships to post-secondary students from the North who are enrolled in full-time engineering and geoscience programs at universities across Canada. The NAPEGG Education Foundation is a registered charity supported by donations from the public and members and licensees of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG). “Students in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut can face barriers when it comes to pursuing a career…

November 15, 2024

2025 Renewals for Individuals and Firms are now open! Log into NAPEG’s Member Portal to renew your registration to work in the North before January 1, 2025: https://napeg.ca.thentiacloud.net/webs/napeg All engineers, geoscientists and firms practicing engineering and/or geoscience in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are required to be licensed by NAPEG in adherence to the Acts of the NT/NU. 

November 12, 2024

As the fall shifts to early winter and we reflect on the year’s progress, we are reminded that our work continues to evolve, just like the changing landscape. Over the next few months, we’ll see exciting updates, like the introduction of important new bylaws, a new strategic plan for the Education Foundation, the NAPEG election, and much more. Keep reading for all the details in your Fall Executive Update.    Revisions and Bylaws On October 3rd, 2023, after many years of collaborative work between NAPEG and the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Legislative Assembly passed Bill 93. This thrusted…

November 1, 2024

BALLOT VOTE – REVISED BYLAWS FOR THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES AND NUNAVUT ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND GEOSCIENTISTS (NAPEG) New bylaws have been written by the NAPEG Revision Committee, following legal advice, to allow for the coming into force of the new Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act. The draft bylaws were distributed to members for a review and comment period on September 17, 2024, and comments have since been reviewed and considered. The Revised Bylaws have been finalized (review in full here) and are now prepared for a ballot vote by members, which will remain open Nov…