Archive: Kailey Morin

February 28, 2024

Save the date for NAPEG’s 2024 Professional Development Symposium! This hybrid virtual/in-person event will be hosted from May 16-17 at the Explorer Hotel in Yellowknife, NT. Registration will open in early March. We hope to see you there!

February 21, 2024

Skyline Group is offering a free webinar on Designing Rooftops with Fall Safety Top of Mind. Further details and registration link can be found here.  Safety is a priority when designing elevated work areas! Understanding best practices in height safety can help with creating elevated work environments that keep safety top of mind. As ICI (industrial, commercial, institutional) rooftops are becoming crowded with the latest technology to support the needs of the building, they are also becoming difficult to navigate safely. With new infrastructure also comes new hazards that need to be addressed. With architects, engineers and specifiers understanding what…

February 6, 2024

Winter 2024 – ED Update We’re finally through the darkest days of the year and are moving closer to the equinox. It’s been a busy couple of months at NAPEG as we opened membership renewals, awarded scholarships, celebrated the holidays, kicked off our 2024 elections, and began planning the 2024 Professional Development Symposium.  We’ve also been working with the Government of the Northwest Territories to continue to work towards incoming regulatory changes to the professional practice of engineering and geoscience. Learn about this and more in this winter edition of the Winter 2024 – ED Update below.      NAPEG…

January 10, 2024

  First published in the North of 60 Mining & Exploration Review 2024   The Regulation of Professional Engineering and Geoscience in the Northwest Territories is Changing    What You Need to Know The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG) is heralding changes coming to the regulation of the professional practice of engineering and geoscience in the Northwest Territories. Here’s what you need to know.    What does NAPEG do? In the public interest, NAPEG regulates and supports the professional practice of engineering and geoscience in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. NAPEG has been the…

January 10, 2024

NAPEG’s 2024 Elections are now open. Elections are being held for the offices of President, 1st and 2nd Vice Presidents, and three Councillors.  The following timeline will apply for the 2024 elections: Deadline for nominations: February 15, 2024 (5:00pm MST) Electronic Voting Opens: April 19, 2024 Polls Close: May 1, 2024 (Noon MDT) Annual General Meeting: May 15, 2024 As per the below forms, any NAPEG Member in-good-standing may appear on the ballot by having support and signature of five (5) NAPEG Members. Annual dues for 2024 (as applicable under NAPEG Acts and bylaws) must be paid to run for…

December 6, 2023

Dec 6, 2023 – 34 years ago today 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montreal were killed in a vile act of gender-based violence. Most of the women were studying to be engineers. On this National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, and all days, we remember them: 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 Haviernick, materials engineering student Maryse Laganière, budget clerk in the École Polytechnique’s finance department Maryse Leclair, materials engineering student Anne-Marie Lemay, mechanical engineering…

November 16, 2023

In this News/North profile on NAPEG, Melanie Williams, P.Eng., President of NAPEG, discusses women in the field, NAPEG’s work on Bill 93, and the Association’s annual Bridge Building contest. Read more: https://www.nnsl.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/NWT-Nunavut-Mining-Nov.-13-full-PDF.pdf    

November 1, 2023

2024 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, 2024: https://napeg.ca.thentiacloud.net/webs/napeg  

October 17, 2023

Bill 93, Practice of Engineering, Geoscience and Applied Science Technology Act, passed on October 3rd, culminating years of work from NAPEG and the GNWT. Read more on Mining North of 60: https://miningnorthof60.com/new-standards-in-engineering-and-geoscience-to-better-serve-the-public-and-professionals

October 17, 2023