PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
APEGA’s Mentoring Program: It’s Back and It’s Better After a short hiatus, our mentoring program relaunches this fall. New, user- friendly software will make it easy for mentors and mentees to connect and find their ideal mentoring match
differences, enhance their resumes, and improve their job-search techniques. Sharing his skills and knowledge, he’s helped mentees grow and advance in their careers. “I really like to interact with people, I want to help others, and I have great pride in my profession and want to give back to it,” explains Mr. Greenwood- Madsen, a principal engineer with ATCO Electric. The people he’s helped are not the only ones to grow from these relationships. For example, after mentoring several female professionals, Mr. Green- wood-Madsen has gained a better appreciation of the challenges women face in the workplace.
Over the years, Tom Greenwood-Madsen, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.), has mentored more than a dozen mentees through APEGA’s Mentoring Program. He was one of the first Members to join the program when it launched in 2005, and he has continued to be one of its most active and dedicated mentors. He’s just one of hundreds of mentors who have contributed to the past successes of APEGA’s Mentor- ing Program. Now, even more mentors and mentees will have the opportunity to connect, thanks to APEGA’s launch this fall of a new and improved program. Mr. Greenwood-Madsen has helped internationally trained mentees navigate Canadian cultural
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