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1. ROYAL REPRESENTATION — The Honourable Lois. E. Mitchell, CM, AOE, LLD, the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, addresses the crowd attending APEGA’s premier awards event, the Summit Awards Gala, April 21, in Edmonton at the Shaw Conference Centre. 2. NEWLY VESTED — For outgoing APEGA President Connie Parenteau, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.), her tartan is represented in the form of a sash instead of the usual vest, after an APEGA ceremony that’s a traditional right-of-passage into the ranks of the regulator’s Past-Presidents. 3. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS HONOURED — J.J. Roger Cheng, P.Eng., PhD, addresses the gala crowd after accepting the Centennial Leadership Award. Dr. Cheng is Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Engineering. 4. OUTSTANDING MENTOR — Arden Spachynski, P.Eng., is the recipient of the Outstanding Mentor Award, which he has earned by leveraging decades of experience in the mentoring of new generations of students and Professional Engineers. 5. SHE KNOWS LEACHATE — Lourdes Lugue, P.Eng., is the recipient of the Environment and Sustainability Award, for her leadership and engineering expertise as the project manager of Calgary’s Leachate Treatment Pilot Plant. In all at the Summit Awards Gala, APEGA honoured 11 Members and Permit Holders for their outstanding contributions to the professions and the public.
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