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Sustainable Design; and one for quick infrastructure assessment and recovery after the Fort McMurray wildfire, in Water Resources and Energy Production. The company received Awards of Merit for the ATCO Regional Industrial Water System, the Seebe Bridge Pipeline Crossing, and the Aquatera Bioreactor Landfill Gas-to-Energy. A joint submission from Stantec and MCW Hemisphere Ltd., DIALOG , and Amec Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure received the Award of Excellence in Building Engineering — Recreational, for Rogers Place. And Stantec is listed as a subconsultant for AECOM Canada ’s Northeast Anthony Henday Drive design, build, finance, operate project, which received an ENGINEERS CANADA SCHOLARSHIP HELPS MEMBER ENCOURAGE FEMALE STUDENTS Throughout her engineering career as she struggled to find a female engineering mentor, Kathryn Korbaylo, P.Eng. , has faced the challenges that come out of working in a male-dominated environment. By becoming a teacher, she hopes to inspire the next generation to engage in these subjects and ultimately increase the number of females in engineering fields. Ms. Korbaylo, who holds a B.Eng. in biosystems engineering from the University of Manitoba, has decided to return to school to earn her bachelor of education degree so that she can engage, inspire, and mentor young people — especially females — to pursue careers in science and engineering. Now, Ms. Korbaylo has graduated with a bachelor of education
Award of Excellence, Transportation Infrastructure — Roads, Interchanges, Airports, Mass Transit and Ports. Associated Engineering Alberta claimed Awards of Excellence Awards in three categories, including Community Development, for the Main Street Rehabilitation project in the Town of Rocky Mountain House. The company’s efforts in emergency response and water system recovery during the Fort McMurray wildfire earned Associated its two Awards of Excellence, in the categories of Community Outreach and In-House Initiatives, and Project Management. Other Permit Holders that received Awards of Excellence were CIMA Canada Inc., Golder Associates Ltd., Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd., Morrison Hershfield Ltd. , and Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.
TO LEARN AND TO TEACH Kathryn Korbaylo, P.Eng., recipient of an Engineers Canada scholarship, speaks May 25 during the 2017 Engineers Canada Spring Meetings and AGM in St. John’s. She recently graduated with a bachelor of education degree from St. Mary’s University. -photo courtesy Engineers Canada
degree from St. Mary’s University in Calgary. An Engineers Canada scholarship helped her reach that most recent goal. Engineers Canada partners each year with Manulife and TD Insurance Meloche Monnex to award cash prizes valued at a total of $60,000 to six Canadian Professional Engineers returning to university. Two types of scholarships are available: three Engineers Canada-Manulife Scholarships of $12,500 each and three Engineers Canada–TD Insurance Meloche Monnex Scholarships of $7,500 each. “This year's scholarship recipients demonstrate how engineers improve the lives of Canadians in a diver- sity of ways," said Chris D. Roney, FEC, P.Eng. (ON), IntPE, outgoing President of Engineers Canada. "We are proud to support them as they build on their existing engineering expertise through dedicated research, policy development, and skills advancement in order to solve the problems facing our society and the world."
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