2025-03-13 News Notice

Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW): Children's Activities - Sunday, March 23, 2025
Join us at Kildonan Place to mark the start of 2025 Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW) with fun activities to engage the next generation of engineers and geoscientists! Children's activities running on Sunday afternoon provide kids of all ages a chance to have some fun. From building structures out of gumdrops to digging for cool rocks and building a working circuit, there's something for everyone! For more information, please see the full event listing.

Certificate of Authorization (CofA) Renewals
Certificate of Authorizations are currently renewing for the period of Thursday, May 1, 2025, to Thursday, April 30, 2026. Renewal notices have been mailed out to the listed authorized designates. All companies who hold a Certificate of Authorization must submit their renewal payment by April 30, 2025. If the company is no longer providing engineering and/or geoscience services within the province of Manitoba, please complete and return the cancellation form. Renewal payments can be made online by credit card, submitting a cheque by mail, or by contacting the Association office by phone at (204) 474-2736.

2025 Volume No. 1 of The Keystone Professional Now Available
The 2025 Keystone Professional - Vol. 1 is now available to view online. Please note, an error was identified in the printed mailed version on page 25. The digital version has been corrected online.

PEGW Volunteers - Multiple Volunteers Needed
Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW) is held to promote engineering and geoscience as career choices and celebrate engineering and geoscience within our province. We are in need of a few more volunteers for the Children's Activities on Sunday, March 23, 2025, and for the Spaghetti Bridge Competition on Monday, March 24, 2025, both taking place at Kildonan Place Mall. For full details and to sign up, please see the full call for volunteers.

Registration Committee - Committee Member
The Registration Committee is a committee of Council, responsible for conducting the final review of applicants and interns moving forward towards final registration. The committee is currently looking for a professional engineer, specifically in the area of electrical engineering to participate in monthly meetings to discuss assigned files, issues, and policy development. Application deadline for this opportunity is Friday, March 28, 2025. For full details please see the call for volunteers.

Registration Committee - Layperson Member
The Registration Committee is a committee of Council, responsible for conducting the final review of applicants and interns moving forward towards final registration. The committee is currently looking for a layperson member to join the committee for a two-year term, who has good analytical and critical thinking skills, can work effectively as a team towards consensus, understands the Association's mandate to serve and protect public interest. This position is for members of the public, applicants cannot not be registered with Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba. For full details, please see the call for volunteers.

Member Engagement Session: Future By-law Changes - TODAY: Thursday, March 13, 2025
Council invites all members to participate in an open online engagement session discussing potential by-law changes for 2025. This engagement session will go over the By-law Change Process, and potential changes will be presented for discussion and feedback. For more information and to register to attend, please see the event listing.

Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week (PEGW): Spaghetti Bridge Competition - Monday, March 24 - Thursday, March 27, 2025
Our annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition, in support of Harvest Manitoba, returns with in-person and virtual options for pre-registered school groups. K-Grade 12 students compete to build the strongest bridge using just pasta and white or wood glue, then watch as we test it to destruction! For more information and how to view the competition, please see the full event listing.

RRC Polytech: Manitoba Building Bylaws - Monday, April 7 - Friday, May 2, 2025
This online course will examine the legal requirements of the building permitting process as well as the Building Official's role within it. The course will assist Building Officials in recognizing the applicability of laws at various levels (federal, provincial, and municipal) in the building process as well as providing understanding regarding when their role in the legal process begins. Finally, the course will conclude with information about what would be required of a Building Official should they be called to court. For more information and to register for this course, please see the event listing.