2025-04-03 News Notice

The Testing of the Trusses: 2025 Spaghetti Bridge Competition
EngGeoMB witnessed incredible participation during Provincial Engineering and Geoscience Week 2025, with 1,200 eager students from across Manitoba coming together to design, construct, and ultimately test their creations at the annual Spaghetti Bridge Competition. This year, their collective efforts resulted in a staggering weight-bearing achievement of 12,857.9 kg! Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's competition: We cannot wait to see what you build in 2026!

Member Engagement Session: Potential By-law Changes
The By-law Review Committee is proposing several potential changes to the by-laws. Members are encouraged to review the changes and participate in a discussion, either in-person or online, on Thursday, April 11, 2025, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. For more information, please see the event listing.

Affiliation with an Association Chapter
Did you know that all practitioners can affiliate with an Association chapter? If you were affiliated with a chapter before renewing your membership, you are invited to reconfirm your affiliation with any of the Association's chapters through your online member profile. Affiliation with a chapter is not exclusively based on ethnicity or location. Anyone can join any chapter for mutual support, networking, and special events. Choose a chapter and get involved today!

Walking in a Good Way with Diversity to Pave the Way for Inclusivity and Equity in the Engineering and Geoscience Professions - Thursday, April 17, 2025
Every professional needs to be responsible for their behaviours and actions that either contribute to or hinder inclusivity. This session will set a foundation of equity, diversity, and inclusion knowledge and present ideas how we can positively influence change while maintaining perspective and focus, support our equity-deserving colleagues, and hold ourselves accountable. For more information and to register for this session, please see the full event listing.

Understanding How to Engage with Diverse Public for Our Projects - Wednesday, April 23, 2025
As professional engineers and geoscientists, we work in the public interest - but how do we know what the public wants? We do this through engagement and relationship building. This session will reflect on engagement versus consultation, how this will improve your designs, solutions and outcomes, what this means for infrastructure projects, and is aimed to leave you knowing the importance of this vital step in a project. For more information and to register for this session, pleases see the event listing.