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- 12:19, 5 May 2026 Charles Attwood (hist | edit) [5,065 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Charles Hartley Attwood PEng, Past President of EGM 1929 and 1930== Charles worked for the Winnipeg Branch Office of the Dominion Government doing survey work on water resources projects from 1919 to 1930. In 1930 he transferred to the Province of Manitoba Water Resources Branch. He was President of The Association of Professional Engineers of Manitoba (now EGM) in 1929 and 1930. Charles was born in Hamilton Ontario on September 17, 1883. ==Education== Charles obtai...")
- 09:59, 5 May 2026 Richard Johnson (hist | edit) [7,476 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==RICHARD ALLAN (DICK) JOHNSON PEng (1932-2023), Past President of EGM== Dick Johnson dedicated his entire long and distinguished 54-year career at the University of Manitoba in the Faculty of Engineering and central administration. He retired as Vice-Provost in 1997 and was also a past president of APEM (now EGM). Dick was born in Winnipeg 1932. File:1979 R.O. Johnson.jpg ==Education== Dick grew up in Winnipeg and attended Laura Secord School and Gordon Bell H...")
- 09:04, 5 May 2026 Richard Jones (hist | edit) [2,796 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Richard Mervyn Jones PEng, (SM) FEC Richard joined the Heritage Committee on its formation in 2007. He has always been interested in how engineering has helped society develop and flourish in ways that are not immediately obvious to its citizens. He is a retired aeronautical engineer who was born in England at the end of World War Two. He was educated in Wales until in 1962 he was accepted as a cadet into the Royal Air Force College. For 4 and 2/3 years, he studied Aer...")
- 10:25, 23 April 2026 Honorary Life Members (hist | edit) [8,628 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "2021 Dr. Hilmi Turanli, P.Eng.(SM), FEC 2019 Ganpat Lodha, Ph.D, P.Geo., FGC 2018 Catherine Stewart, P.Eng., FEC 2017 Alfred Poetker, P.Eng., FEC 2016 Don Spangelo, P.Eng. FEC 2015 Dr. Digvir Jayas, P.Eng. FEC 2014 Myron G. Britton, P.Eng., PhD. FEC 2013 Raymond Hoemsen, P.Eng., FEC 2012 Arnold Permut, M.Sc., P.Eng. 2011 Douglas Gerald Chapman, P.Eng., PhD. 2010 Ramkrishna M. Godse, P.Eng. 2010 C.R. McBain 2007 R.C. Isaak 2007 R.R. Foster 2006 E. Weiszmann 2006 D.A. Enni...")
- 10:30, 22 April 2026 Transcona Grain Elevator Failure & Restoration (hist | edit) [1,883 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==North Transcona Grain Elevator Failure and Restoration== The foundation failure of the reinforced-concrete annex of the grain terminal elevator located on the north Transcona Canadian Pacific Railway yard that occurred in the fall of 1913 and its subsequent Restoration is a prominent Manitoba case study in engineering and geoscience. It has been analyzed by many prominent geotechnical engineers over the years. The Canadian Geotechnical Society has compiled a collect...")
- 10:45, 20 April 2026 Glen Cook (hist | edit) [6,344 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC== Glen was excited to join the Heritage Committee when CEO Grant Koropatnick first formed the group in 2007 under the guidance of Doug Chapman. Glen assumed the chair role in 2016. Glen is passionate about Manitoba History and how engineering and geoscience has been an integral part of the Building of the Province. He looks forward to sharing his interests and encouraging others to help share and preserve engineering and geoscience acco...")
- 10:22, 20 April 2026 Dave Ennis (hist | edit) [7,082 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==David Allan John Ennis, PEng (SM), FEC, FCSSE== Dave is the Past Registrar of the Association (1990-2005), a Honorary Life Member of Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba (2006) and an active member of the Heritage Committee since its inception in 2007. ==Education== Dave grew up and received his schooling in the village of McCreary, Manitoba. His early awareness about engineering was cultivated by one of his uncles was a professional engineer. [GC1.1]Dave’s initial hand...")
- 12:32, 9 April 2026 Ken Jardine (hist | edit) [4,215 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Kenneth Mason Jardine (1930-2022), PEng, Past President of EGM== Ken worked for Manitoba Highways and Transportation, ending his career as Executive Director of Planning and Design. He was President of The Association of Professional Engineers of Manitoba (now EGM) in 1982. Ken was born to Don and Jean Jardine on October 31, 1930. He grew up in the small Interlake community of Spearhill, Manitoba. ==Education== Ken graduated from Grade 11 at St. James Collegiate an...")
- 22:00, 5 April 2026 Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba Heritage Committee (hist | edit) [1,113 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Heritage Committee Profile Page== {| | ==Purpose== * Research, recover, preserve and protect the heritage of engineering and geoscience as it relates to Manitoba * Present our heritage to Association practitioners and to the public of Manitoba * Work with other groups and organizations that have common objectives * Maintain the Heritage Wiki Site ==Requests for Information== The Heritage Committee focuses on the people, work and events related to engineering and geosc...")
- 14:13, 25 March 2026 Jacob Hoogstraten (hist | edit) [6,461 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Jacob (Jack) Hoogstraten (1908-1983), PEng, L. M., FEC, LLD Past President of EGM== Jack Hoogstraten lectured, developed and oversaw construction of several buildings on the campus at the University of Manitoba. He retired as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and was also a two-time past president of APEM (now EGM). Jack was born in Winnipeg on 28 October 1908. He was the son of Dutch immigrants Jacob Hoogstraten and Jansje Pleoger. File:1955-1956 J. Hoogstra...")
- 19:57, 19 March 2026 William (Bill) McKay (hist | edit) [447 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "William Gordon McKay published his memoir as Engineering Institute of Canada Working Paper 11/2002-May 2002. The paper was subsequently renamed as '''Engineering History Paper #23 entitled Memoir'''. The paper is part of a large collection of Engineering History Papers. The paper is located on The Engineering Institute of Canada's website at the following location: https://eic-ici.ca/PDFs/history/EIC%20Paper%2023%20-%20McKay%20Memoirs.pdf")
- 14:36, 18 March 2026 The Engineering Institute of Canada Pre-1920 (hist | edit) [11,414 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Engineering Institute of Canada is a technical society established in the late 1800s to promote the advancement of engineering knowledge. It would eventually go on to found the individual regulatory bodies within each province. ==First Engineering Professional Regulatory body—1881== The first attempt at formalizing the engineering profession came in 1881 when a bill to regulate the practice of civil engineering was introduced in the Ontario legislature. However, t...")
- 07:29, 17 March 2026 Development of Winnipeg's Aviation Industry (hist | edit) [25,634 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (The history of the development of the air transportation system in Manitoba is probably more like how the river-boat industry evolved to use the network of rivers to move goods around in the mid-1800s. There was very little local engineering required or available at the time. Knowledge was transferred by a few key, mechanically trained/experienced individuals who saw an opportunity and adapted the technology for this area)
- 10:45, 26 February 2026 Development of the Telephone System (hist | edit) [10,969 bytes] Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==First System in Manitoba== The first telephone system in Manitoba was put together by Horace McDougall, of Winnipeg. A manager of the Northwest Telegraph Company, McDougall acquired two telephones in November 1877 and wired them between his office and his home. These two state-of-the-art instruments were rented for $60 per year[RB1.1][JB1.2] (about $1500 today) to operate and could only connect only to each other. These early devices did not even have the ability to ri...")
