President's Awards

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The Association is proud to honour its members' outstanding technical, professional and community service contributions at the annual APEGBC President's Awards.

R A McLachlan Memorial Award

This award was established in 1965 in honour of R. A. McLachlan P.Eng. Mr. McLachlan was President of the Association in 1951 and a member of Council in 1940, 1941, 1945, 1950 and 1952. He served the Association in many ways and maintained an unflagging interest in its affairs. He was highly respected by all who knew him, both for his ability as an engineer and for his personal integrity and fairness.

This award shall be made to an engineer who combines a solid professional career with outstanding service to the community. It is intended that the award be given to a candidate who has exhibited the concern for public welfare that characterizes our professions at their best. The candidate should be actively engaged in professional work as opposed to one who has done such work in the past but has gone on to administrative or other non-technical duties.

Community service that will be considered most desirable in a candidate includes: election to parliament or legislature as an MP or MLA, election to regional or municipal councils or boards, completion of a period of major responsibility with a charitable organization such as the United Way, Red Cross, Salvation Army or similar organization, major executive responsibility for youth or church groups, service organizations or community sports or recreation clubs and boards, Professional or technical society activity may be considered. However, activity related to the furtherance of the career of a candidate will be given less weight than community activity as referred to above. Greater weight will be given for either a sustained period of community activity or for participation in a number of different activities.

Christopher J Westerman Memorial Award

This award was established in 1994 in honour of Dr. C. J. Westerman, P.Geo., who was regarded by his peers as an eminent and exemplary member of the geoscience community and the Association. In addition to his high standards of professionalism and excellence in practice, Dr. Westerman was instrumental in establishing the licensing and accreditation of Professional Geoscientists in British Columbia. These qualities, along with his dedication and commitment through countless hours of volunteer work on behalf of the Association, are commemorated in this award.

The Christopher J. Westerman Memorial Award is the Association's primary award for professional geoscience. The award is given to a Professional Geoscientist who advances public recognition of the practice of professional geoscience in British Columbia and does so with the high levels of dedication and integrity shown by Dr. Westerman. The candidate will be actively engaged in the practice of geoscience with an active practice based in BC over a number of years and will have demonstrated a solid professional career with outstanding service to the community. (Active practice is defined to include management of geoscience professionals and non professionals.) The Award is normally given to a person in mid-career, who has made an outstanding contribution to the technical and professional community.

Meritorious Achievement Award

The Meritorious Achievement Award is presented to APEGBC members who have achieved distinctive and outstanding goals in professional or technical fields. The achievement may be a single event or the culmination of activity towards the goal. Among achievements that might be considered are the discovery of a new process or procedure, leadership of a team that reaches national or international distinction or achievement of a goal against considerable odds through determination and personal drive.

Community Service Award

The Community Service Award is presented to APEGBC members who have made a substantial contribution to the well-being of their community. The contribution may be in one or more of the fields of social service, church work, politics, education, sport, recreation or the arts. The contribution may be through either voluntary or paid service, elected or appointed. Continuous activity over a period is an asset.

Professional Service Award

The Professional Service Award is presented to APEGBC members who have made a substantial contribution of service to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC or to technical and learned societies and organizations. The service will include leadership and dedication to the Association or to other societies over a sustained period of time.

APEGBC Teaching Award for Excellence in Engineering and Geoscience

The APEGBC Teaching Award for Excellence in Engineering and Geoscience Education is presented to recognize individuals who are outstanding transferors of knowledge to engineers and geoscientists, past, present and future, and who, by their superior performance, enhance the quality of engineering and geoscience education and the general professions.

APEGBC Young Professional Award

The APEGBC Young Professional Award bestows distinction on young outstanding engineers and/or geoscientists and recognizes exceptional achievements in their chosen fields, demonstrating continued leadership in the profession and the community.