MEIA News and Announcements
Submit Your Job Postings and Upcoming Events on the MEIA Website!
MEIA has been working hard upgrading our website to better serve our members. The newest additions are now live – Job Board and Partner Events are now available on the MEIA website!
Submit your event/job posting through the respective portal, and visit the MEIA website to discover events and opportunities from organizations and businesses form across Manitoba.
MEIA Student Chapter Speed Networking Night
Thank you to all the students and mentors who joined us at MEIA’s Student Chapter Speed Mentoring Night on February 27! The Student Chapter Speed Mentoring Night is a opportunity for students to learn from and network with professionals in the environmental sector. Students come prepared to ask mentors specific questions about careers within the industry. As they move from table to table, they are able to meet with a variety of mentors throughout the evening.
Climate Smart – Workshop #3
The Climate Smart program helps businesses to profitably reduce carbon emissions and the costs associated with energy, fuel and waste. Through small-group training sessions, expert one-on-one coaching, and customized reporting, businesses are set up to future-proof their operations. The third and final workshop for this round was on Thursday, February 20th.
Interested in learning more about Climate Smart and/or signing up for consideration to next round of workshops tentatively planned for fall/winter 2020? Call MEIA at (204) 783-7090.
Upcoming MEIA Training & Events
Aboriginal Cultural Awareness & Engagement Workshop
In Collaboration with Okimaw Community & HR Solutions
Part 1: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 | Part 2: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
MEIA 310-112 Market Ave., Winnipeg
MEIA Member: $100
Non-Member: $400
Registration for this course is now closed.
Understanding the history and culture of Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples’ is critical to moving forward as a business and as a nation. This understanding is especially pertinent in natural resource extraction, mining, and forestry, but Aboriginal relations have far reaching financial and social impacts in any industry. Whether your focus is in recruitment, business development, or training, this workshop will help you and your team build informed, effective, and respectful relationships with Metis, First Nations Peoples and communities.
Subjects Covered in the Course:
- Understanding how history impacts Aboriginal Peoples
- Understanding how current Aboriginal Issues impact First Nations and Metis communities
- Understanding the constitutional, political and legal context of Aboriginal issues
- UNDRIP what is it? What does duty to consult mean?
- How Aboriginal and western world views impact decision-making
- Elder protocols (including a live session with a local Elder)
For more information please contact MEIA at (204) 783-7090 or [email protected]
MEIA Charity Golf Tournament
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Breezy Bend Country Club, 7620 Roblin Blvd, Headingley, MB
Register individually for $195 or register a team of four for $760!
Registration: 10:30am | Lunch: 11:15am | Tee off at 12:30pm
Join us for MEIA’s charity golf tournament in support of The Dream Factory, a Manitoba-based charitable organization dedicated to fulfilling dreams for kids who are battling life-threatening illnesses. This event is open to everyone, no mater what your golfing abilities!
We begin with lunch, followed by 18 holes of golf (Texas Scramble) with a power cart, dinner, and prize presentation.
Besides registering your team, you can support the Dream Factory by sponsoring the tournament! You can support the Dream Factory in many ways including:
- Contributing a basket to the Silent Auction
- Donate items of dollars towards the Silent Auction. We’ll create the basket on your behalf
- Donate a door prize
Click here to download the full list of sponsorship opportunities.
Contact the MEIA at (204) 783-7090 for details.
First Aid Training
One and Two Day Courses available!
EFA-C and AED – One-day Course: $55 for MEIA Members
SFA-C & AED – Two-day Course: $90 for MEIA Members
Contact the MEIA at (204) 783-7090 to register or email [email protected]
Member News and Announcements
Pinchin Ltd. Upcoming Training
Hazardous Building Materials 101
March 18, 2020
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Pinchin Office, 54 Terracon Place
FREE
This session is designed to help building owners, property managers, contractors, and consultants better understand their regulatory requirements and the potential impacts on their day to day operations, maintenance, and construction projects.
This session will provide insight on appropriate assessment requirements, notifications and project planning techniques, to avoid costly project delays and financial impacts from unexpected discoveries, and regulatory “stop work” orders.
Note: The scope of this awareness level session is not sufficient for those who will be removing or remediating asbestos or other designated substances. Refer to our course listings or contact us about training that is required in order to perform asbestos work.
Asbestos Control in Buildings and Industry in Manitoba
March 24 – 26, 2020
8:30 – 4:30pm
Pinchin Office, 54 Terracon Place
$1195.00 per person (Every 5 people who attend this course from your organization, 1 person is free of charge)
This course provides an in-depth review of everything related to asbestos, including its uses, health effects, relevant regulatory requirements, work classifications, and much more. It is relevant to a wide range of audiences – building owners, property managers, health & safety personnel, contractors, and many others.
In addition, for anyone who intends to perform Types 1, 2 and/or 3 asbestos work, the course content meets those regulatory training requirements.Click here for more information and to register.
ECO Canada Survey
Environmental Careers Organization of Canada (ECO Canada) is conducting a survey on Compensation & HR Trends for the environmental workforce. This research is funded in part by Natural Resources Canada and the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Initiatives Program. The data collected will help ECO Canada provide a deeper understanding of compensation received by environmental workers, increase their portfolio of available research products, and better attend to the needs of their clients in this young industry.
We would like to invite you to take this survey as your input is critical to creating an accurate representation of various compensation levels in the environmental sector. All data collected is confidential and will only be analyzed at an aggregate level.
This survey applies to all industries and takes approximately 15mins to complete.
If you would like to participate in the survey, please click on the link belowbefore March 13, 2020!
https://www.legerweb.com/ECOCanadaSurvey2020
MB Climate Action Team Presents: Get Moving on Climate
March 13, 2020
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Dakota Community Centre 1188 Dakota St. Winnipeg
Manitoba’s Climate Action Team wants to Get Moving on Climate! We’re here to ask the question: How can we transport people and goods without the use of fossil fuels?
You can join local experts in breakout sessions to discuss: Active transportation, Public transit, Goods transportation, Inter-city and rural transit, Ride and car sharing, Electrification and automation.
Learn what policies need to be implemented to build a resilient future for Manitobans in the climate emergency! We’ll talk about what these transportation systems look like in Manitoba and explore how they’ll help us meet emissions targets for a zero-carbon future.
Visit the Eventbrite page to secure your spot » tinyurl.com/MoveOnClimate
ALS Free Webinar: Organic Flame Retardants and Environmental Impact
March 11, 2020
11:00am – 1:00pm
Online
Join ALS Director of Special Chemistries & Air Toxics Ron McLeod for this education webinar discussing organic flame retardants and environmental impact.
Are flame retardants a necessary evil? Let’s explore options for flame retardants that are less offensive to the environment as well as the question of whether we should be monitoring flame retardants in the environment. Different types and classes of flame retardants will be presented along with their potential environmental impact.
ALS is a leading testing, inspection, certification and verification company servicing multiple industries globally. Our people are dedicated to the values of quality, integrity, reliability and innovation. ALS is committed to delivering high quality testing services at the utmost level of customer service. We provide the right technical solutions tailored to the modern needs of our clients helping them make better, more informed decisions.
World Trade Centre Seminars
Dates: Throughout March 2020
Venue: 219 Provencher Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Fee: FREE!
For more information or to register, click here.
Exports, Financing and International Markets – March 10 @ 9:30am-11:30am
Indigenous Procurement – March 17 @ 10:00am-11:30am
French Toast – March 20 @ 7:30am-8:45am
Branding: Strategy Before Creativity – March 24 @ 9:30am-11:30am
Selling to the Federal Government – March 25 @ 10:00am-11:30am
Takin’ It to the Streets: Safe Food, Good Eats – March 26 @ 9:30am-11:30am
Other News and Events
Business Scale-up and Productivity Program – Western Economic Diversification Canada
If you’re a western Canadian company looking to grow, the Business Scale-up and Productivity (BSP) program could be for you. BSP supports high-growth businesses that are scaling up and producing innovative goods, services or technologies. It offers interest-free repayable funding to incorporated western Canadian companies.
Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD) is taking steps to streamline and improve the BSP program for western Canada’s businesses and entrepreneurs. You will have multiple opportunities to apply for BSP funds should your expression of interest not be ready for submission. WD will be accepting expressions of interest throughout the year during the following dates:
February 24 – March 23, 2020
September 15 – October 14, 2020
January 15 – February 16, 2021
For more information about the program and how to apply, please visit WD’s BSP website or contact a regional office.
CCME Webinar: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Parks and Planning
March 12, 2020 from 12:00-1:30 PM Central Standard Time
Registration deadline is Monday, March 9, 2020
The Adaptation Policy Committee of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment is hosting a webinar, as part of its series to explore how natural infrastructure and other natural climate solutions can help improve resilience to climate change.
Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Parks and Planning
This webinar will share three different perspectives on nature-based solutions to improve climate resilience, focusing on our urban playgrounds and parks. The Standards Council of Canada (SCC) will discuss their Infrastructure Program, which will be followed by a presentation by the National Program for Playground Safety, who will share their insight and research on climate resilience as it relates to children’s outdoor environments. This includes work they have undertaken with the SCC on playground standards. Following these presentations, the City of Windsor, Ontario, will talk about their on-the-ground work to use nature-based solutions to integrate thermal comfort into the design and development of all new parks and playgrounds in Windsor, and their holistic and integrated approach for land use planning, urban design and municipal infrastructure.
For additional information and to register, visit Eventbrite.
SWANA Northern Lights Chapter 2020 Conference & Tradeshow
April 20-23, 2020
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel & Conference Centre
Over 400 delegates, exhibitors, and speakers from across North America will traverse our “landmark” Safety, Landfill, and Climate Change, Recycling and Technology sessions. We are also adding in workshops and sessions in disaster preparedness, communications and alternatives technologies. The Symposium is paired with a tradeshow allowing clients and vendors to reconnect in a beautiful setting and see what tools are available on your exhibition.
Click here for full event details and to register.
Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Technologies – Innovation Call
Écotech Québec, the Gaspésie Cleantech Hub and McInnis Cement, in collaboration with the Québec Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation, are joining forces to launch an international call for innovations to identify carbon capture and utilization technologies for Port-Daniel-Gascons, McInnis cement plant.
| March 11 2020 | Information webinar Register here |
| March 25 2020 | Final deadline for submitting solutions |
| April 28 2020 | Virtual team presentation of solutions- if selected (French and English) |
| May 5 2020 | Announcement of the organisations selected for the mission |
| Week of June 1st 2020 | Innovation mission in Gaspésie and the second edition of the Rendez-Vous Carbone |
Despite the many measures taken to make McInnis Cement an industry leader in energy efficiency and environmental performance, the cement plant remains a major source of GHG emissions due to the very nature of the cement manufacturing process. McInnis Cement would thus like to identify the most suitable technological solutions for permanently reducing the cement plant CO2 emissions.
Do you have a solution that could fit the McInnis Cement call for innovations? Submit it by filling the application form available on the Inno+ website by March 25th, 2020.
Contact Écotech Québec for more information: [email protected]
Efficient Trucking Program: Now Accepting Applications
The Efficient Trucking Program is now accepting proposals that will support retrofits in the transportation sector. Eligible applicants can receive a rebate of up to 50 per cent on fuel-saving devices and technologies like idling technologies, low-rolling resistant tires and trailer skirts. The program will be delivered by Red River College and will reduce energy consumption and emissions in Manitoba. Interested applicants with innovative technologies have until March 31 to apply through www.gov.mb.ca/climateandgreenplan/index.html.
Hire Co-Op Students
Whether you are a small start-up or a multinational company, get immediate access to a growing community of talented students seeking professional positions with progressive employers.
Brandon University can offer a flexible and cost-effective way to hire new employees, giving you an opportunity to gain short-term help on specific projects and effectively conduct a four-month interview with a potential job candidate.
And when you hire a co-op student, you may qualify for tax incentives and financial awards.
Red River College (RRC) co-op students are available to work during the 2020 Co-op Work Placement as follows:
Civil Engineering Technology: May 4 – October 23
Architectural Technology: May 4 – August 21
Construction Management: May 4 – October 16
To hire Red River College Co-op students, contact RRC at (204) 632-2585, [email protected]; or post the job opportunity directly to their job board: jobcentral.rrc.ca.
MEIA programming is supported by funding provided by The Government of Canada and The Manitoba government.