Building Communities

Associated Engineering staff volunteer with Habitat for Humanity

Young boy learns to apply engineering and science in a fun way

Calgary: Front Row - Marie-Eve Reynaud (Edmonton - protégé), Izabella Rzewuska (protégé), Victor Yin (protégé), Anita Selinger (mentor), Nizar Dhanani (mentor), Barry Vallance (mentor) Back Row - Bill Chisholm (mentor), Andy Barr (mentor), Doug Olson (mentor), Seth Slipp (protégé), Martin Rowland (protégé), Graham Lang (protégé)

Saskatoon/Regina: Front Row - Derek Trischuk (mentor / protégé), Jessica Reese (protégé), Carma Holmes (mentor), Hikmet Abdulkadir (protégé), Cory Wihlidal (mentor). Back Row - Peter Hooge (mentor), Nathan Rolston (protégé), Bob Hawboldt (mentor), Darin Schindel (protégé), Brian Palm (protégé)

Associated Engineering lends
a helping hand to Habitat for Humanity
On August 12 and 13, 2008, several staff from our Saskatoon office assisted Habitat for Humanity on some local projects. Staff helped to convert a job site trailer for use as a classroom to teach high school students carpentry skills. This involved cutting the trailer in half. Other AE staff landscaped the front yard of a recently completed home and laid a sidewalk.

Habitat for Humanity Canada is a national, non-profit organization. Their mission is to mobilize volunteers and community partners in building affordable housing and promoting home ownership as a means to breaking the cycle of poverty.

Associated Engineering supports “GEERing-Up!” engineering and science camps for kids at UBC
Associated Engineering is a proud supporter of GEERing Up!, UBC Engineering & Science Camps for Kids. This is a non-profit organization with the mandate to promote science, engineering, and technology to youth across the Greater Vancouver area. Designed, organized, and operated by UBC students, the idea is to show our youth how fun and exciting engineering and science can be. The experience is interactive, hands-on, and accessible for all youths.

Associated Engineering
launches Mentoring Program

Mentoring Program benefits company, mentors, and protégés
Associated Engineering strives to foster a work environment that encourages employees to continue to learn and grow. To this end, we have always encouraged informal mentoring between staff. In today’s competitive market, it is all too clear that attracting, retaining, and developing talent is vital to the success of an organization. Therefore, to enhance staff development, as well as recruitment and retention, Associated Engineering has developed a formal mentoring program.

The formal mentoring program matches staff at junior, intermediate, and senior levels to more senior staff. Mentors share resources (networking, contacts), expertise, values, skills, perspectives, and attitudes with their protégés to help protégés attain their professional and personal growth objectives.

Through this program, Associated Engineering has the opportunity to share and spread our acquired knowledge and know-how. Protégés have an opportunity to gain wisdom from someone who has travelled the path before them, and mentors have an opportunity to share their expertise and knowledge.