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Dec 2005
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1996 IEEE President Wallace Stanley (Wally) Read receives the IEEE
Charles Proteus Steinmetz Award from 2002 IEEE President Ray Findlay
during the IEEE Standards Association Award Ceremony in December 2005.
Wally donated half of the $10,000 cash prize to each of two of his favourite
IEEE entities - the IEEE Canadian Foundation and the IEEE History Center.
The citation reads "for sustained leadership in organizing IEEE standards
activities to be responsive to industry and the global market place.
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Nov 2005
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Ricky Leung of Ryerson University receives an IEEE Canadian Foundation
Scholarship from Foundation President Bob Alden at the Ryerson Awards
ceremony for Electrical and Computer Engineering on November 23.
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Nov 2005
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Ferial El-Hawary, a member of the foundation, becomes IEEE Canada
President-Elect for 2006 & 2007, and President for 2008 & 2009.
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Oct 2005
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Past Foundation President Miro Forest receives IEEE Canada's highest award for service, the "W.S. Read Outstanding Service Award" from Wally Read at the October 22 IEEE Toronto Section Annual General Meeting. The citation reads "for significant and sustained leadership over two decades as director and president of the IEEE Canadian Foundation and its predecessor organization, IEEC Inc.".
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Sep 2005
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Foundation Treasurer Luc Matteau attends the annual IEEE Canada Student Branch Training Workshop held this year in Vancouver, September 15 - 18, 2005. The IEEE Canadian Foundation supports this workshop financially, and Luc participates to help explain how Canadian students and student branches can apply for grants from the foundation. From Left: Luc presents a replacement framed portrait of General McNaughton to a student branch chair. Some workshop participants at the Saturday evening dinner. The Telus award winners. A group of IEEE Canada presidents - Bob Hanna (2006/7), Wally Read (1984/5), Mo El-Hawary (2002/3), Ray Findlay (1994/5), Bill Kennedy (2004/5)
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Jul 2005
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Pierre Morency, chair ofthe Laval Robocup team, files this
report
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Jun 2005
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Steven Seegar of Queen's University received an IEEE Canadian Foundation
Scholarship presented by Foundation President Bob Alden at the 50th
Anniversary Banquet of the Kingston Section. Bob also presented a framed
photograph of General McNaughton to the Queen's University Student Branch -
Stephen Seegar accepted as the branch chair.
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Apr 2005
| The Board of Directors meeting is held on April 5, after
the Annual Membership meeting and;
- reappoints the current officers for a further one-year term
- awards eight 2005 IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarships,
Vijay Narasimhan, University of Ottawa
Brett Matthew Lovas, University of Saskatchewan
Maimuna Chawla, Carleton University
Stephen Seeger, Queen's University
Mark Campbell, University of Calgary
Tina Tahmoures-Zadeh, University of Toronto
Ricky Leung, Ryerson University
Jenny Lee Ching, University of Alberta
- awards the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Prize to Jennifer Jessop
of the Winnipeg Section & Red River College.
- awards three IEEE Canadian Foundation Special Grants
Laval University 2005 Robocup robot construction
and competition initiative
University of Windsor to support the 2005
International Conference for Upcoming Engineers (ICUE)
University of Victoria to support the Project
“Autonomous Underwater Vehicle”.
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Apr 2005
| The Annual Membership meeting is held on April 5 and;
- receives the President's annual report describing progress over
the past year and plans for the future
- receives the report of the Grants committee summarizing that in 2004,
the IEEE Canadian Foundation
- awarded 7 Scholarships, 3 Learning Centre Upgrade Grants,
6 Special Grants, and one Vehicular Technology Travel Grant - totaling $51,622.
- re-elects current directors Bob Alden and David Whyte, whose terms are
expiring
- elects Ossama Iskandar and Ray Findlay to replace Tom Purdy and Miro Forest
as directors for three-year terms
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Mar 2005
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Bob Alden, IEEE Canadian Foundation President, is elected a Fellow of the
Engineering Institute of Canada.
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Jan 2005
| Bob Alden, IEEE Canadian Foundation President, is
elected an IEEE Fellow - the citation reads "for contributions to
eigenvalue analysis of power system stability".
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