Pierre Desjardins, ing.
Elected CCPE Chair
The Canadian Council of Professional Engineers (CCPE) has elected Pierre Desjardins, ing., as chair of its board. Mr. Desjardins was elected unanimously at the CCPE's 61st annual meeting held on May 23-24 in Halifax. He replaces John Bate, P.Eng., who has completed his one-year term.
In his incoming address to the assembly of professional
engineers at the annual meeting,
Mr.
Desjardins spoke of his strong desire to see the CCPE serve as a catalyst
for the development of stronger linkages among engineering organizations
across the country.
"The CCPE must continue to identify innovative
partnerships within the profession and the community that promote the highest
attainable standards of engineering." Mr. Desjardins said: "Strengthening
dynamic alliances is an important first step to unifying the engineering
profession. A more united profession is better prepared to tackle emerging
challenges such as how advances in engineering technology can be harmonized
with public safety, sustainable development, respect for the environment
and improved standards in the quality of living for all citizens."
Reinvigorating the CCPE confederation
was also a prominent theme of Mr. Desjardins' address.
"As Chairman, I intend to continue to work closely with our constituent associations/ordre across Canada to develop better methods of exchanging information and communications on co-operative approaches to common challenges," he said.
"The CCPE will continue to develop a coalition
of consensus on the leadership role the engineering profession is expected
to carry within the country and around the world."
Mr. Desjardins, a former president and long-standing
member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, is a civil
engineer with extensive experience in the management of municipal works
projects. Since 1987, he has been the president of Sovenca gestion de projets,
inc., a Montreal-based project management firm.
CCPE is the confederation of ten provincial and
two territorial regulatory bodies that collectively represent more than
160,000 professional engineers across Canada. 