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opportunities for professional
development for APEGNB members.
She was also a past committee
member and chair of the Equity
and Diversity Committee of
Engineers and Geoscientists New
Brunswick for a number of years
and volunteered with the Quest
4 Girls Club from 2002 to 2007.
The Club, which is the largest of
its kind in Canada, promotes
engineering, science and technology
to girls in grades 3 through 5
through visits and interactive
presentations from female mentors
and hands-on projects. As a
mentor, Ms. Plourde assisted in
presenting science experiments
and career information about
environmental engineering.
Ms. Plourde was one of six
participants in a workshop in
search of Generic Professional
Competencies in 1998 at
Continuing Education UNB. The
workshop was co-sponsored by
the Applied Stand Dynamics and
Management Group (ASDMG) of
the Faculty of Forestry and
Environmental Management,
and the Department of
Extension and Summer Session
(ESS). Ms. Plourde represented
the civil engineering profession.
Ms. Plourde spoke about her
career path to the forestry
engineering class at the University
of New Brunswick in 2002, has
represented the Association at a
2007 high school career fair at
Naasis Middle School, and spoke
with students of Leo Hayes High
School about her career in
environmental engineering at
the school’s career day in 2009.
A 1990 civil engineering graduate
from the University of New
Brunswick, Ms. Plourde began
her career as a geotechnical
engineer with Jacques Whitford.
In 1991, she joined ADI Limited
where she spent the next eight
years working in geotechnical/
materials engineering while
learning and obtaining experience
in several related fields such as
municipal engineering, environmental
engineering, construction
and project management.
Presently employed by
Conestoga Rovers & Associates
in Fredericton, Ms. Plourde
recently worked with Health
Canada to develop two human
health risk assessment reports.
Since 2000, Ms. Plourde has
volunteered as Chapter
Coordinator for the Fredericton
Chapter of the Tetra Society of
North America. Tetra brings
together professional engineers,
technologists and health
professionals to create
customized assistive devices
for people with disabilities.
As chapter coordinator, she has
had the opportunity to give
numerous presentations on
Tetra's services to various
community and healthcare
organizations. As a result of her
volunteer work with Tetra, she
received an Award of Merit from
Easter Seals New Brunswick in
June 2009 and her Tetra Branch
received a Citation Award from
the Canadian Association of
Occupational Therapists and the
New Brunswick Association of
Occupational Therapists in
October 2006.
In recognition of her work with
young women and her efforts to
define and promote engineering
messages that resonate with
women, APEGNB is pleased to
present Ms. Christine Plourde,
P.Eng., FEC, with the Support of
Women in Engineering Award.
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