East Toronto Chapter Newsletter 2015 - 1

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MARCH 2015 EAST TORONTO CHAPTER VOLUME 2015-1

Chair’s Message

Seminar:“Toronto Transit Planning- The State of the Union”

Seminar:Engineering Contracts

New Member Licence CertificatePresentation Ceremony

Seminar: Bulk Power SystemReliability Standards

Seminar: The Real Cost of Electrical Energy

Seminar: Are Humans Ready to Land and Explore On Mars

Seminar:Personal Stress Management

2015 Chapter Board

Chapter News

Chair’s Message

Our previous year 2014 saw some positivechanges in the organization of chapterevents. We held 13 seminars, which is threemore than we had committed in our 2014Business Plan. We had a successful summerBBQ for the first time ever. We started usingonline registration for chapter events. Weinstituted this online registration early in theyear, so it was used for most of the eventshosted by the chapter. This has worked wellfor the most part, with increased attendanceto seminar events and average attendance of40 to 60 people. However, we have a problemthat I wish to bring to your attention and seekyour cooperation to resolve. Onlineregistration is done conveniently throughEventBrite and many people register. So far, allour seminars have been free of charge, whichmeans we pay no fee to EventBrite for itsservice. The problem is that approximately 25per cent to 30 per cent of those registeringdo not attend. Our cost for rental of thevenue is fixed and independent of theattendance. Soft drinks and bottled water canbe saved for the next event, as they are nonperishable consumables. However, our foodorder, which includes sandwiches, is based onthe expected attendance from registrations.There is a significant cost associated withfood and we do not want to waste excessfood. Occasionally, we can offer this to staffof the venue, but this is not always practicaland not what the food is intended for either.Therefore, I want to encourage all membersto continue to register for seminars, butplease attend and don’t be a no-show.EventBrite sends an automatic reminder oneor two days before an event to the emailaddress of the registrant. It is perfectlyunderstandable and acceptable that,occasionally, a member can face a last-minuteschedule conflict and cannot attend, butthese should be just a few cases. If you knowthat you cannot attend two or more daysbefore an event, please go back to online

registration and cancel your registration (andguest if applicable). We place our food ordertwo days before the seminar event.If thisappeal does not work, we might have toresort to charging a fee in the future on theassumption that anyone paying will be moremindful of not missing the event. We havenever charged, and we want to keep it thatway, if possible.

We intend to have another 13 seminars in2015 and our spring season for this year has aslate of six seminars scheduled from March 23to June 23. We will also host a summer BBQonce again this year on a date to bedetermined but announced well ahead oftime.

Hugo Maureira, P.Eng.Chair

Seminar:“Toronto Transit Planning- The State of the Union”

This engaging presentation will summarizethe current status of Toronto transit planning.The audience will be presented existing andcomparative data that focuses on the practicalrealities and environment within which theTTC operates, including:

• TTC’s statistics vs. other agencies• Land use and development (past,

present, and future)• How to evaluate and rank projects• How to address the triple Whammy

(pent-up demand, SOGR, planning forgrowth)

• Operating vs. capital vs. policyimprovements

• Technology selection - when is a bus vs.BRT vs. streetcar vs. LRT vs. subwayappropriate

• Toronto and Ontario financial status (vs.other jurisdictions)

• Transit funding and priorities• Decision-making process (bureaucrats

and politicians)• Pervasive Toronto myths

Presenter Rishi Lukka, P.EngRishi is a professional engineer, and a

public transit planning and economicsenthusiast. He grew up in Oakville, andattended the University of Waterloo for hisundergrad. He graduated in 2007 with anHonours BASc in Systems Design Engineering,focused on control systems, and also has a BAin Liberal Arts. Initially, he worked in technicaland business development roles in theautomation/instrumentation industry;however, after seven years, he is following hispassion for urban development. Over the lastseveral years, he has been intently followingthe Toronto transit debate, and is currentlycompleting an M.Eng. in TransportationEngineering and Planning at Ryerson. Hewrites a transportation blog attheUrbanEngineer.com, and, in April, will starta job with ARUP in Toronto.

Date: March 23, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: S. Walter Stewart Public Library,170 Memorial Park Ave., Toronto M4J 2K5

Via TTC: From Coxwell station on Bloor-Danforth subway, take the East – 70O’Connor bus toward Warden station, goingnorthbound on Coxwell Ave. Drop off atBarker Ave., then walk 30 metres north andturn left (west) into Memorial Park and walktwo blocks to reach the library.

Via Automobile: Limited parking on northside of the library, and on side streets.

Light refreshments will be served.Cost: Free of charge

Registration is required. Please registeronline at www.easttoronto.peo.on.ca byclicking “events” on the top menu to accessthe calendar, then clicking on the event thatis shown on the calendar and following theprompts.

If you have any questions regarding thepresentation, please contact H. Maureira,P.Eng., at [email protected].

If you have any questions regarding theonline registration, please contact James Tait,EIT, at [email protected].

Seminar:Engineering Contracts

Presented by: Maurice Audet and Shelley Lloyd, both ofAon Reed Stenhouse Inc.The seminar deals with the subject of

professional liability and managing your E&Orisk. Highlights of the presentation are asfollows. Errors and Omissions: what E&O is,

sample cases/claims. Negligence versuscontract: obligations to others. Standards ofcare. Damages: direct, consequential. Jointand several liability: loser pays. Insurance andrisk management considerations.

Maurice Audet started his insurance careerin 1973 after completing a master’s degree inPolitical Science at Simon Fraser University.Maurice is a Senior Vice President at Aon RiskSolutions and has worked for Aon for nearly25 years. Maurice’s activities includedesigning and implementing riskmanagement solutions for clients in the fieldsof real estate, construction, engineering andindependent power. In addition, Maurice is aresource for Aon offices and is activelyinvolved in researching and keeping abreastof insurance-related case law.

Maurice is a frequent contributor toseminars related to insurance and insurancelaw and has authored numerous articles,including a book addressing many of theissues involved in insuring a constructionproject.

Shelley Lloyd is a lawyer providing coverageanalysis, advocacy and research resources toAon Risk Solutions’ Claims team. She is aspecialist in management and professionalliability risk, including D&O, E&O, fidelity,fiduciary liability, trustee liability andregulatory management risk.

Shelley joined Aon in January 2007 as oneof the two founding lawyers of the Legal andResearch Practice (LARP) in Aon’s FinancialServices Group. As a member of LARP, Shelleyanalyzed, audited and developed policywording for Aon’s management liabilityinsurance lines, published and spoke on legaldevelopments affecting executive andcorporate liability exposures, and providedsuccessful claims and coverage advocacy forAon’s clients. She has made numerouspresentations to Aon’s clients on loss control,professional liability and emerging D&O risks.Shelley is also the author of “Protecting YourOrganization, Your Board, Yourself: Whatevery in-house counsel needs to know aboutD&O insurance”, which was published in theInternational In-House Counsel Journal.

Prior to joining Aon, Shelley was ClaimsCounsel for Specialty Casualty Claims atLiberty International Underwriters, with afocus on professional liability, and was aninsurance defence litigator at Toronto lawfirm, McCague, Wires, Peacock, Borlack,McInnis & Lloyd. Shelley received an Hon.B.Sc.from the University of Toronto, and her lawdegree from the State University of New YorkSchool of Law. She is called to the bar in NewYork, Connecticut and Ontario.

Date: March 31, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Location: Northern District Public Library,40 Orchard View Blvd, Toronto M4R 1B9

Via TTC: From Eglinton station on Yongesubway, walk one block north of Eglinton toOrchard View Blvd., then turn left and walk 50to 100 metres to reach the library.

Via Automobile: Limited metered parkingat the library. Several parking garages in thearea, most charging between $5 and $10 flatrate after 6:00p.m. More parking informationat this link: http://en.parkopedia.ca/

parking/yonge_and_eglinton/.Light refreshments will be served.Cost: Free of chargeRegistration is required. Please register

online at www.easttoronto.peo.on.ca byclicking “events” on the top menu to accessthe calendar, then clicking on the event thatis shown on the calendar and following theprompts.

If you have any questions regarding thepresentation, please contact Hugo Maureira,P.Eng., at [email protected].


New Member Licence CertificatePresentation Ceremony

Date: April 1, 2015Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 p.m.

Location: The Arts and Letters Club ofToronto, 14 Elm Street, Toronto M5G 1G7

Seminar: Bulk Power SystemReliability Standards

This presentation will cover the followingaspects of the subject.

History and organization of the electricityindustry in North America

• Reliability history• Defining reliability and adequate level of

reliability (ALR)• Types of NERC standards and standards

numberingQuestions about compliance with NERC

standards:• Who has to comply?• What facilities do the standards apply to?• BES Definition• When is compliance due?Governance structure in the US and in

Canada with emphasis on Ontario

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• NERC standards development processes• Audits and compliance enforcement• Regional (NPCC) obligations

Presenter: David Kiguel, P.Eng.David Kiguel was involved in reliability

modelling, assessments and standards formost of his 36-year career with Hydro Oneand its predecessor Ontario Hydro. He wasManager of Reliability Standards until hisretirement from Hydro One in September of2013. For the last 10 years with Hydro One, hewas actively involved in reliability standardsdevelopment and compliance activities in theNorth American Reliability Corporation (NERC),the North East Power Coordinating Council(NPCC), the North American TransmissionForum (NATF) and the Ontario IndependentElectricity System Operator (IESO). He is arecognized expert in bulk electric systemreliability standards and their regulatoryframework.

He was a member of the NERC StandardsCommittee (SC), representing Canada-at-large,and the Standards Committee ProcessSubcommittee (SCPS) for five years untilretiring in 2013. During three of his five yearsof SC membership, he was also a member ofits executive committee. After 2013, David hascontinued to be involved and was againnominated and elected as a NERC SC memberfor the 2015-2016 period, this timerepresenting the Small Electricity End Userssegment. During his over 10 years ofparticipating in NPCC, he was a member ofthe Regional Standards Committee, itsexecutive committee, and the ComplianceCommittee.

David was a member of the NERCParagraph 81 Standard Drafting Team andparticipated and led many teams of the SCand SCPS, such as in reviews of the StandardsProcesses Manual (SPM), Reliability StandardsDevelopment Plan (RSDP), etc.

Mr. Kiguel obtained his ElectricalEngineering degree from the University ofChile in 1969 and did postgraduate studiesand research work in the same discipline atthe University of Toronto.

Mr. Kiguel is a registered professionalengineer in Ontario (1978). He is a memberand current Vice-Chair of PEO’s ExperienceRequirements Committee. David is an IEEESenior Member (1996), an Fellow of EngineersCanada (2013) and a 2014 recipient of aVolunteer Service Award presented by theOntario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigrationto recognize his PEO voluntary work.

Date: April 22, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.




Light refreshments will be served.Cost: Free of chargeRegistration is required. Please register




Seminar: The Real Cost of Electrical Energy

- discusses the comparative cost ofelectricity and the carbon dioxideemissions that would result from a wind,solar, nuclear or natural gas generationgrid.

The presentation is one hour, followed by aquestion and answer period, and will provideinformation from OSPE’s energy advocacystudies, including:

• Why the demand profile is critical tounderstanding the real cost ofproduction

• Price confusion - the different prices forelectricity

• The cost impact of load following(dispatching)

• Solar production profiles and how thatimpacts generation & storage capacity

• Wind production profiles and how thatimpacts generation & storage capacity

• The total delivered energy cost of solar,wind, nuclear and natural gas

Presenter: Paul Acchione, P.Eng. Paul has B.A.Sc. and M.Eng. degrees in

Mechanical Engineering from the Universityof Toronto. Paul is a licensed professionalengineer in Ontario and is a member ofASME, ANS, IEEE, ISA and a fellow of theCanadian Academy of Engineering. Paul hasover 43 years of engineering and

management experience in the powergeneration industry. He worked for 31 yearswith Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and itspredecessor companies. He is now aManagement Consultant at MarketIntelligence & Data Analysis Corporation. Paulwas the 2013-2014 President and Chair of theOntario Society of Professional Engineers(OSPE) and is currently its 2014-2015 PastChair.

Date: May 4, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.





online at www.easttoronto.peo.on.ca byclicking "events" on the top menu to accessthe calendar, then clicking on the event thatis shown on the calendar and following theprompts.



Seminar: Are Humans Ready to Land and Explore On Mars

Since the Mars Science Laboratory(Curiosity) landed on Mars, there has beenincreasing interest whether humans can travelto our neighbouring planet. This presentationwill outline the known hazards in outer spacemissions and draw attention to the issues ofincessant radiation, microgravity effects,shielding inadequacy, and the psychologicaleffects on a long, lonely journey. Thepresentation will also outline the concepts ofhow to get to Mars, the possiblecountermeasures against the known hazards,and the latest on-going research in progress.

Presenter: Nick Sion, P.Eng.Nicholas Sion is a graduate of London

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University (UK) in Engineering Physics, plus anAdvanced Math degree from BatterseaCollege of Engineering, then part of LondonUniversity, and now University of Surrey (UK).He also did postgraduate studies atBirmingham University (UK) on airborneradars, most of which were classified. He wassent to Toronto to work on the navigationsystem of the cruise missile. But OntarioPower Generation (OPG) made an offer hecouldn’t refuse, where he designed thenuclear energy monitoring systems andradiation instrumentations that are currently inoperation in CANDU power plants. He thenbecame a consultant at Atomic Energy ofCanada Ltd (AECL), where he worked on theMAPLE reactor project for medical isotopes.He now applies his training to radiationprotection of astronauts from galacticradiation, alternative methods of developingradioisotopes, and the protection of patientsand medical staff from therapeutic radiation.He also maintains a keen interest in nuclearreactor developments.

Date: May 28, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.




Light refreshments will be served.Cost: Free of charge

Registration is required. Please registeronline at www.easttoronto.peo.on.ca byclicking “events” on the top menu to accessthe calendar, then clicking on the event thatis shown on the calendar and following theprompts.

If you have any questions regarding thepresentation, please contact John Glover,P.Eng., at [email protected].


Seminar:Personal Stress Management

If you are in a high-stress job, you are probablynoticing its effects, like low energy levels, poormental clarity and maybe even belly fat.

You intuitively know that it’s not doing yourhealth and performance much good, so inthis presentation, you will learn what you cando about it.

By the end of this presentation, you will: 1. Learn how to fit exercise into your busy day2. Understand how stress affects your body3. Figure out effective stress management

strategies4. Find out how to decrease the negative

effects of stress on your body, even ifyou can’t make the stress itself go away

5. Identify which foods and nutrientsimprove your stress-coping ability

Presenter: Igor KlibanovIgor is the author of 3 books on fitness, the

most recent of which is STOP EXERCISING! TheWay You Are Doing it Now. He has appearedon various television programs as the fitnessexpert, and now, as the CEO of FitnessSolutions Plus. He, together with his team offitness professionals, aims to bring a holisticapproach to fitness and body transformation.Using science-based, analytical methods, theFitness Solutions Plus team helps busy,stressed-out engineers achieve better healthand fitness in a way that fits their lifestyle.

In the past, Igor has been hired to speak atQualcomm, the Ontario Podiatrists MedicalAssociation, Toronto Lawyers Association, andmany more.

Date: June 23, 2015Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.






If you have any questions regarding thepresentation, please contact K. Shahzad Baig,P.Eng., at [email protected].


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2015 Chapter Board

OfficersChair Hugo Maureira, P.Eng.

[email protected] Arthur Sinclair, P.Eng.

[email protected] Dan Mireanu, P.Eng.

[email protected] Treasurer Robert Li, P.Eng.

[email protected] Chair John Glover, P.Eng.

[email protected], GLP Committee

Georges Livanos, [email protected]

Chair, Education OutreachK. Shahzad Baig, [email protected]

Member, GLP CommitteeNaser Choudury, [email protected]

Member GLP CommitteeSneha Mathrani, [email protected]

Member GLP CommitteeHarneet Panesar, [email protected]

Member, Education Outreach CommitteeRon Clarkin,[email protected]

Chair, Licensure Assistance Program (LAP)K. Shahzad Baig, [email protected]

Member, New Members CPC & AGMCommittee Elena Ramirez, EIT

[email protected] Member, Events Committee

Peter Jancic, [email protected]

Member, Events CommitteeJohn D. Bailes, [email protected]

Webmaster James Tait, [email protected]

Chair, New Members CPC & AGMMai-Linh Ho, [email protected]

Member, Events CommitteeKong Seto, [email protected]

Member, Events CommitteeDavid Zackon, [email protected]

VP – External Ryerson Engineering StudentSociety [email protected]: Megha Mariam Varughese, EIT,Michael Pathak, EIT, Omid Sadeghi, EIT,Muhammad Kaleemullah, EIT

Chapter Web address:www.easttoronto.peo.on.ca

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