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100 years of engineering and
geoscience stories from across Alberta

1942

The Evolution of the Wonder Trail
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1952

Life in the Field: Geologists Explore Nordegg Wilderness
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2011

Still Standing: Saving Alberta's Heritage Buildings
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Timeline 1920 - 2020

Read the stories that make up APEGA's rich history.

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1920

APEGA is Founded – Public Welfare Gets an Engineering Ally

1921

Founding Member Saves APEGA Time Capsule

1921

Driving Prosperity Through Technological Innovation

1922

Breaking New Ground: Alberta’s First Women Geoscientists

1923

Irrigation Transforms Southern Alberta

1923

Pipe Dreams: Bringing Energy to the People

1925

Ribbons of Steel Open the North

1925

APEGA Inducts its First Life Member

1925

Grande Prairie’s Heart: 100 Years of 100th Avenue

1928

Castle in the Rockies

1933

The Cowboy Consultant

1935

Medalta Potteries Joins the Assembly Line Revolution

1935

Champions of Change: Alberta’s First Women Engineers

1937

A Legend Well Built

1938

One Alberta Town’s Coal Mining Past

1941

Suffield Research Centre Builds a Safer Canada

1942

The Evolution of the Wonder Trail

1946

Here Come the P.Eng.s

1947

Black Gold! Leduc No. 1 Oil Strike Makes History

1947

Extra! Extra! First Newsletter Arrives in Members’ Mailboxes!

1948

‘Hardrock’ Allan: A Mountain’s Worth of Impact

1950

Sweet Story: Made-in-Alberta Sugar

1952

Getting a Jump on Sour Gas Processing

1952

Life in the Field: Geologists Explore Nordegg Wilderness

1952

On Tap: Safe Drinking Water

1952

From Bombing to Building Bridges: An Engineer’s Journey

1954

A Car, an Engineering Degree, a Vision

1954

Who was APEGA’s First Woman Member?

1955

The Order of the Vest: From Prank to Tradition

1957

Alberta’s First Pulp Mill Opens New Forestry Markets

1957

Those Names Have Stories and Faces!

1959

Power to the People: Electricity Service Arrives in Rural Alberta

1959

Reaching New Heights in the Rockies

1959

New Branch in Medicine Hat is a Voice for Local Members

1960

Here Come the Geoscientists

1961

Direct Distance Dialling Arrives in Western Canada

1961

The Unstoppable Alice Payne, P.Geo.

1962

Down to the Core: Preserving Our Earth Science History

1962

Life is a Highway; a Transportation Transformation

1965

The Educational Evolution of Engineering and Geoscience

1966

City Skylines Reach New Heights

1966

Seismic Evolution: Roy Lindseth, P.Geoph.

1967

Calling All Flying Saucers: Free Parking in St. Paul

1968

Bridging the Mighty Peace

1968

A Beautiful Mine-d

1969

Steam Assistance Transforms Oil Sands Recovery

1969

Surviving Antarctica: Geoscience Adventure Ends in Tragedy

1970

University of Calgary Sends Off Its First Woman Engineering Graduate

1972

Bighorn Dam Produces Its First Megawatt

1975

How Alberta Engineering Helps Battle Diabetes

1977

Agriculture Research Station Opens in Lethbridge

1978

Engineering Ingenuity Unlocks Alberta’s Oil Sands

1980

Buffalo Bins Revolutionize Prairie Grain Elevators

1981

‘Eighth Wonder of the World’ Welcomes Its First Customers

1982

Lessons Learned: Tragedy Leads to Improved Safety

1982

Helping Girls Explore STEM Careers

1984

Turning Gas and Propane into Car Bumpers, Carpet, and Cups

1984

Visionary Engineer Sees a Water-Smart Future

1984

Jane Tink, P.Eng.: Celebrating diversity for a brighter tomorrow

1985

New Museum Helps Preserve the Land Before Time

1988

Creating an Olympics Legacy? Call in the Engineers

1988

Plans Approved for Lloydminster’s Billion-Dollar Upgrader

1989

Catch the Wind, Generate Power

1989

Communities Well Built: A Striking Example of the Power of Giving Back

1993

Building the Future: APEGA Science Olympics

1996

Lifelong Learner Has Lasting Impact on Oil Sands Engineering

1996

Wildlife Crossings Key to Highway Safety in Banff

1998

Never Stop Learning: Satinder Chopra, P.Geoph.

2000

APEGA’s First Woman President: Sue Aitken, P.Eng.

2002

Aerospace Engineer Reaches for the Stars

2005

Whitemud Creek Arch: An Impressive Urban Adventure

2008

Too Cool: Ice Bridge Engineering

2010

Past APEGA President Encourages Creativity and Collaboration to Succeed in a Changing World

2010

Dare to Defy: André McDonald, P.Eng.

2011

Canmore: A Gateway to Geology

2011

Still Standing: Saving Alberta’s Heritage Buildings

2014

Geology is Everything

2014

Sea women combine scientific research with Indigenous knowledge to tackle climate—and societal—change in the Arctic

2015

A Champion of Diversity: Laleh Behjat, P.Eng.

2017

Engineering a Climate-Resilient Future

2018

Green Energy Goes Deep: A Geothermal Foothold in Alberta

2018

Game Changer: The Greening of Lithium Mining Through Nanotech

2018

Making Space: The Indigenous Engineering Student Association

2018

Professional Engineers Get in Front of Flooding

2019

Métis Geologist Tells the Stories of Mother Earth

2019

Space: Alberta’s Next Frontier

2019

Award-Winning Engineer Helps Patients, Students, and Entrepreneurs in Innovative Biomedical Program

2019

The Right Direction: Towards Smarter, More Sustainable Travel

2019

Integrity Key to Success, Says Water Safety Expert

2019

Paskapoo Rock Revival: Preserving the Alberta Legislature

2020

A Pollution Solution: Turning CO2 Green

2020

Ready to Rock: How a Pipeline is Reducing Alberta’s Carbon Footprint

2020

AlbertaSat Launches the Province into Modern-Day Space Race

2020

Engineering Detectives Keep Albertans Safe

2020

Made to Measure: Mapping Success in Geomatics

2020

Changing Lives Through Geophysics

2020

Engineering Through a Pandemic: Protection for the Front Line

2020

Alberta’s Engineers Fight Fire with Science

2020

Researchers Collaborate on COVID-19 Response

2020

Alberta Engineer Brings 21st-Century Solutions to Billion-Dollar Problems

2020

Rising to the Challenge: Medical Facility Constructed in Record Time