CWA News
The voice of the welding industry in Canada
July 2006
CWA ANNUAL AWARDS
The Canadian Welding Association will hold its Board of Directors meeting, Annual General Meeting and 2006 Awards Dinner on Monday, September 25, in Toronto. Keeping with tradition, CWA will present:
- Robert J. Jacobson Memorial Award for an outstanding contribution to the operation of a CWA chapter
- Michael N. Vuchnich Award for advancement of the science, technology and application of arc welding in Canada
Please submit your nominations using the forms that can be found on our website. The deadline for submissions is August 18.
WELD EXPO CANADA AND THE CWA DREAM WELDING WORKSHOPS
Canadian Manufacturing Week and Weld Expo Canada, the trade show for Canada’s welding industry, will be held in Toronto on September 26 to 28 at the International Centre. This year, CWA’s supplier members are sponsoring a three-day conference on welding at Weld Expo Canada. Watch for details. CWA’s supplier members have generously donated many of their fine products to create three dream welding workshops: a MIG workshop, a TIG workshop and a cutting workshop. One workshop will be awarded each day to an attendee at Weld Expo Canada. Register at www.reedexpo.ca/cmw to attend the show.
MIKE CHERRY MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Mike Cherry Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at the Granite Ridge Golf Club on Tuesday, August 29. It supports the CWA’s scholarship in mechanical engineering at the University of Waterloo. Please register using forms on the Toronto Chapter webpage.
CAREER AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Welders from southern Asia and eastern Europe are available for posting in Canadian welding jobs. If you are interested in reviewing résumés of welders from either of these areas, please contact the national office.
MEMBERSHIP FEES
With the reduction in the federal government’s Goods and Services Tax from 7% to 6%, membership fees for the Canadian Welding Association will be as follows:
up to June 30, 2006
after July 1, 2006Individual Chapter sustaining Corporate sustaining Student/retiree Fabricator/distributor Supplier This represents approximately a one-percent increase in the basic individual and related membership fees and a one-percent decrease in the overall cost of the others.
ARTICLES AND ADVERTISING SUPPORT FOR IIW MAGAZINE
As we previously mentioned, CWA is producing a magazine about Canada’s welding industry, to be distributed to delegates at IIW’s 59th Annual Assembly and International Conference in Quebec City at the end of August, and mailed to 4,500 welding professionals across Canada. We have a variety of quality articles for inclusion in this special CWA issue. If you would like to promote your products or services to an international readership, call CWA’s national office ASAP. Our advertising deadline is July 7.
CANADIAN WELDING ASSOCIATION JOURNAL — FALL ISSUE
The editorial committee is starting to work on the 2006 fall issue, which will have a Transportation and Farm Equipment Manufacturing theme. Members are invited to assist the Journal committee in acquiring or sourcing articles and authors for this issue. August 15 is the editorial deadline, but we could use your input now.
MERYL SHAW
Meryl Shaw, wife of Bob Shaw of CWA’s Calgary chapter, passed away on May 29 from ovarian cancer. She is missed by Bob – her husband of 40 years – their children, daughters- and sons-in-law, and many grandchildren.
Donations in Meryl’s memory can be made to the Carewest Sarcee Hospice in Calgary.