CWA News
The voice of the welding industry in Canada
March 2005
WESTERN BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
The Board of Directors of the Canadian Welding Association will meet in Richmond, BC, on Saturday, April 30. Membership will be the top priority on the agenda.
Contact your Chapter chair with suggestions for agenda items or concerns.
WELDING SEMINAR — RICHMOND, BC
In conjunction with our Western Board Meeting, the Canadian Welding Association will host a welding seminar at noon on Friday, April 29, at the Richmond Hotel & Convention Centre. The event will include:
- Automated Plasma Keyhole Welding – Joe Smith, Air Liquide Canada
- Latest Developments in Fabrication and Repair – Mick Pates, Nu-Tech Precision Metals
- A Technology Roadmap for Canada’s Welding Industry – Geoff Nimmo, Industry Canada
Don’t miss this great opportunity to hear about some of the latest techniques and practices in welding and get an update on where the Canadian welding industry needs to go and how we’ll get there.
THE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP FOR THE CANADIAN WELDING INDUSTRY
The technology roadmap committee is developing a document that will define the direction of the Canadian welding industry over the next decades. It is intended to lay out the industry’s needs for technology, applications, education and resources to keep Canadian industry competitive.
Input to the document will be organized on a regional basis (largely through CWA’s chapter system) and on industrial sectors including:
- Durable goods and automotive
- Petrochemical and energy
- Structural fabrication and transportation
- Aerospace
- Electronics and medical
- Resource industries
We need your help in finding volunteers to serve on the regional and sector committees. They must be able to provide a perspective on the technologies and applications involved and their impact on industry. It will involve a time commitment of only a few hours. If you can assist in this project or know someone who can, please contact CWA’s national office at the address below.
TRY-THE-TECHNOLOGY NIGHT
The Golden Triangle chapter hosted a very successful Try-the-Technology event on March 1 at Conestoga College. The event was supported by the Hamilton and Toronto chapters. More than 100 people attended – good attendance by any standard, but even better considering it was held in the middle of a winter storm. A few of the exciting demos included:
- Aluminum pulse welding
- Plasma welding
- Brazing of aluminum
SOUTHERN ALBERTA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SAIT will host the 30th Anniversary Welding Engineering Technology Reunion on June 10 and 11. Contact Christie Crowle at SAIT for details (tel: 403-284-7214 or Christie.Crowle@sait.ca). More information is available at www.sait.ca/support/alumni/feature3.htm.
CANADIAN WELDING ASSOCIATION JOURNAL
Watch for your copy of the winter 2005 issue of the Canadian Welding Association Journal later this month.
SKILLS CANADA
The 2005 Canadian Skills Competition will be held in Edmonton from June 3 to 6. Visit the CWA website to see the schedule for provincial events (pdf) and to find out about Canada’s participation in the 38th WorldSkills Competition to be held in Helsinki, Finland, from May 26 to 29.
11th ANNUAL WELDING INSTRUCTORS’ CONFERENCE
The Grande Cache Institution will host the 11th Annual Welding Instructors’ Conference from April 26 to 28 in Grande Cache, Alberta.