38 Fall / Automne 2017 IEEE CANADA PRESIDENTS’ MAKE A DIFFERENCE AWARD 2017 Outstanding Medium Section Award 2017 Executives Chair:DaleTardiff ViceChair:ShanPandher PastChair:DougBrooks Secretary:ZahraLari Treasurer:VivekTadiparty 2016 Executives Chair:DougBrooks ViceChair:ArmanKiani PastChair:LawrenceWhitby Secretary:ZahraLari Treasurer:DaleTardiff Southern Alberta Outstanding Small Section Award 2017 Executives Chair:AbdallahShami ViceChair:AhmedHussein Treasurer:AllanVanDamme Secretary:ElizabethTomaszewski PastChair:MurrayMacDonald 2016 Executives Chair:AbdallahShami ViceChair:AhmedHussein Treasurer:AllanVanDamme Secretary:ElizabethTomaszewski PastChair:MurrayMacDonald London There’s a perpetual twinkle in the eye of Dave Hepburn. Whatever his soft voice tells you he’s up to now, be sure the next step is already fully in mind. Hepburn has already done enough for two life- times—making differences the world over. Graduating in 1952 from the University of Stafford (U.K.), his career in power and energy spanned pro- jects in 28 countries. Then as a consultant for humani- tarian initiatives, he supported numerous international development organizations. In 2005 he became active in IEEE’s Educational Outreach Program. In 2006 and each year since he has organized an IEEE Canada booth at the annual conference of the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario (STAO), over time expanding IEEE’s presence MGA Section Awards L to R: Maike Luiken, Mary Ellen Randal (2017 IEEE VP, MGA), Murray MacDonald, Karen Bartleson (2017 IEEE President), Elena Uchiteleva L to R: Rasheek Rifaat, Dale Tardiff, Karen Bartleson (2017 IEEE President), Mary Ellen Randal (2017 IEEE VP, MGA), Shan Pandher Top: Dave and Diane Hepburn receive Award Certificate from IEEE Canada President Witold Kinsner, flanked by President-Elect Maike Luiken (L) and Past President Amir Aghdam (R). The award was presented in Windsor at the BoD Saturday-night banquet. Bottom: Dave Hepburn (LSMIEEE) ready for questions at the Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario 2012 Annual Conference. to include demonstration of lesson plans. Not content to just deliver content, he has developed an innova- tive lesson plan on binary basics for pre-teens, and four foundational plans related to electricty, magnet- ism and motors. These are now adopted into IEEE’s lesson plan database found at tryengineering.org. As pre-university educational activities within Canada coalesced under the Teacher In-Service Program (TISP), Hepburn has played a pivotal role. He has brought in other volunteers to the STAO initiative, judged science fairs, led numerous workshops and enlivened the pages of the TISP Canada Courier (this publication too). What’s next for Hepburn? Don’t quote us, but we hear there may be another lesson plan coming. Stay tuned!