About the Western Quebec Section
Formal Name: Western Québec Section
Primary Centre: Montréal, QC
Approximate Catchment Area: Western QC
This section has members from all regions of Western Québec, particularly from the regions of Montreal, Sherbrooke, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Centre du Québec. The Western Québec Section hosts technical presentations between September and June, a student contest in March and a conference dinner in June. The following activities were carried out in 2016-2017: 6 presentations, a student competition and a conference dinner. For 2018, the Western Québec Section will offer the other sections of Canada the opportunity to participate in its technical presentations by videoconference.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the Western Quebec Section consists of the following members:
Chair
Gholamreza Saghaee
SNC-Lavalin
Vice-President
Alain Plaisant
WSP
CGS Section Director
Michael James
Agnico-Eagle
Treasurer
Jérôme Lapierre
SNC-Lavalin
Administration
Philippe Legault-Capozio
NCL Envirotek
Secretary
Mireille Ewane
SNC-Lavalin
Programs
Abtin Jahanbakhshzadeh
Polytechnique Montréal
Communications
Raluca Opris
WSP
Student Representative
Simon-Pierre Tremblay
Université de Sherbrooke