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• IEEE Canadian Foundation

  Power the Future of Tech: Support the IEEE Canadian Foundation Today! @Membership Renewal

  Invest in Canada’s Next Generation of Innovators
  Every September, your annual IEEE membership renewal offers a powerful opportunity to transform lives. By donating to the IEEE Canadian Foundation, you directly fund life-changing scholarships, grants, and awards for IEEE student members and student branches across Canada.

  How to Give Online in Seconds:

  • Standard Renewal: On the Payment tab, click Donate Now, expand the list, and select IEEE Canadian Foundation.
  • Life Members: While affirming your continuing membership, navigate to the Payment tab and select View Donation Options.

  Maximise Your Impact and Your Tax Benefits
  Your generosity goes further here. 100% of your gift is transferred directly to the IEEE Canadian Foundation early next year. You will receive an official Canadian charitable tax receipt in CAD, directly from the Foundation (CRA Registered Charity # 102450376 RR 0001).

  Life Members: Stay Involved, Stay Influential
  As a newly elevated or renewing Life Member, your legacy matters. Please consider making a meaningful gift to the IEEE Canadian Foundation in lieu of your dues.

  Every single donation, regardless of size, creates a massive ripple effect of inspiration and growth across our entire IEEE Canada community. Let's build the future together!

  Newly Awarded - Boosting IEEE Interests in Canada

  IEEE Canadian Foundation Scholarship

  • Oumayma Bennamoun of Concordia University

  IEEE Canada Vehicular Technologies Travel Grant

  • Elham Hosseinpour of University of Calgary
  • Mohit Sharma of Ontario Institute of Technology

  IEEE Canadian Foundation Special Grants

  • Autonomous Robotic Vehicle Project (ARVP) (University of Alberta)
  • Wireless Laser Transmission System: Free-Space Optical Data Communication Platform (Concordia University)
  • FPGA Real-Time Spectrum Analyzer: Dual-Channel Acquisition, Hardware DSP, and VGA Visualization (Concordia University)
  • Electrical & Controls Innovation Through FIRST Robotics. (North Surrey Secondary School)
  • Three-Minute Student Pitch Competition (IEEE Canada Student & Young Professionals Conference)
  • Technical Interview Night: Mock Interviews and Networking with Industry Recruiters (University of Toronto)
  • Development of an Electronically Driven Total Artificial Heart Through Multidisciplinary Student Engineering (University of Alberta)

  Upcoming Opportunities for Students and NEW for Life Members

  Apply on line at by November 15 at https://ieeecanadianfoundation.org/EN/applications.php

  • Special Grants (new and innovative activities by students and others)
  • Gargatini-Strybosch Scholarship (undergraduate)
  • Vehicular Technology Travel Grants (VT conference paper presentation)
  • McNaughton Learning Resource Centre Grants (on-campus Centre to encourage hands-on practical experience)
  • NEW Life Member Activity Grants (apply as for Special Grants)

Events

• London Section LMAG Tour to the Niagara Parks Power Station Museum

  The London Life Members AG hosted a tour to the Niagara Parks Power Station Museum on Aug 6. A total of 9 attendees drove to Niagara Falls in two cars, with thanks to the two drivers.

  The Rankine Generating Station was a hydro-electric generating station along the Canadian side of the Niagara River in Niagara Falls, Ontario, slightly downstream from the older Toronto Power Generating Station. When it opened in 1905, the plant was equipped with only five turbines and generators. The generators were based on a design by Nikola Tesla. The station was licensed to generate a maximum of 76.4MW of 25 Hz AC power. By the 1950s, most other Ontario power plants were producing 60 Hz power but this station was allowed to continue at 25 Hz since there was adequate demand.

  For more information on the power station, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_Generating_Station

  This tour offered an opportunity to discover the incredible history and heritage of this celebrated building including a control room displaying 3 generations of controls, descriptions of the process for bringing a generator on line, a display of an operating Tesla coil, and a walk out the spillway tunnel to the bottom of the Falls

  
  

  After the tour, in keeping with IEEE traditions, members a walked to restaurant next to the museum for lunch.