Region 7 SAC Presentation made by the Student Activities Representative.

1. Student Branch Activities
Ideas
• Denard Lynch, R7SAC,
• Susan Ryan, R7SR*
– *acting on behalf of our RSR, April Khademi
who couldn’t be here, but sends her greetings
and wishes for a very successful Congress
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2. Where we are…
4½ time zones, ~ 16,000 members
(4.3%)
R7
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3. R7 (Canada) Studnet Branch Stat's
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# of Branches 7
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3
2
1
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# members per Branch
~ 1600 Student members (~47 SBs), plus ~ 1600 Grad
Student members…
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4. TELUS Innovation Award
• 3-phase competition:
• 1: local competition / selection
• 2: (national) paper evaluation (= short list)
• 3: (national) finalists invited - live presentation
• Operation and logistics:
• Promoted through SBs, SBCs and Sections
• Judges recruited through Area Chairs, Sections and from TELUS (for final)
• Finals usually run with Student Congress
• Up to 9 teams in final presentations
• $10,000; $5,000; $2,000; 6 X $500 !!
• Intended to reward innovation and hard work
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6. Learning Resource Centres
• Named for General A G L McNaughton
• Distinguished Canadian EE (from SK!)
• Purposes:
• Enhance and support the learning experience of IEEE
Student members
• Encourage membership, focus IEEE activities, interaction…
• Operation:
• Operated by Student Branch
• Funded by IEEE Canada Foundation
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7. Student Brochure Project…
• Tool for SBs to maintain and increase
membership:
• Highlights benefits for current and potential
members
• Identifies with student needs and concerns
• Distribute and promote at Regional Student
Congress
• Piggyback on IEEE Journal printing
• Very cost effective!
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8. Picture 4
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9. Picture 3
Picture 4
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10. Thank you!
• Denard Lynch, RSAC
• denard.lynch@ieee.org
• April Khademi, RSR
• akhademi@ieee.org
• Susan Ryan, RSR support
• susie6633@gmail.com
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