If you haven't already registered for CEC's exclusive Dispatcher Training Program, act soon. Our registration cut-off deadline is October 1, and space is limited to just 24 participants!

Our course teaches about the role of the dispatcher in their organizations and their impact on profitability, communications skills for dispatchers, partnering with service technicians, serving customers, managing the service manager and how to work with the entire team.

The program was originally by the Mechanical Service Contractors of America, and has since been updated and adapted specifically for the Canadian market.

Join us on October 17 and 18 at the MCA Toronto Classroom.

For more information and to register, visit http://mcac.ca/cec/programs/register.

The dates to register for CEC's exclusive Gold Seal Accredited Project Management Program are fast approaching. Whether you're looking to join us for the course in BC (which is presented jointly with MCABC) or in Ontario, registration cut-off deadlines are two weeks prior to the start of each program. In both cases, the course are limited to just 24 participants.

Our acclimaed course will help you:

• Improve the planning and controlling of your projects, thereby improving your company’s bottom line.
• Take a business view of projects and take ownership of a project from bid to final payment.
• Increase your own project “lessons learned” by learning from experiences of other participants.
• Be able and willing to contribute improvements to your company’s project management process.
• Be better prepared to take the gold seal examination, if you choose.
• Enjoy your projects!

Dates in British Columbia and Ontario

For our Western audiences, the course will be hosted at the Executive Plaza Hotel, in Coquitlam, BC. The first week of training runs from October 24-28, and the second week runs from November 14-18.

For Ontario personnel, the course will be hosted at the University of Waterloo. The first week of training runs from November 14-18, and the second week from December 12-16.

Sign up today!

1588: Thomas Cavendish returns to England, becoming the third man to circumnavigate the globe.
1623: Lumber and furs are the first cargo to leave New Plymouth in North America for England.
1846: Elias Howe patents the first practical sewing machine in the United States.
1912: Jules Vedrines becomes the first pilot to break the 100 m.p.h. barrier.
1914: The six-day Battle of the Marne ends, halting the German advance into France.
1963: President John F. Kennedy federalizes Alabama's National Guard to prevent Governor George C. Wallace from using guardsmen to stop public-school desegregation.
1967: Gibraltar votes to remain a British dependency instead of becoming part of Spain.
1981: Pablo Picasso's painting Guernica is returned to Spain and installed in Madrid's Prado Museum. Picasso stated in his will that the painting was not to return to Spain until the Fascists lost power and democracy was restored.
2001: Contestant Charles Ingram cheats on the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, wins 1 million pounds.
2003: Sweden's foreign minister, Anna Lindh, is stabbed while shopping and dies the next day.
2007: Nawaz Sharif, former prime minister of Pakistan, returns after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2008: The Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful particle accelerator—described as the biggest scientific experiment in history—is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

Source: HistoryNet.com

MCA Canada recently named the ALS Society of Alberta as our Charity of Choice for 2019.

This charity was chosen to honour past MCAC President David Flamand‘s sister Patsy Brooks. The ALS Society of Alberta is dedicated to making each day the best possible day for people living with and affected by ALS. It is the only charitable organization in Alberta that provides support to families affected by the disease.

Learn more about this great organization, and how you can help support this important cause.