MCAC would like to announce that the McMaster University Student Chapter has placed in the Top 4 of the MCA America Student Chapter Competition. This is an amazing accomplishment!
 
What’s next for these seven brilliant minds? They head off to San Diego where they will present their proposal to the entire MCAA conference delegation and hope to come out on top!
 
These students are the future of our industry and we could not be more proud of them.
 
Congratulations to the entire competition team: Scott McDougall, Leisha Fernando, Brooke VanBuskirk, Nathalie Sa’adeh, Nicole-Marie Sa’adeh, Gavin Boyd and Andrew Wahba.
 
We would be remiss if we didn’t thank those who assisted the students with the project submission: faculty advisor Dr. Stephen Veldhuis, MCAHN mentor Kyle Getty, and the entire MCA Hamilton-Niagara Association for their continued and unwavering support of the Student Chapter program.  
 
 

“At MCAC, we know how important it is to support the next generation of leaders and employees for this important industry,” said Tania Johnston, chief executive officer of MCAC. “Once again, this year we received a record number of applicants for this great program. We are so proud to offer these scholarships across Canada, and [we’re] extremely grateful for the firms who have stepped up to provide support.”

The Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series, named in honour of past CEO Richard McKeagan, is supported by MCAC associate members and MCA partners from across Canada who provide funding for the program and the various scholarships offered. Since its launch in 2006, the scholarship series has awarded close to $70,000 to deserving post-secondary students.

The program is aimed at students in the mechanical field of study and has been broadened to include several new initiatives, including scholarships specifically for women in the mechanical field. This is in addition to the several scholarships available for financial assistance in the mechanical field of study.

This year, scholarships were available through the following MCAC associate members and MCA partners: Bradford White Canada, Federated Insurance, Masco/Delta, MCA Hamilton-Niagara, OS&B, Reliance Worldwide, Uponor, the Women in Mechanical Construction initiative and the broader associate membership of MCAC, which funds a single MCAC Associate Member Scholarship.

MCA Canada will be highlighting the recipients of the 2021 Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series in the coming weeks!

• Bradford White Canada: Natalie Sa’adeh
• Federated Insurance: Nathalie Sa’adeh
• MASCO Canada: Mina Ariana
• MCAC Associates Council: Thomas MacDonald
• MCA Hamilton/Niagara: Mina Ariana
• OS&B (Bob Evans Memorial Scholarship): Jill Staag
• Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC): Mina Ariana
• Uponor (Dan Kirkpatrick Scholarship):
  • Mina Ariana
  • Madison Button
  • Nathalie Sa’adeh
  • Nicole Sa’adeh
  • Jill Staag
• Women In Mechanical Construction: Jill Staag

More information about the Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series can be found online at mcac.ca/our-programs/scholarship.

MCA Canada speaks with two representatives from McMillan LLP to discuss supply chain and price volatility issues being faced by the mechanical contracting sector. This episode explores potential solutions contractors can look to in order to help mitigate the issue both in the contract tendering phase and in projects already underway.

Click here to listen to the latest episode.
https://mcac.ca/publications/toolbox-talks-podcast/

Introducing the MCAC Exchanger! We thought it was time for a new look and refreshed feel (and a slight change to the Just the Fax name). In the coming weeks, we’ll be changing Just the Fax to the MCAC Exchanger.

You can expect the same great news and updates, as well as some new and exciting content from MCA Canada. As a Just the Fax subscriber, you’ll automatically be added to the Exchanger distribution list.

Source: HistoryNet.com

1486: Henry VII marries Elizabeth of York.
1701: Frederick III, the elector of Brandenburg, becomes king of Prussia.
1778: Captain James Cook discovers the Hawaiian Islands, naming them the "Sandwich Islands" after the First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Sandwich.
1797: Start of first mail service from Montréal to New York, Niagara and Detroit.
1836: Jim Bowie arrives at the Alamo to assist its Texas defenders.
1902: The Isthmus Canal Commission in Washington shifts its support from Nicaragua to Panama as a favoured canal site.
1904: Sir Wilfrid Laurier reportedly remarks to the Canadian Club of Ottawa that "The twentieth century belongs to Canada."
1907: John J. McLaughlin awarded a trademark for his beverage, "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale."
1910: Aviator Eugene Ely performs his first successful take off and landing from a ship in San Francisco.
1948: Gandhi breaks a 121-hour fast after halting Muslim-Hindu riots.
1958: Willie O'Ree plays his first game for the Boston Bruins in a 3-0 victory over the Montréal Canadiens. The New Brunswick native is the first Black person to play in the NHL.
1964: Plans are disclosed for the World Trade Center in New York.
1967: Yellowknife becomes capital of the Northwest Territories.
1978: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isolate the cause of Legionnaire's disease.
1991: Iraq starts firing Scud missiles at Israeli cities.