From the Editor’s Desk

by Tuna Onur.

It is my pleasure to announce that our quarterly Newsletter is back after a hiatus, and I am also happy to share some exciting changes that happened for our Association in the interim. Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE) is now Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (CAEES)! Inclusion of our colleagues from the field of seismology was always within the spirit of our Association, but it is now also reflected in our name.

Membership to our Association has been free for many years, thanks to healthy attendance at the Canadian Conferences on Earthquake Engineering our Association hosts every four years, however, time has come to charge a small fee for membership as with most other professional associations. The fees will help improve the offerings of CAEES to our members and we appreciate your consideration.

Our Newsletter is a great way to share short articles, news or other items related to earthquake engineering with your colleagues. We also welcome your feedback. Please send your thoughts to secretary@caee-acgp.ca.

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Dear CAEE Members,

We are pleased to invite you to the joint Canadian-Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, which will be held in Vancouver, BC, from June 25-30, 2023.

This is the first time that the Canadian Conference on Earthquake Engineering is being held jointly with the Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering, and we are excited to exchange ideas from across Canada, New Zealand, and around the Pacific Rim as we seek to develop a society that is more resilient in the face of earthquake threats.

Please refer to the conference website for the latest details: https://ccee-pcee.ca/

ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN! 

The local committee for CCEE – PCEE 2023 Conference is calling for contributions for abstracts to be presented at next year’s meeting in Vancouver, BC.

The committee is accepting abstracts in the following areas: Earth Science and Ground Motions, Geotechnical Engineering, Risk/Loss Modeling, Planning, and Response, Social Science, Public Health, and Public Policy, Structural Engineering Practice, Structural Engineering Research, Transportation and Lifelines, and Multidisciplinary

The deadline for all abstracts is January 27, 2023

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS

Notice of Annual General Meeting of

The Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering
L’Association Canadienne du Génie Parasismique

Dear CAEE Members,

This is to notify you that the virtual Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association for Earthquake Engineering (CAEE) will be held on Thursday, July 14th at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST. Login details to access the meeting are provided below.

A change to the name of the Association is being proposed in order to recognise an expansion of the membership to includes seismologists. Voting will be open from June 28, 2021 through July 10, 2022. Only members can access the Member only pages and vote. Please ensure that you have registered for access. Read More

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THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION FOR EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING AND SEISMOLOGY

A message from the CAEES President, Sharlie Huffman

2021 continued to challenge us with the need for virtual events as well as provide increased member benefits such as our Education Committee’s move to webinars. They have provided 8 excellent webinars as part of the CAEE Distinguished Webinar Series in Earthquake Engineering and Seismology attracting hundreds of registrants for each. The webinars are archived in the Members-only section where members are encouraged to access them at their convenience.

Our Newsletter continues as a staple of our member services. We always still need contributors, so please consider submitting articles of general interest or specific to one of our regular columns, questions or comments.

The 2020 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering was postponed to 2021 and then had to be held virtual for those outside of Japan. The Archive of ”CSI/IAEE Masters Series” from the conference is on the public webpages.

Our next CAEE conference 13CCEE will be held in Vancouver in 2023 and will be a joint conference with the Pacific Conference on Earthquake Engineering (PCEE), so it is definitely a conference you will not want to miss. So start thinking now about it and consider what presentations you will be submitting. So far we are still expecting we can all attend in person by then.

While expectations of the initiation of annual fees for CAEE membership have circulated the last couple of years, that time has now arrived. Effective 2023 January 1, membership fees will be implemented. At that time, our webinars will also garner a fee for non-members of $20 each. Webinars to be delivered during the rest of 2022 will remain free for all participants. Webinars will also continue to be free for members and will continue to be accessible after their presentation in the Members-only section of the website. Full details will be posted on the CAEE website. Read More