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14:13, 25 March 2026 ‎Jacob Hoogstraten (hist | edit) ‎[6,463 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==Jacob (Jack) Hoogstraten (1908-1983), PEng, L. M., FEC, LLD Past President of EGM== Jack Hoogstraten lectured, developed and oversaw construction of several buildings on the campus at the University of Manitoba. He retired as the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and was also a two-time past president of APEM (now EGM). Jack was born in Winnipeg on 28 October 1908. He was the son of Dutch immigrants Jacob Hoogstraten and Jansje Pleoger. File:1955-1956 J. Hoogstra...")
19:57, 19 March 2026 ‎William (Bill) McKay (hist | edit) ‎[447 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "William Gordon McKay published his memoir as Engineering Institute of Canada Working Paper 11/2002-May 2002. The paper was subsequently renamed as '''Engineering History Paper #23 entitled Memoir'''. The paper is part of a large collection of Engineering History Papers. The paper is located on The Engineering Institute of Canada's website at the following location: https://eic-ici.ca/PDFs/history/EIC%20Paper%2023%20-%20McKay%20Memoirs.pdf")
14:36, 18 March 2026 ‎The Engineering Institute of Canada Pre-1920 (hist | edit) ‎[11,414 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Engineering Institute of Canada is a technical society established in the late 1800s to promote the advancement of engineering knowledge. It would eventually go on to found the individual regulatory bodies within each province. ==First Engineering Professional Regulatory body—1881== The first attempt at formalizing the engineering profession came in 1881 when a bill to regulate the practice of civil engineering was introduced in the Ontario legislature. However, t...")
07:29, 17 March 2026 ‎Development of Winnipeg's Aviation Industry (hist | edit) ‎[25,634 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (The history of the development of the air transportation system in Manitoba is probably more like how the river-boat industry evolved to use the network of rivers to move goods around in the mid-1800s. There was very little local engineering required or available at the time. Knowledge was transferred by a few key, mechanically trained/experienced individuals who saw an opportunity and adapted the technology for this area)
10:45, 26 February 2026 ‎Development of the Telephone System (hist | edit) ‎[10,649 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==First System in Manitoba== The first telephone system in Manitoba was put together by Horace McDougall, of Winnipeg. A manager of the Northwest Telegraph Company, McDougall acquired two telephones in November 1877 and wired them between his office and his home. These two state-of-the-art instruments were rented for $60 per year[RB1.1][JB1.2] (about $1500 today) to operate and could only connect only to each other. These early devices did not even have the ability to ri...")
11:41, 13 January 2026 ‎Rudy Isaak (hist | edit) ‎[3,237 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Added content from Al Myska) Tag: Visual edit
10:58, 13 January 2026 ‎Nick Diakiw (hist | edit) ‎[4,122 bytes] ‎Gcook (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Nicholas W. “Nick” Diakiw (1931-2025), PEng, FEC Born in Winnipeg as the elder son of Wasyl “William” Diakiw and and Pauline Sczepanski, “Nick” Diakiw grew up in a household shaped by the values and work ethic of Ukrainian immigrants. Insert photo from 2003 dec kp ==Education== From an early age, at St Johns High School Nick demonstrated a commitment to both academics and athletics. An all-round sportsman, excelling to the point where he was courted by t...") originally created as "Nick Daikiw"