Canadian Federation of Engineering Students

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The Canadian Federation of Engineering Students (CFES) (Fédération canadienne des étudiants et étudiantes en génie in French) is the national association of undergraduate engineering student societies in Canada and exists to organize activities, provide services and interact with professional and other bodies at the national and international level for the benefit of Canadian engineering students. The organization is a bilingual non-profit corporation based in Ottawa Canada, managed by a volunteer team of engineering students and recent graduates from across Canada.

1 Activities
2 Structure
- 2.1 Members
- 2.2 Board of Directors
3 Partner Organizations
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Activities

CFES Congress
Canadian Engineering Competition
Complementary education courses
Project Magazine

[edit] Structure

[edit] Members

The membership of the organization consists of engineering student societies, rather than individual engineering students. Eligibility for membership is limited to those societies located at a Canadian university that has at least one engineering program accredited by the Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board and represents engineering student concerns to the school's administration and engineering faculty.

The member societies are divided into four geographic regions for the purposes of representation on the Federation's board of directors:

Atlantic (New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island)
Ontario
Quebec
West (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Canadian territories)

[edit] Board of Directors

As a corporation, the Federation has a board of directors that is responsible for managing the business and property of the organization. The board consists of 11 members elected at the annual meeting:

The President
The Vice President Finance and Administration
Four (4) Regional Ambassadors
The Activity Manager of the CFES Congress
The Activity Manager of the CEC (Canadian Engineering Competition)
The Activity Manager of the Project Magazine
Two (2) Councillors of the Federation

[edit] Partner Organizations

Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
Board of European Students of Technology (European student organization for students of technology)
bonding-studenteninitiative e.V. (German student organization for students of engineering and natural sciences)
National Association of Engineering Student Councils (American student organization for students of engineering and technology)