Co-authored by Molly Beckel, President of the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada, and Kevin Krausert, President and CEO of Beaver Drilling and Avatar Program Co-Founder Adam Hayman will remember March 17, 2020, for many years. The COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping…
You can access the video from the session here: On July 24th, 2020 the YPAC x AVATAR Program hosted a joint session with both Minister Seamus O’Regan and Minister Sonya Savage. The Session was moderated by Molly Beckel, President…
On June 15, we shared our our vision of a new Indigenous inclusion strategy. On Friday July 10th, our YPAC Indigenous Inclusion Committee had the pleasure of participating in our first Discovery Session, graciously lead by Annie Korver from Rise…
The Avatar x YPAC Program is pleased to welcome the Minister of Natural Resources Canada and the Minister of Energy, Alberta to jointly address questions from the energy industry’s emerging leaders. Calgary, Alberta: The Minister of Natural Resources Canada, the…
Times are a little crazy right now, so we thought it would be important to take a moment and chat a bit about surviving, and maybe even thriving, during downturns and transitions in our industry. On July 8, your YPAC…
On June 16, 2020, the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada (YPAC) Edmonton Chapter hosted Interface Fluidics for a fantastic webinar titled, “Inside the Alberta Energy Industry with Interface Fluidics”. During the webinar, Interface Fluidics Chief Operating Officer, Tom de Haas,…
It’s no secret that our industry is facing a looming knowledge gap; with a large segment of the workforce entering retirement, more needs to be done to prepare today’s younger workforce, and to develop the young minds of the next…
Emerging from our vision of building the next generation of pipeline industry leaders, the Young Pipeliners Association of Canada (“YPAC”) has identified the opportunity to create a purposely-integrated Indigenous Inclusion Program (the “Program”), to respond to a call to participate…
Over the last couple of weeks, thousands of people across Canada, the United States, and the world, have been speaking out against systemic racism and police brutality. This isn’t an issue which only occurs in the United States – Canadians…
COVID-19 has taken the entire world by surprise, never did I imagine that a virus would change my life this drastically. As a full time university student, my day (pre-COVID) consisted of waking up early, taking the bus to my…
