IEEE Canada TISP Committee: Chair : A. Benyamin-Seeyar

1. IEEE Canada TISP Committee: Chair: A. Benyamin-Seeyar Secretary: P. Finnigan => R. Marinova & M. Sherman Newsletter Editors:D. Werle, D. Hepburn, B. Van-Lane & M. MacDonald School Curriculum change: P. Finnigan & D. Hepburn Treasurer: K. Moezzi & K. Husain Webmaster: Y. Fareh & IEEE R7 Teams across Canada: 20 Sections IEEE TISP Symposium May 18- 19th, 2012 Tampa Florida – USA

2. IEEE Canada TISP Champions / Team members : Sections Section Champion(s) • Newfoundland :   Brian Kidney   • Canadian Atlantic : Dirk Werle • Montreal :   Samir Kherraf, Hamadou Saliah-Hassane & Youness Farah • Ottawa :   Janet Davis, Sreeraman Rajan • Toronto :  Patrick Finnigan, Dennis Cecic • Hamilton :   Dave Hepburn • Kitchener/Waterloo : Hamid, Amir Khatibzadeh • London Ontario : Murray MacDonald, Maike Luiken • Saskatchewan : Wahid Khan • Calgary : Anis Haque • Edmonton/Northern Canada : Rossitza Marinova / Mooney Sherman • Vancouver : Zahra Ahmadian, Nina Salek, Mahshid Rahimi • Victoria Amirali Baniasadi / David Gregson

3. IEEE Canada TISP Champions / Team members… / : Sections Section Champion(s) • Winnipeg Witold Kinsner, Shaahin Filizadeh • Peterborough Sean Dunne • Winnipeg Witold Kinsner, Dario Schor, Shahin Filizadeh • Peterborough Sean Dunne • Kingston Basel Nabulsi,Umar Iqbal / Shahram Yousefi • Quebec Hoang Lehuy • St. Maurice Adel-Omar Dahmane • Sherbrooke Witold Kinsner ? • IEEE EAB PECC Jennifer Ng – IEEE MGA pre-university coordinator

4. IEEE TISP Canada Outreach Strategy • Engaging all Sections to participate at the TISP Workshops • Build an effective communication link between all Champions • Encourage team building in almost all sections • Get full support from the IEEE R7 Board, officially & financially • Motivate teams in most sections, to outreach their teachers associations and create solid link with teachers with interest • Provide financial and resources for running TISP lesson plans • Organize local and national level Workshops for continuous learning and sharing of experiences with different schools • Build trust in ourselves and in each other by building confidence through gaining step by step successful activities • Publicize the achievements of every section activities • Newsletters, websites, e-notices and minutes of monthly telecon calls are a most.

5. IEEE Canada TISP Committee Work • TISP Canada Committee was created and has sufficient budget for each year • Almost all sections have actively participation at this committee • We succeeded organizing two Successful TISP Workshops in Canada and planning for Vancouver 2013 - Thanks to continuous support from IEEE TISP/ EAB management • Monthly telecon calls between all participating sections in TISP Canada Committee • Each section has created its own local website and can use thrIEEE Canada TISP website www.tispcanada.ca • Most sections have proactive approach with presentations to their school teachers and school boards by using practical TryEngineering+experimentations • TISP Canada Committee members, specially those in Ontario, Winnipeg, Northern Canada, … are effectively involved with the annual events of Scientific Teachers’ Associations • Most sections have organized many local workshops with involvements of School board members and Ministry of Educations • We have generated high quality TISP Canada Newsletters, quarterly • Last but not least, IEEE Canada Directors are our solid supporters !

6. Thank you all for your active Engagement with TISP mission Thank you Yvonne and Lynn for making this journey a reality !