August Chapter Event - Friday August 20, 2010

See why controllers choose VFR operations - join us on a visit to the Vancouver International Control Tower!! 
We'll meet at the Spirit of Haida Gwaii, The Jade Canoe and leave together to enter the tower promptly at 8 pm.
RSVP to info@womeninaviation.ca - space is limited. 

July Chapter Event - Sunday, July 11, 2010 

Bring your family and friends to Spanish Banks for a BBQ! It's a potluck party. We'll have a BBQ and refreshing drinks ready with cutlery and condiments for all of us to enjoy the delicious food.What you should bring: meat/veggies you'd like to BBQ, an appetizer or dessert if you'd like. 
Location: park at the Spanish Banks parking lot furthest to the west and look for us there.  We'll see you there between 3 pm - 7 pm. 


May Sea to Sky Chapter Event - Saturday, May 30, 2010


Take a hike!  A few of us will be getting together with Dayna, our Membership Chair, who will host a short Orienteering101 course and then send us out into the trails of the beautiful North Shore mountains.  Everyone is invited so please bring out your husband, kids, dog, whoever.  Be prepared to sweat!  We will be hiking for about 3 hours with a lunch along the way. Bring a pack with clothing options, water, lunch and a pencil and compass (if you have one).  Meet at the Anne MacDonald Way Parking Lot at 10am (Take Mt Seymour Parkway to Mt Seymour Rd and then a left on Anne MacDonal Way). It is a pay parking lot if there is no street parking left, so bring some pocket change just in case.  Send us an email if you're interested in heading out for a hike with us this month!   For more info...info@womeninaviation.ca.

2010 Aviation Leadership Forum - Tuesday, April 13, 2010Orienteering / North Shore Hike - 1000 hrs

Please see the 'Aviation Leadership' tab for more information about this exciting event!


Aerospace Education Aviation Info Day - Saturday, April 10, 2010
BCIT Richmond Campus - 1000 to 1500 hours

Once a year, BCIT Aerospace hosts its "Education Aviation and Info Day" at the Richmond Campus. This free event is open to everyone and provides an opportunity for those who may be interested in attending BCIT to find out more about Aerospace programs.  This event is a great chance to connect with successful BCIT grads, meet with faculty, staff and program advisors.  Most importantly, it is a unique opportunity for the Aviation Industry to share more about about its business and explain specifically why employers choose to hire BCIT grads!
Please join us in the Hub at the Aerospace Campus on Saturday, April 10, 2010.  
For more information and to register, please see http://www.bcit.ca/infosessions/register/1863.

Sea to Sky Chapter Meeting - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Resume Workshop - 1900 hours

You are so much more than a piece of paper - unfortunately, one of the only ways to present yourself to prospective employers is to become just that. A professional, well-designed resume can be an amazingly powerful tool - having the ability to significantly impact the direction and progression of your career. Join us on Thursday, March 11 at 1900 hrs for a Resume Workshop hosted by Hays recruiter, Nicole Sheedy. Nicole will share her extensive HR experience, providing us with critical tips and guidelines for devising effective resume packages. Spring hiring is just around the corner - make sure you're prepared to market yourself and land that new job! Please RSVP for location and more details. info@womeninaviation.ca

Celebrating 100 Years Of Licensed Women Pilots - Friday, March 12, 2010
Please see www.centennialofwomenpilots.com for more information!

The 2010 Aviation Leadership Safety Award Nomination Deadline has been extended.

Send in your nomination today!
See http://womeninaviation.ca/pdf/Award2010rev.pdf for more details!

Sea to Sky Chapter Event - Sunday, February 7, 2010
T Riley !!! @ The Flying Beaver - 1900 hrs

That's right, you read it! Come on out for an awesome night - Teresa Riley will be playing live on February 7th at The Flying Beaver! The show begins at 7pm and Sea to Sky will be there, front row and centre! For those of you who are not yet familiar with Teresa, she's our one and only Sea to Sky "pilot-by-day-rock-star-by night"...and she is amazing! Teresa enjoys a successful career flying B767s for Air Canada during the day - but at night, you'll find her rocking out on various stages throughout the cities of Vancouver and Calgary! Come on out after the superbowl for a fun social evening to catch up with friends and support a fellow Sea to Sky pilot! Be sure to visit t-riley.com for more information about this show and the others coming up in 2010!
www.t-riley.com
"Riley has moved - traveled the world gathering musical experiences to her bosom that provides a depth to her unique blend of indie-pop-rock. Just when you think you can neatly file her into the heavy, progressive pigeon-hole, out comes a sweet, pretty, country-esque ballad."
~ www.myspace.com/teresarileymusic

Sea to Sky Chapter Event - Thursday, January 28, 2010
Life Coach Christina Sestan - BCIT - 1900hrs - Room 283

Happy 2010! The beginning of a new year and a new decade can be a powerful time to reflect on and consider our lives. It can be a time of getting back on track with our dreams or simply letting go of past disappointments. But did you know that while well over 50% of us go to the trouble of setting New Year’s resolutions, over 60% of us fail and slip backwards within the first 6 months?

Join us on Thursday January 28th, 2010, from 1900-2100 hrs at the BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus, when Christina Sestan, a professionally certified business coach and corporate facilitator with over 12 years of human development and peak performance experience, will help us to explore a straightforward process for uncovering the barriers, limiting beliefs and self-sabotaging behaviour that may be holding you back from sticking to your resolutions.
Everyone is welcome but seating is limited! Please RSVP to info@womeninaviation.ca today to reserve yours.
For more information about Christina and how to 'squeeze more out of life' - visit www.citruscoaching.com!
Sea to Sky Chapter Event - Thursday, December 17, 2009
Holiday Cookie Exchange & 2009 Wind Down - 1900 hrs

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING! SAFE AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SEA TO SKY.
We are excited to be hosting our second annual Sea to Sky Holiday Cookie Exchange at the Kovats! Bring over two dozen of your favourite home-baked goodies and wind down with us over a delicious cup of eggnog or your favourite glass of holiday wine. This is the perfect opporunity to take some time for yourself to celebrate the season and the end of another great year! Escape the stress of the holidays for one evening! Email us for more details and for directions! info@womeninaviation.ca

Conflict Resolution Workshop - Saturday, December 5, 2009
0900-1600 hrs

Conflict is an inescapable element of the work environment. Learn to recognize, understand and resolve conflict more effectively. This full day intensive and interactive workshop will help you communicate more creatively and provide you with new skills and knowledge that will enhance your relationships within your workplace, family and community.

To register - tfraser@aviationleadership.com

Sea to Sky Chapter Event - Friday, November 27, 2009
Girls Night Out at the Gun Range - 1900 hrs

For women of a different calibre. Come out and spend an exciting Friday evening with us as we take our best shots at DVC Ventures Inc indoor shooting range! Friday night is Ladies Night - where all we pay for is the ammunition (approx $20)!! For more information about the facility, please see indoorshootingcentre.com. We are planning to carpool to Port Coquitlam, so let us know if you'll be joining.

Please send an email to info@womeninaviation.ca.

"I tried out the shooting range last Friday, and it was an awesome experience!" ~ Caroline Kolasa, Chapter Secretary

Sea to Sky Chapter Meeting - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Winter Wx Refresher - 1800 hrs

Winter is nearly here! Are you prepared? Join us for an informative evening at the Vancouver International Airport Ops Boardroom, where we'll review everything you need to know to make this winter season a safe one to fly through. Seats are limited. For more details and to RSVP, please send a note to info@womeninaviation prior to November 17. This event is free and open to everyone!

Sea to Sky October Event - Monday, October 26, 2009
Dinner and Movie Night! 'AMELIA' at SilverCity Riverport - 1715 hrs & 1915 hrs

Please join us for an evening out - October 26, 2009 - as we head to the Spaghetti Factory off Steveston Highway for a delicious dinner followed by the soon-to-be released SilverCity screening of AMELIA! AMELIA stars two-time Academy Award®-winner Hilary Swank as Amelia Earhart, the legendary aviatrix and enigmatic symbol of the American free spirit, who was guided by a profound curiosity for everything life had to offer. Earhart's early aviation triumphs and meteoric rise to fame and fortune were propelled along by her tempestuous partnership and eventual marriage to publisher George Putnam (Richard Gere). Bound by mutual ambition, admiration and, ultimately a great love, their bond could not be broken even with her brief passionate affair with Gene Vidal (Ewan McGregor). Ms. Earhart was the first woman to solo the Atlantic and was the first pilot, man or woman, to fly unaccompanied across the Pacific. In Amelia's attempt to be the first to fly around the world in an equatorial flight her life was tragically cut short with her mysterious and untimely disappearance over the South Pacific in 1937. Bring your friends and family!

Please send your RSVP to info@womeninaviation.ca so we can save you a seat at the Spaghetti Factory and at the theatre! We look forward to seeing you there!

Conflict Resolution Workshop - Saturday, Oct 24, 2009
0900-1600 hrs

Conflict is an inescapable element of the work environment. Learn to recognize, understand and resolve conflict more effectively. This full day intensive and interactive workshop will help you communicate more creatively and provide you with new skills and knowledge that will enhance your relationships within your workplace, family and community.

To register - tfraser@aviationleadership.com

Sea to Sky September Event - Thursday, Sep 3, 2009
Air Canada B767 and A340 Simulator Sessions

The Sea to Sky Chapter is pleased to present the opportunity to fly Air Canada's Boeing 767 and Airbus 340 Simulators in Vancouver. All sim slots with AC Check Captain Ross Currie have been filled at this time, but, let us know if you'd be interested in partaking at a later date and we'll put together another session. Thanks!

Sea to Sky Chapter Meeting - Thursday, August 6, 2009 - POSTPONED UNTIL A LATER DATEBryan Webster Egress Training Session

The Sea to Sky Vancouver Chapter is pleased to present Special Guest Bryan Webster, winner of the 2007 Transport Canada Aviation Safety Award, to speak at our August Meeting.Bryan is the founder of Aviation Egress Systems and has been operating underwater egress training courses since 1998. S.A.F.E. stands for “Submerged Aircraft Fuselage Egress”. Bryan states from his website www.dunkyou.com... “The S.A.F.E. course will give you and your flight crew the tools and confidence to have a far better chance of surviving a water impact crash. Reports from aviation publications state that 90% of people that end up in the water while flying, drowned needlessly. This indicates that they survived the impact but succumbed to drowning when they did not exit the aircraft.”

This one and a half hour introduction to the SAFE course will be conducted at BCIT Aerospace Centre and will be extremely beneficial to anyone who travels over water by air.Please join us Thursday, August 6 at 1900hrs – and bring your friends and family – anyone you think would find Bryan’s presentation of value! Everyone is welcome. There will be a $4 charge for non-WAI members. See www.dunkyou.comfor more information about S.A.F.E. Training.

BCIT Aerospace Centre
3800 Cessna Drive
Richmond, BC

Please RSVP to reserve your seat before August 3.

Sea to Sky Chapter Meeting - Thursday, July 9, 2009
Facility Tour - Vancouver Area Control Centre - 1800 hrs

Ever wonder who has been clearing you for approaches, giving you holds at Keinn on the Whistler2 arrival and restricting your heading and altitude on departure? Come out - put a face or two to some familiar voices on the radio and see the big picture of what's happening at Vancouver Centre! For our July meeting, we are pleased to present a tour of the Vancouver Area Control Centre facility in Surrey. Space is limited, so please RSVP to reserve your spot - info@womeninaviation.ca! Everyone is welcome - tell your friends! (There will be a $4 charge for non-WAI members). More details to come soon.

5th Annual Boundary Bay Airshow - Saturday, June 20, 2009

Stop by this Saturday to visit the 5th annual Airshow at Boundary Bay Airport. Your Sea to Sky Chapter representatives will be on site partaking in the festivities near John Lovelace's Century of Flight tent! Look for us wearing old fashioned Aviatrix outfits as we celebrate 100 years of flying! No rain in the forecast so far - so bring your friends and family out to enjoy this exciting day! www.czbb.com

Canadian Women in Aviation 10th Biennial Conference
June 3 - 6, 2009 - Edmonton, Alberta

Celebrating 100 years of Flight in Canada! See www.cwia.ca/schedule.htm for Conference agenda and event details. Earlybird registration closes April 15 - so sign up today! Hope to see you there!

Planning to attend the Conference? Let us know and we can help you coordinate with other members from our area who are also attending! Contact us at info@womeninaviation.ca.

Sea to Sky Chapter Meeting - May 14, 2009
'Get-A-Job!' Series - BCIT Aerospace Campus 1900 - 2030 hrs

As part of our promise to help provide you with the resources you need to succeed in Aviation, the Sea to Sky Chapter is beginning its 'Get-A-Job' Series - an exciting calendar of guest speakers from various hiring departments of various facets of Aviation who will be stopping by to share with you what they're looking for in their candidates - and how YOU can get a job! We are pleased to present our May guest speaker, Mitch Cady, one of Air Canada Jazz's Vancouver-based Chief Pilots. Space is limited so please RSVP to secure your spot at the meeting. This is an incredible opportunity to meet Jazz Flight Operations management, learn about the application, interview and simulator evaluation process - and get answers to all your questions!! Everyone is welcome! (There will be a $4 charge for non-WAI members).
Please RSVP to info@womeninaviation.ca before May 10, 2009. Thanks!
2009 AVIATION LEADERSHIP FORUM - February 17, 2009

An enormous THANK YOU goes out to everyone who helped make the 2009 Aviation Leadership Forum a great success! Special Thanks also to our sponsors - Vancouver Airport Authority, Northern Thunderbird Air, and Hawkair - we couldn't do it without you!