The Vice-President \u2013 International is responsible for recruitment of institutional and individual members outside of Canada, for promoting and supporting services for those CSCE members, and for overseeing the operations of CSCE Branches.\u00a0 (Presently, the CSCE has one Branch in Hong Kong – click here<\/a> for contact info.) As a member of the CSCE Board of Directors, the VP-International is also an advocate for CSCE members working or living in foreign lands.<\/p>\n Institutional Members International (IMIs)<\/b><\/p>\n International institutional membership is an extension of the existing institutional membership for Canadian university civil engineering (or civil engineering-related) departments. \u00a0SEE MEMBERSHIP \u2013 INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS INTERNATIONAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n Join CSCE International on LinkedIn!<\/b><\/p>\n The CSCE has created a LinkedIn group called CSCE International<\/i>.\u00a0 This private group is for CSCE members interested in the CSCE’s international activities, and in foreign engineering issues, projects, and research.\u00a0 To request membership, go to CSCE International<\/a> on LinkedIn, click Join, and your request will be reviewed by a group manager. In addition, a subgroup called CSCE International Members has been created for CSCE members living outside of Canada.<\/p>\n CSCE Branch Policy<\/b><\/p>\n The CSCE Board of Directors has adopted a Branch Policy Statement concerning the formation and operations of CSCE Branches.\u00a0 The policy states that any group of 15 or more individual CSCE members-in-good-standing (excluding students) residing in close proximity in a single foreign country or special administrative region who are registered with and paying dues to the CSCE National Office (Montreal) may submit a proposal, with a signed petition, to create a Branch.\u00a0 The applicants should send the proposal and petition to the VP-International for review. \u00a0If upon review the proposal is deemed acceptable, the VP-International will present the proposal to the CSCE Board of Directors (which normally meets twice a year) for a decision as to whether to create the branch.\u00a0 For further information on CSCE\u2019s Branch Policy Statement, please contact the VP-International.<\/p>\n Travelling to Hong Kong?\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n The CSCE is looking for volunteers to make technical presentations to members of the CSCE Hong Kong Branch and (or) the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).\u00a0 This is strictly on a volunteer basis, with no payment for spent time or travel expenses.\u00a0 If interested, please send an outline of your presentation and a brief resume at least 10 weeks in advance of your trip to Rishi Gupta CSCE VP-International<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/b>Government of Canada Travel Advice and Advisories<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Official information and advice from the Government of Canada on situations that may affect your safety and well-being abroad:\u00a0http:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/travelling\/advisories<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Other Travel Information: <\/b>http:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/<\/a><\/b>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_btn title=”CSCE International Affairs Committee” color=”purple” size=”lg” align=”center” button_block=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcsce.ca%2Fcommittees%2Finternational-affairs|||”][vc_column_text]International Affairs Committee<\/b><\/p>\n The International Affairs Committee (IAC) is a Program Committee reporting to the VP-Technical Programs.\u00a0 Information on CSCE\u2019s International Affairs Committee (IAC) can be found here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Vice-President International The Vice-President \u2013 International is responsible for recruitment of institutional and individual members outside of Canada, for promoting and supporting services for those CSCE members, and for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216998,"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/126\/revisions\/216998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacy.csce.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}