As the elected PEO Vice President, Darla contributed to the Executive Committee‘s role in stewarding the governance roadmap (through discussions at the Council table through the approval of the timed workplan) and served on the PEO-OSPE Joint Relations Committee (JRC).
Darla Campbell was appointed to PEO’s Government Liaison Committee (GLC) when it was first established in 2011, in the position of “active in a riding association” where she gained experience working with GLC Chair, Barry Steinberg.
Chair, Government Liaison Committee (2014-2017)
In 2014 she was elected Chair of GLC by the committee and was asked to continue to serve as chair for one more year to see through the implementation of the recommendations from the audit report on the Government Liaison Program.
Darla co-chaired the first conference that was hosted by the GLC in September 2011 with the theme “Building Momentum”. The organizing committee worked hard over the summer (the committee having been appointed in the spring) to deliver a top notch government relations conference.
On October 26, 2016, the GLC co-hosted a joint government relations conference with OSPE that was well received by both PEO and OSPE attendees.
GOVERNMENT LIAISON COMMITTEE (GLC) MEETING AND STRATEGY SESSION ON AUGUST 16, 2016 AT PEO HEADQUARTERS
Participating were (left to right, back row); PEO Ottawa Chapter GLP Vice-Chair Ishwar Bhatia, P.Eng.; Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) Director Matthew Jelavic, P.Eng.; GLC EIT Representative Daniel King, EIT; Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) Director Bill Allison; PEO summer engineering student Yourdanos Tsegay; (front row) PEO Manager of Government Liaison Programs Jeannette Chau, P.Eng.; PEO West Central Region Councillor Warren Turnbull, P.Eng.; PEO GLC Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng.; PEO Councillor Michael Chan, P.Eng.; and GLC Student Representative Angel Serah.
Take Your MPP to Work Days
Darla has supported local chapters in their Take Your MPP to Work Days and personally attended the following events:
- Oakville Chapter
- London Chapter
- York Chapter
- Toronto East Chapter
- Kingston Chapter
See photos, below.
Oakville Chapter Volunteer
Darla has volunteered with the Oakville chapter in NEM events, as well as speaking at Student Outreach dinner events and attending many certificate licensing ceremonies. Darla is very proud of the partnership that the Oakville Chapter has built with the Oakville Chamber of Commerce, which delivered their 4th Engineering Symposium on November 24, 2016.
Photos from Take Your MPP to Work Days
PEO KINGSTON CHAPTER HOSTS TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY – March 2015
Sophie Kiwala MPP (Kingston and the Islands), (centre) Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, participated in PEO Kingston Chapter’s first Take Your MPP to Work Day hosted at the Bombardier Transportation Systems Engineering Site in Kingston on March 13. With Ms. Kiwala in the photo are (from left to right) Kingston Chapter and Bombardier Executives Leila Notash, P.Eng., Bombardier Testing and Commissioning Manager Frederick Bourgoin, P.Eng., Sangeeta Shakrawar, EIT, Bruce Anderson, P.Eng., Bombardier Director of Engingeering Chris Van Der Vyver, Bombardier General Manager and Head of Operations Florentin Blejdea, P.Eng., PEO Kingston Chapter Chair Doug Hamilton, P.Eng., PEO Government Liaison Committee Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng., Kingston Chapter Secretary Harald Muller-Scholten, EIT, PEO Eastern Region Councillor Charles Kidd, P.Eng., Kingston Chapter Treasurer Doug Hatfield, P.Eng., Head of Business Controlling Susan Clancy, and Director of Product Development Marko Kroenke. Missing from the photo is PEO Kingston Chapter GLP Chair Hafiz Bashir, P.Eng.
PEO LONDON CHAPTER HOSTS TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY – January 2015
Participants in the PEO London Chapter Take Your MPP to Work Day at the Upper Thames Valley Conservation Authority included Teresa Armstrong MPP (London Fanshawe) (fifth from right). It was hosted by London Chapter GLP Chair Tomiwa Olukiyesi, P.Eng., (fourth from left) and Chapter Vice-Chair and environmental engineer Imtiaz Shah, P.Eng., (second from right). Guest speakers included UTVCA General Manager Ian Wilcox, P. Eng., and newly elected PEO Government Liaison Committee Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng., (second from left) who spoke on behalf of PEO.
THORNHILL MPP PARTICIPATES IN SUCCESSFUL TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY EVENT – August 2016
Gila Martow, MPP (Thornhill), PC Francophone Affairs, Anti-Racism Secretariat and GTA Issues Critic (third from right) attended a joint PEO York Chapter and Willowdale-Thornhill Chapter Take Your MPP to Work Day event on August 9. With her in the photo are (left to right) PEO York Chapter GLP Chair Daniel Liao, P.Eng.; PEO Willowdale-Thornhill Chapter GLP Officer Shahandeh Ehtemam, EIT; Denis Poncelet, P.Eng.; Sustainable Building Engineer with the Regional Municipality of York, PEO Willowdale-Thornhill Chapter Chair Fred Saghezchi, P.Eng.; PEO Government Liaison Committee (GLC) Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng.; and Ian Buchanan, Manager of Natural Heritage and Forestry
PEO LONDON CHAPTER HOSTS THIRD TAKE YOUR
MPP TO WORK DAY WITH PC HEALTH CRITIC – August 2016
Jeff Yurek, MPP (Elgin-Middlesex-London), PC Health and Long-Term Care Critic (fourth from left), attended PEO London Chapter’s third Take Your MPP to Work Day event on August 23. Participating were (left to right): Past PEO London Chapter Chair Oscar Avila, P.Eng.; PEO London Chapter GLP Chair Tomiwa Olukiyesi, P.Eng.; PEO London Chapter Chair Imtiaz Shah, P.Eng.; PEO Government Liaison Committee (GLC) Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng.; Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) Policy Analyst Patrick Sackville; PEO London Chapter Members Julian Novick, P.Eng.; Remona Johnson, P.Eng.; Luke Seewald P.Eng.; Kevin Spicer, P.Eng.; and Matt Miedema, P.Eng.
PEO LONDON CHAPTER HOSTS SECOND TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY – January 2016
PEO London Chapter Chair Diego Cardenas, P.Eng., (left) and London Government Liaison Program Chair Tomiwa Olukiyesi, P.Eng., (third from left) organized a Take Your MPP To Work Day for Teresa Armstrong, MPP (London-Fanshawe), NDP Citizenship, Immigration, International Trade and Seniors’ Affairs Critic (centre right), and Peggy Sattler, MPP (London West), NDP Women’s Issues, Training, Colleges, Universities, Research and Innovation Critic (centre left), to visit 3M in London on January 25. Also participating were (left to right) PEO Government Liaison Committee Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng.; Executive Director, Electronics & Energy Business Group and 3M Sustainability Committee Richard Chartrand, P.Eng.; Divisional Engineering Manager 3M Canada Angelo Psellas; and Executive Director, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Terry Bowman.
PEO LONDON CHAPTER HOSTS THIRD TAKE YOUR
MPP TO WORK DAY WITH PC HEALTH CRITIC – August 2016
Thank you to PressTran Industries for hosting the Take Your MPP to Work Day which included a tour of the manufacturing facility. Pictured above are members of the London PEO Chapter with OSPE rep Patrick Sackville and GLC chair Darla Campbell.
PEO LONDON CHAPTER HOSTS SECOND TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY – January 2016
Great session hosted by PEO London Chapter with two MPPs in attendance (a first!) and company host 3M.
EAST TORONTO CHAPTER HOSTS TAKE YOUR MPP TO WORK DAY – 2015
Arthur Potts MPP (Beaches-East York) (third from left), Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs participated in PEO East Toronto Chapter’s first Take Your MPP to Work Day on April 10. It took place at the City of Toronto’s R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant. Participating from PEO were (from left to right) Government Liaison Committee Chair Darla Campbell, P.Eng., City of Toronto 2014 municipal candidate Dave Andre, P.Eng., East Toronto Chapter GLP Chair Georges Livanos, P.Eng., Plant Manager Gordon Mitchell, East Toronto Chapter Chair Hugo Maureira, P.Eng., and Senior Plant Engineer Erik Lepik, P.Eng.
Darla Campbell, P.Eng. for President-Elect 