British Columbia Blog!
Welcome BC! The purpose of this Provincial Celebration Blog is to keep you informed and updated on how your province will commemorate the 75th anniversary of CSMLS. Check back often to find out what your Provincial Celebration Committee is planning. Whether it is a special event or promo giveaways, you want to stay informed and not miss out on what is to come. Be part of the celebrations in 2012 in honoring this special milestone for CSMLS!
The Great BC Cake Smackdown is Here!
Colin Semple · April 24th, 2012 · BC
You’ve thought about it. You’ve talked about it. Maybe you’ve even did a bit of planning. Starting this week you can please your co-workers, show off your culinary and decorative skills and win an iPad. That’s right an iPad.
The theme for the CSMLS 75th Anniversary is commemorating our historical milestones and achievements. The CSMLS is more than an office. It includes and is inspired by CSMLS members who make important contributions to communities and health care right across the nation. We challenge the BC members to express this theme creatively, in the form of a cake!
To Enter
Make a cake and submit photos demonstrating:
• a laboratory related decoration
• that you made the cake (a photo of you and the cake is sufficient)
Photos should be submitted to bc.csmls75@gmail.com
An application form will then be provided to you to submit descriptions describing:
• your laboratory related decoration or achievement
• your tasty , healthy , or other ingredient related stories (so we can vicariously enjoy too!)
• your laboratory community spirit and sharing the cake with other members
RULES:
• Contestants must be CSMLS members residing in British Columbia
• Contestants must make and decorate their own cakes
• Cakes must be shared with co-workers* between April 23 and June 1, 2012
• Contest entries may be submitted from April 23 to June 1, 2012
• Contestants should submit:
o a picture of contestant with the cake
o two pictures of the actual cake
*If you are an inactive CSMLS member you could take the cake to the laboratory where you used to work. If that is not a possibility, contact us at bc.csmls75@gmail.com .
0 CommentsAnd The Winners Are…
Colin Semple · March 20th, 2012 · BC
By the evening of Friday March 16 which was the deadline for entering the Win a Free Trip to LABCON2012 Contest, we had received over 60 entries. The last one came in less than 30 minutes before midnight!
Our winner is Amanda Wray a Laboratory Technologist at the Port McNeill and 
District Hospital, way up on Vancouver Island. Congratulations Amanda! Brush up on your French!
Since the response to our contest was so positive, we couldn’t stop at just one winner. A virtual conferencepass will allow someone to access presentations from their own computer after the conference has finished. The Virtual Conference Pass has a value of $399. This Virtual Conference Pass has been won by Jameel Khan of Prince George, British Columbia. Congratulations Jameel!
Further details on the upcoming Great BC Cake Smackdown are coming! Get ready, you Ace of Cakes wannabes!
Last Week to Win a Trip to LABCON2012
Colin Semple · March 12th, 2012 · BC
This is the last week to enter this contest to win a trip to LABCON2012 in Gatineau, Quebec. This includes airfare, hotel and conference fees! Catch up with old colleagues! Meet new colleagues! Try out a bit of French on the locals! Take a bit of time and go into Ottawa and visit Parliament Hill! Right now, your chances of winning are less than 1 in 50.
To enter, submit your name, contact information and a brief summary (150 words 
or less) explaining why you would like to go to LABCON2012. Entries should be sent to bc.csmls75@gmail.com by Friday March 16th.
Only current CSMLS members residing in the province of British Columbia are eligible to enter this contest.
The Great BC Cake Smackdown of ‘12
Timing for this event will coincide roughly with National Medical Laboratory Week (NMLW). Although not finalized yet, we are considering the following rules:
- Contestants must be CSMLS members residing in British Columbia
- Cakes should have some sort of medical laboratory theme or decoration
- Contestants must make and decorate their own cakes
- Cakes must be shared with co-workers
- Contestants should submit:
- a picture of contest with the cake
- two pictures of the actual cake
- a description of the cake (so everyone else including judges can vicariously enjoy your baking)
Further details to come next week!
Win a Trip to LABCON2012! Less Than Two Weeks To Go!
Colin Semple · March 7th, 2012 · BC
Did you know that in the Canadian Journal of Medical Technology (1939) there was a recommendation on the character of technologists. “Technologists should be thorough and neat-handed, not go too often to the movies and avoid the use of public vehicles such as trolley cars”.
C’mon technologists – let yourself go! Go to the movies, ride on public transit and by all means enter our contest to go to LABCON2012 in Gatineau, Quebec. This includes your airfare, hotel and conference registration.
There’s less than two weeks until the winner of a trip to Gatineau for LABCON2012 is chosen! Your chances of winning now are about one in 30! Who will be the lucky winner?
To enter, submit your name, contact information and a brief summary (150 words or less) explaining why you would like to go to LABCON2012. Entries should be sent to bc.csmls75@gmail.com by Friday March 16th.
Only current CSMLS members residing in the province of British Columbia are eligible to enter this contest.
The Great BC Cake Smackdown of ‘12
Okay all you Ace of Cakes wannabes. Get ready! Details will be available as soon as we announce the lucky winner of our “Win a trip to LABCON2012 contest”. Fantastic prizes guaranteed!