SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AT DGRB WITH NO REGRETS!
an
Skora, Director General, Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulatory Branch
(DGRB), recently presented 25-year Service Awards to Margit Wilson, Robert
Desjardins and Norman Lui. Together, they have given a total of 75 years
sterling service to the Public Service and are continuing to give of their best.
Present at the ceremonies were all of their colleagues from Broadcast
Applications Engineering (DBC-E). We are proud of your teamwork. Keep up the
good work.
Congratulations from all of us at DBC-E!
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| Jan Skora and Margit Wilson |
Margit Wilson joined the Department of Communications in 1973, working as a typist in the Broadcast Applications Engineering Certification Section. When the Section was disbanded, she went to DBC-E as a Clerk where she worked in the Publications Section. Publications was later moved to Spectrum Management Services-Publications, where Margit was Publications Assistant.
In September of 1997 she joined the Space and International Regulatory Activities Branch and worked for Director Ron Amero, until November 2, 1998 when she came full circle and returned to DBC-E. Margit is now back with the old gang, minus a few faces and plus a few new faces.
Margit enjoys taking photographs and has seven years of line dancing under her belt (or should we say boot). In October 1998, she joined a dance team called The Posse. In March of this year her team won the Dance Team Showdown Grand Champion Dance Team Award In Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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| Jan Skora and Robert Desjardins |
Before joining
Industry Canada, Robert Desjardins began his career as a technician with
Sperry Gyroscope (1967 to 1972), where he fixed and overhauled military
gyroscopes.
At Energy Mines and Resources from 1972 to 1973, he worked on computers and
presses used at that time to make maps. From 1973 to 1974, he worked in the
Cable Section of the then Department of Communications. Later in the same year,
he worked in the Administration FM Section until 1975. From 1975 to 1980 he was
appointed Program Manager of FM.
Robert now works as a Broadcast Technologist in the FM Broadcast Applications Engineering Group of Industry Canada. He is resourceful and applies enthusiasm to his work. He continues to be a capable member of the FM Engineering team.
Robert loves fishing, enjoys scuba diving, woodworking and has been teaching Tai Chi for 9 years.
After
graduating from the University of Toronto with a degree in Electrical
Engineering, Norman Lui worked in the private sector before joining the
Department of Communications.
He started his work with the Department as a Project Engineer on High Frequency Direction Finding Systems and afterwards moved to the Technical Regulations Branch of the Cable Television Systems.
He then moved to the Ontario Region in Toronto to head up the newly-established Broadcast Engineering Group. Subsequently, he moved back to Ottawa to join the FM Broadcast Applications Engineering Group as a Senior Engineer, and has occupied that position ever since.
When he’s not in the office, Norman enjoys a game or two of tennis.