THE ASSOCIATION'S COMPOSITION
The Mapua Alumni Association, Alberta Chapter, is a multi-faceted, multi-disciplined assembly of engineers, architects, programmers, project managers and designers with varying years of experience in their field of expertise. While the majority is employed in the oil and gas industry, a few is in the service sectors that are oil and gas industry-related.
Many of the members who came to Calgary in the late sixties and early seventies are now close to retirement while others who have immigrated to Calgary a few years back are just starting to get their career on track. This makes the mixture in the association membership interesting in that the young members look upon the senior ones as their elders. It is not uncommon to hear "Ka Pepe", "Ka Roger", "Ka Tony" or "Tito Ed" (punctuated at times with "sir") during the course of a conversation.
This makes the senior members shudder with amazement because they are not accustomed to hearing this salutation of respect from the locals.
