CIPS is celebrating our 60th anniversary this year! In September of 1958 a conference was held at the University of Toronto to talk about common concerns of data processing workers. That conference demonstrated the value of sharing ideas, networking with fellow professionals and learning about coming changes in technology, and the practices and management of information systems. This event sparked the formation of the Computing and Data Processing Society. In 1968 the Society changed its name to the current “Canadian Information Processing Society”.

As part of the 60th anniversary celebrations CIPS held a competition for its members to help design a special 60th anniversary version of the CIPS logo which will be used by CIPS throughout 2018.

We are pleased to reveal the winning logo above, which will be used throughout the year, that was designed by CIPS member Luqman Gassama.

A big thank you to all CIPS members that participated and submitted logo designs for CIPS’ 60th anniversary. Below are some of the other submissions from the CIPS community:

Thank you all for your participation!

Bashir Fancy, I.S.P., (ret.) resigned as the Chair of the CIPS National Board of Directors and as CIPS National CEO on November 6, 2017 after having completed two one-year terms as the National Board Chair.

As per the by-laws of CIPS National, the members of the CIPS National Board elected Derek Burt, I.S.P., ITCP by acclamation at their November 16, 2017 meeting.

Derek Burt, I.S.P, ITCP

Derek has been a CIPS member for over a decade and was a long-time volunteer with CIPS in Saskatchewan (including serving as the President of CIPS Regina and a member of the CIPS Saskatchewan Governance Transition Taskforce) before relocating to Alberta in 2013. Derek is currently serving as the President of CIPS Alberta and Chair of the CIPS Alberta Registration Committee. In 2010, Derek was awarded the Marilyn Harris Award for IT Professionalism. Derek graduated from a CIPS-accredited computer science program at the University of Regina and has served on numerous private and public boards.

Derek is currently an Enterprise Architect and member the IT Architecture team at WestJet Airlines, Ltd. He is an IT Architect by trade, whose primary expertise lies in Enterprise Architecture as well as Business, Solution, and Application Architecture, particularly producing IT architectures for open platforms. He has experience leading projects, teams, and organizations, has worked with a wide variety of clients from across North America, and has been a frequent public speaker.