Generously supported by CTTAM (Certified Technicians and Technologists Association of Manitoba)

2025 marks more than half a century of excellence in Electrical Engineering education at RRC Polytech. To celebrate this incredible milestone, we invite members of the RRC Polytech Electrical Engineering community to join us on November 6 for Homecoming.

This free, casual event will bring together generations of alumni, instructors past and present, current students, and industry supporters for an evening of networking and fun. Food, beverages, and an interactive photo booth are on tap for the night, as well as a pop-up Campus Store booth where you can purchase RRC Polytech merch. In addition, we are proud to honour Emmy-award winning Broadcast Technician Tessa Potter as the recipient of RRC Polytech’s 2025 Distinguished Graduate Award at Homecoming.

We look forward to bringing our EET alumni community together this fall!

Event Details

Date:         Thursday, November 6, 2025
Time:         5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location:  RRC Polytech’s Notre Dame Campus (2055 Notre Dame Ave.)
Menu:        Refreshments will be served and a cash bar will be available. *Attendees will receive a complimentary drink ticket.

A confirmation email will be sent out with event and parking details a few days prior to the event. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Klassen at pklassen@rrc.ca.

Celebrating a Distinguished Grad

The RRC Polytech Distinguished Graduate Award recognizes the outstanding personal and professional achievements of RRC Polytech’s most accomplished alumni.

This year’s recipient is Electronic Engineering Technology graduate Tessa Potter, who completed her studies in 2000. Since then, she’s worked as a Broadcast Technician in television, radio, and live sports – a behind-the-camera role that has allowed her to travel the globe to work on world-class events like the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics. She has received two Emmy awards for her work broadcasting the Olympics, one for the Beijing Winter Games (2022), and one for the Paris Summer Games (2024). She is heading to Italy next February for her fourth Olympic Games.

Here in Winnipeg, Potter works as Truth North Sports + Entertainment’s Broadcast Liaison, serving home and visiting broadcast teams. She is also a Broadcast Technician for SBL Engineering, where she monitors and maintains transmitters for radio and television clients in Manitoba, and is a subject matter expert for complex radio frequency issues and repairs.

Potter is a phenomenal advocate for the field of broadcast engineering, focusing much of her spare time on mentoring and inspiring students. She’s the current (and first female) president of WABE, the Western Association of Broadcast Engineers, where she not only advocates for the industry, but also for women and diversity in the sector. One of her main goals as president of WABE has been to promote the industry and the career opportunities it provides to current and prospective students. Through her work at True North Sports + Entertainment, she mentors students and interns who cycle through the broadcasting department, helping them find their footing and – hopefully – a passion for this work.

Potter shared words of inspiration with RRC Polytech’s graduating class of 2022 at Spring Convocation as the alumni guest speaker, describing her education at RRC Polytech as the following: “My diploma in Electronic Engineering Technology at RRC Polytech was like a cypher. A tool that over the years has allowed me to decode a whole industry. Whatever flavour of the industry I uncovered – broadcasting, media technology, or live sports – would not have been possible without the lens of my education helping to bring it into focus.”

We are thrilled to honour Potter’s leadership in broadcast engineering at Homecoming. RRC Polytech alumni and supporters are warmly invited to attend.

Thank you to our generous supporters

Title Sponsor: CTTAM

CTTAM (Certified Technicians and Technologists Association of Manitoba) is the regulatory body within Manitoba for engineering and applied science technicians and technologists, many of whom are proud RRC Polytech grads.  A longtime supporter of RRC Polytech, CTTAM has donated more than $150,000 to annual alumni initiatives and special projects like the Princess Street Campus Capital Campaign, the Global Emergency Student Support Award, the Electrical Engineering Program, the Shell Eco-Marathon Challenge, the CTTAM Instrumentation Student Games Project, the COVID-19 Emergency Student Support Fund, the establishment of the Terry Gifford CTTAM Leadership Award, and more. CTTAM CEO Robert Okabe was the 2023 Distinguished Graduate Award recipient.

Silver Sponsor: Price Institute of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechatronics (Price Institute)

The Price Institute at RRC Polytech tackles the primary challenges facing Manitoba’s manufacturing sector. Built on three complementary goals, the Price Institute helps Manitoba manufacturers: accelerate technology transfer throughout its vast network of SME manufacturers, through collaborative applied research activities; attract new talent to design and deliver new technologies and processes that fuel their businesses; and reskill or upskill existing workforces to harness these new technologies or processes. The Price Institute is a dynamic response to the present and future needs of Manitoba’s manufacturing sector, with strong annual outputs that will benefit Manitoba’s economy and communities for generations to come.

Bronze Sponsor: Canada Computing

Canada Computing is an IT service provider headquartered here in Winnipeg. Canada Computing provides services to customers in more than ten different sectors, including the hospitality, legal, financial, and medical sectors.

About Distinguished Graduate Awards

One of RRC Polytech’s highest honours, the Distinguished Graduate Award celebrates graduates of the College who have distinguished themselves in both their chosen professions and their communities. It recognizes the outstanding personal and professional achievements of our finest graduates. Since 1993, RRC Polytech has awarded 40 Distinguished Graduate Awards. Learn more about the awards and past recipients here.