Logo: 

The University of Manitoba Engineering Society was founded in 1909, originally as a joint council with Architecture.  The President of UMES has traditionally been known as the Senior Stick, and each spring has been marked by the passing of the ceremonial Stick-Of-Office from the outgoing Senior Stick to the incoming Senior Stick. At the end of each term of office the outgoing Senior Stick’s name is engraved on a silver band and placed on the Stick-of-Office.

The Red Lion was first sketched in 1977 by John Weston, an undergraduate Geological Engineering student.  Later that year, Weston was asked to proofread the first-year handbook by the UMES Publications Director.  The Publications Director was out of town at the time and had forgotten to create cover art for the handbook; Weston decided to use the lion sketch.  During that same time, the Engineering Faculty was battling University Administration for more funding.  Dean Wedepohl borrowed the lion logo to serve as a rallying symbol.  The lion's colour was chosen to be red, to symbolize the "red tape" the Faculty was facing at the time.  In 1992, polled engineering students chose to name the logo "Phil".