Changes to the Engineers and Geoscientists Act
In Fall 2005, APEGBC staff approached the Ministry of Advanced Education about new legislation to replace the 51-year old Engineers and Geoscientists Act. The Ministry was not able at that time to undertake such a large project, but welcomed modernizing and “housekeeping” amendments. The Ministry itself had also identified portions of the Act that it felt needed to be updated, or made consistent internally or externally with other legislation.
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Council Election Nomination Deadline for Councillors Extended
The deadline to nominate a member for the position of Councillor on the APEGBC's 2007/2008 Council has been extended to April 19, 2007.
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2007 President's Awards - Call for Nominations
The Standing Awards Committee is actively seeking nominations for the 2007 President's Awards. With several award categories, this is an excellent way to honour a deserving colleague. New this year is the APEGBC Young Professional Award, which aims to recognize a professional member under the age of 35 who excels in work-related achievements, and service to the professions and the community.
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Nominations Invited for Forest Engineering Award of Excellence
The Forest Engineering Award of Excellence recognizes excellence and promotes cooperation and leadership in forest engineering. Nominees may be individuals, organizations or associations responsible for projects that demonstrate or represent outstanding accomplishments in forest engineering. The deadline for nominations is July 20, 2007.
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APEGBC 2007 Annual Conference Offers “Unlimited Possibility” for Sponsors and Exhibitors
From October 25 to 27, 2007, the premiere Association event of the year will take place - the APEGBC Annual Conference and AGM. Held this year in beautiful Whistler, BC at the TELUS Whistler Conference Centre, the conference will provide sponsors and exhibitors with two full days to network with engineering and geoscience professionals.
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Federal Contracts — An Invitation to APEGBC Members from the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises
Public Works and Government Services Canada and the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises invites BC-based engineering and geoscience firms to sign up for the SELECT database. The database was created by PWGSC to invite firms to bid on real property opportunities for consulting contracts up to a value of $80,000 and construction contracts up to $100,000.
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NRCan Provides Free Access to Digital Mapping Data
Users of topographic data will no longer have to pay to use digital versions of government maps and data. As of April 1, 2007, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) began providing this data free of charge over the Internet.
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NSERC Offers Prize for Interdisciplinary Research
The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering recognizes Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of exceptional and international significance in the natural sciences and engineering in the past six years.
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Discipline & Enforcement
Notices of Inquiry - Hearing Schedule
Notices of Inquiry have been issued by the Discipline Committee to Dr. Frank Stromotich, P.Eng. and Ross Morton (Mr. Morton is a former member). Both hearings are scheduled for April 11, 2007 at 9:30 am at the Association's offices.
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Our Employment Section is updated daily. See www.apeg.bc.ca/employment/jobseekers.html for the latest career listings.
Reminder - Call for Submissions: 2006/2007 Project Highlights
This special pictorial feature, published annually in the July/August issue of Innovation, showcases the diverse activities of BC's professional engineers and geoscientists both at home and abroad.
Members or companies may submit photographs of projects undertaken during the past 12 months, within or outside BC, employing APEGBC members.
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Welcome New Sponsors
APEGBC is pleased to welcome the following sponsors of our 2007 Annual Conference. The conference will take place at the TELUS Whistler Conference Centre from October 25-27.
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If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the 2007 APEGBC Annual Conference, please contact Jessica Fish at 604-412-4879, or jfish@apeg.bc.ca. Opportunities for exhibiting at the conference are also available, for more information please contact Tim Verigin at 604-412-4872, or tverigin@apeg.bc.ca.