Notes From APEGS Council
The APEGS Council met Thursday, December 1 and Friday, December 2, 2016 at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon. 17 of 19 Councillors were present. Council is scheduled to meet next on February 2 and 3, 2017 at the Hotel Saskatchewan in Regina.
Council received the following presentations and information items:
Activity updates were provided from the constituent society liaisons, the ACEC-SK Liaison, and the APEGS Directors to Engineers Canada and Geoscientists Canada.
The APEGS Director to Engineers Canada presented the Engineers Canada strategic plan. There are six themes: national voice, public protection; proactive regulation and integrity; valued profession, societal leadership and diversity and inclusion.
APEGS external legal counsel delivered a presentation on Council’s responsibilities to hear reviews as laid out in the Act and Bylaws.
The APEGS Director of Registration provided an update on the database project and reported that Phase 1 had been completed and the Phase 2 costs and timelines had been confirmed.
The APEGS Director of Education and Compliance reported on the Pacific North West Economic Region 2016 Winter Economic Leadership Forum.
Council passed motions as follows:
Providing recommendations to Engineers Canada: that the strategic plan include a preamble to clearly define that Engineers Canada’s role is to support its owners – the regulators; and that wording be added to the quality assurance section clarifying that Engineers Canada supports the regulators in achieving these outcomes.
Establishing a task group to review the Engineers Canada strategic plan and map to the APEGS Value Proposition. The task group is to include Leo Niekamp, P.Eng., Andrew Lockwood, P.Eng., FEC, Tara Zrymiak, P.Eng., FEC (Chair) and Tina Maki, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.).
That project management experience alone is not acceptable in order to waive confirmatory exams. The majority of the work has to be direct experience in the application of theory.
Life Membership was approved for the following members: Brian W. Brownlee, P.Eng., Randall G. Gillies, P.Eng., Keith E. Hebil, P.Geo., William J. Miller, P.Eng., Shahram Missaghi, P.Eng.
Approving the amended terms of reference for the Discipline Committee.
Approving the amended policy Disc4.0 Publication of Discipline Committee Orders.
That the AMSoft Cloud database upgrade project proceed to Phase 2.
Council noted and received the following reports:
Registrar’s reports for September and October 2016.
The report on compliance activities for the period October 1 to November 18, 2016.
The unaudited financial statements for September and October 2016.
Board minutes and reports from the committees.
Committee member appointments: Kanyin Ogunrinde, P.Eng. to the Experience Review Committee; Malcolm Reeves, P.Eng., P.Geo., FEC, FGC to the Academic Review Committee; and Monica Tochor, P.Geo. to the Professional Practice Exam Committee.