The APEGS Council met Friday, October 5, 2018 in Regina. 17 of 19 Councillors were present. Mike Griffin, APEGS legal counsel, attended as a guest. Council will meet next on November 29 – 30, 2018 in Saskatoon.
Council received the following presentations and information items:
- Activity updates were provided from the constituent society liaisons, the ACEC-SK liaison, the Sponsorship Task Group liaison and the 30 by 30 Task Group Liaison.
- The Director of Registration updated council on the continuing professional development implementation plan. It was noted that APEGS is receiving requests for ethics lectures. The Professional Development Committee has reviewed online ethics modules of other Canadian engineering and geoscience regulators and received a proposal to provide an online ethics training module. An online ethics training module is planned for 2019.
- The Communications Manager provided updates to the Strategic Communications Plan for 2019. The plan had been revised following the June planning sessions in Yorkton. The plan includes a redesign of the APEGS website.
- The Executive Director and Registrar provided council with an update on staffing.
- The Assistant Director of Registration advised council that the renovations at the APEGS office are complete.
- The Director of Special Projects reported on the status of the new member database. The go live dates were set for October 2018 and the new platform will be known as APEGS Central. The project will now move to development and implementation of wish list items. The wish list items are ranked as high, medium or low priority.
- The APEGS Directors to Engineers Canada and Geoscientists Canada reported on the activities at the national organizations.
- The first draft of the 2019 budget of the Association was presented.
- The Director of Registration updated council on the activities of The Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). Saskatchewan MLA Larry Doke was inducted as the 2018 – 2019 President of PNWER.
Council passed motions as follows:
- Approving the Respectful Workplace Policy HR5.0. The policy will be provided to all committees as an information item. The policy extends to APEGS volunteers.
- Approving the Strategic Communications Plan for 2019.
- Approving the 30 by 30 Champion’s Group Transitional Terms of Reference with the addition of a clause “3(f) These Terms of Reference shall expire on December 31, 2019 or at an earlier date if the Champions Group is replaced or dissolved by Council” and that the existing 30 by 30 Task Group be dissolved”. Executive Committee ‘s intent is to keep 30 by 30 moving forward by embedding the goals into the specific operating committees.
- That APEGS participates in laying a wreath at the 2018 Remembrance Day services of Regina and Saskatoon in honour of engineers and geoscientists who served in the military. For future years, APEGS will encourage constituent societies to do so.
- Approving the Mutual Recognition Applicants applying from Engineers Australia are no longer required to submit Engineers Australia practice reports to APEGS. APEGS staff can grant 36 months of experience credit to these applicants upon receiving direct confirmation of membership from Engineers Australia.
- Approving the updated Professional Practice Exam Policy PPE1.0.
- Adding the following questions to the APEGS application declarations:
- Have you ever been convicted of a Criminal Offense in Canada or outside Canada? (Yes or No)
- Have you ever had a civil judgment against you concerning professional misconduct, professional incompetence, negligence, fraud or breach of trust in Canada or outside Canada? (Yes or No)
- Have you ever been denied registration and/or licensure to any professional association? (Yes or No)
- Have you ever had disciplinary proceedings initiated against you by any professional association? (Yes or No)
Approving Life Membership for the following members:
- Drysdale, Donald J., P.Eng.
- Gale, John E, P.Eng.
- Henley, William T., P.Eng.
- Kronstal, Gerald D., P.Geo.
- Lazurko, Carl M., P.Eng.
- Martens, James A., P.Eng., P.Geo.
- Weymark, William J., P.Eng.
- Wilkinson, T. Bruce, P.Eng.
- Van Hoof, Anthony H., P.Eng.
- Approving $145,000 to complete the database Wish List items at the discretion of staff.
- Approving Continuing Professional Development Variation Request Policy CPD5.0.
- Approving the revised Terms of Reference for the Discipline Committee.
- Appointing Trevor Chadwick, P.Eng., Rob Court, P.Eng. and Clare O’Dowd, P.Geo. to the Discipline Committee for a three-year term.
- Appointing Ernie Barber, P.Eng., FEC (Chair), Tara Zyrmiak, P.Eng. FEC, FGC (Hon) (past Executive Committee), Doug Drever (Group I – Civil Engineering), Mel Leu (Group III – Electrical and Engineering Physics), Pam Schwann, P.Geo. (Group IV – Geological, Mining, Petroleum, Geophysics and Geoscientists), and Wes Kotyk, P.Eng. (Group VII – Environmental) to the Nominating Committee for the 2019 Council Elections.
Council noted and received the following reports:
- Registrar’s reports for June, July, August and September, 2018.
- The report on compliance activities for June 1 – August 31, 2018 and the CPD reporting statistic report for 2017.
- The unaudited financial statements for May, June, July and August, 2018.
- Executive Committee minutes, Board minutes and the reports from the committees.