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In This Issue
President's Perspective
Meet your Councillors
What is Professional Geoscience?
A Brief History of Water Source Protection
Your Field Notes Editor: An Introduction

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President's Perspective: John Buckle, P.Geo.

National licensure of geoscientists is a critical issue to APGO members, as I believe it is for my fellow P.Geo members in the other professional associations in Canada. As geoscientists, we are frequently called upon to work at various locations around the province, the country or the world; often at very short notice! The mobility of your professional registration is a mission that the APGO is actively pursuing. We are working to reach an inter-provincial mobility agreement through multi-jurisdictional licensure across the country.

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Meet your Councillor - Jack Parker, P.Geo., Northeastern Region
From rock-hounding as a kid with his Dad to Senior Manager of Mapping at the OGS

By Crystal Spekking, APGO's Northern Ontario Communications Officer

Jack's interest in geoscience goes back to his days as a young boy, when he spent a lot of time in the outdoors and prospected for amethyst with his father in the Thunder Bay area.

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"What is professional Geoscience?" New Practice Guideline for Groundwater Resources and other developments.
An Update from the Professional Practice Committee


Bill Stiebel, P. Geo.

The general question “What is professional Geoscience?” has been asked by many people since the introduction of the Professional Geoscientists Act 2000 and the inception of the APGO. To answer this important question, the APGO has just released a new explanatory document entitled “Interpretation, Explanation and Some Examples of “Professional Geoscience” as defined in the Professional Geoscientists Act, 2000”...

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A Brief History of Drinking Water Source Protection in Ontario

Scott MacRitchie, P.Geo.

The complete Source Water Protection legislation will be released for comment in 2005. The following article gives a brief history of this significant upcoming legislation. The potential content of the legislation will be described in subsequent issues of Field Notes.

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Your Field Notes Editor: An Introduction

Wendy Diaz, P.Geo.

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the second edition of Field Notes. Oliver Bonham asked me in September if I would be interested in taking on the role of editor and I welcomed the chance to keep in touch with the APGO in this capacity as editor. Let me take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about myself.

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Field Notes is published by APGO and is edited by Wendy Diaz, P.Geo. If you have comments or wish to contribute material to this newsletter, please contact Wendy Diaz, P.Geo., Crystal Spekking, Northern Ontario Communications Officer or Oliver Bonham, P.Geo., Executive Director/Registar

Copyright 2004, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO)
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