President's Perspective - September APGO Council
	So what is APGO doing about unlicensed practice??...
	Ontario Ethics Survey Result
	An Update from the APGO Treasurer
	Mobility Update- we need your input

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Newfoundland Discipline Case - "The Discipline Committee recently concluded a matter involving the ethical obligations of professional engineers and geoscientists" - To view PEGNL's Summary and Decision for this disciplinary case click here.

USGS Responds to Hurricane Rita
(USGS September 2005)

Hurricane Katrina Impacts Studies
(USGS - September 2005)

Hurricane Katrina Aerial Impact Reconnaissance Assessment
(Duke University Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines - September 2005)

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So what is APGO doing about unlicensed practice?? ...

Oliver Bonham, M.Sc., P.Geo.
Executive Director/Registrar

Maybe a lot more than you think!!

At the recent APGO Council meeting in Ottawa on September 16 th a formal report was presented to Council providing statistics on Enforcement and Compliance and the considerable progress that has been made so far by your Association, on the important issue of unlicensed professional geoscience activity within the province. At that same meeting, I was assigned by your Council an “Action Item” to share this progress with you as members...

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Ontario Ethics Survey Results

– How are we doing and where do we go from here?

George Wahl, P.Geo.

The North American securities industry has seen a wave of regulation pass over them since the Enron, Anderson and Bre-X scandals. The wave has washed over Canada with revised National Instrument 43-101 disclosure requirements relying on ethical code-abiding registered professionals, and to the creation of our own self-regulating body of geoscientists in Ontario. The movement to encourage ethical behaviour has spread across North America driven by the U.S. based Sarbanes-Oxley legislation passed in 2002 requiring corporations to implement ethical codes. Much of this regulation is based on qualified individuals adhering to either a corporate or professional code of ethics, or both...

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An Update from the APGO Treasurer

Neil Westoll Ph.D., P.Geo., P.Eng., APGO Treasurer and Chair APGO Finance Committee

As APGO heads into the budget planning season for next year, I thought it might be of interest to APGO members to outline for you the financial position of the Association, and to discuss what has been achieved over the past few years and to share with you some of the goals we have set for ourselves on the fiscal front in the future...

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Mobility Update – We need your input!

By George H. Wahl, P.Geo.

APGO is participating in a Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG) IP Task Force to address mobility of geoscience practitioners across Canada. Currently practitioners are required to fully register in every province they work in incurring multiple fees, exams, registration forms etc., for periods of work as short as a few hours...

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