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How things work at the APGO: Your APGO “A” TEAM: New Office Location and Staff 1. Young Geotechnical Engineers Conference National event in October. The information was forwarded to CCPG by Ian Young, President of CFES - Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences - with a request to create greater awareness in the geoscience/geotechnical community. October, 2007 2. Geological Association of Canada Notices: e) Geohazards Conference Abstract deadline approaching This is to inform you that the deadline for submitting your abstract to the 4th Canadian conference on Geohazards, to be held in Québec city from May 20 -24th 2008, has been moved to August 1st 2007. Please use our web site at: www.geohazardsquebec.com for online submission and/or registration. If you have questions, you can address them to: info@geohazardsquebec.com. 3. 2008 Conference - book your accommodations soon Beautiful Québec City is celebrating 400 years of discoveries in 2008, and accommocations are filling fast.To ensure you have a great place to stay during the annual GAC®-MAC Conference from May 26 to 28, 2008, consider booking your accommodations soon.See our website at http://quebec2008.net/ 4. Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada Mobility Petition The PDAC has issued a petition concerning geoscientists and mobility. For full information concerning this petition, please visit the PDAC website at the following link: http://www.pdac.ca/mobility/ index.html#Online_petition 5. Well Wise Builds Giant Awesome Aquifer in Downtown Orono 6. Foreign Credentials Referral Office Established The first phase of the Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO) was recently launched. This new office is intended to help internationally trained individuals who plan to work in Canada get their credentials assessed and recognized more rapidly, and will help people navigate through the complex system of foreign credential recognition in Canada. See the full article>>> 7. Sudbury 2007. Mining and the Environment International Conference. October 19 - 27, 2007. Building on the successes of Sudbury previous conferences, ... www.sudbury2007.ca/ 8. Exploration 07 is the fifth in a series of once-a-decade meetings organized by the Canadian mineral exploration community to review the major advances in exploration technology made over the previous 10 years. http://www.exploration07.com/ From Far Afield
1. Featured Science Arctic Gakkel Vents Expedition: July 1-Aug. 10, 2007
Highlights
Expedition to the Arctic
Dive and Discover's Expedition 11
Join scientists and engineers as they use the latest in underwater robotics to plunge into the Arctic Ocean in search of hydrothermal vents and unusual biological communities. You can also follow this expedition on Polar Discovery. http://www.whoi.edu/Woods Hole oceanographers to explore Arctic Ocean ridge |
President’s Perspective: The Year Ahead
By Steve Usher, P. Geo. APGO President As I begin my term as president I would like to introduce myself and inform you of the tasks that I would like to focus on this year on behalf of APGO members. I have been involved with the APGO since its inception in 2000, serving on a variety of committees and last year, as vice president. My background is as a groundwater scientist and I am currently Senior Hydrogeologist at Gartner Lee Limited. I would like to address several key issues in the coming months with the direction of Council and the assistance of APGO office staff. These issues include mobility of our members, outreach to prospective members, building a stronger bridge to our universities as well as effective and just enforcement and compliance. I expect to report on the progress that we will be making on these initiatives in future issues of Field Notes. |
| Oh No! I’m being Audited! : Explanation of the Audit Process on Continuing Professional Development Submissions By Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., Executive Director & Registrar The first mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) submission date has passed and the Association would like to thank you for submitting your CPD Declaration form for 2006. If you have not submitted your CPD hours yet, please do so as soon as possible because late notices are now being prepared. The APGO is carefully developing the CPD program through the CPD Subcommittee. Participation by members in this program is important because it assists APGO members in developing a career plan and helps fulfil the APGO mandate of public protection by ensuring that we all remain current by keeping up with new technologies, theories and business practices. The CPD program requires that a formal audit be conducted on a segment of the Association membership. The audit is conducted by a computer-generated random selection of 5% of the APGO submissions each year. The Association recognizes that your time is valuable and will endeavour to keep the audit process as simple and as efficient as possible. The audits are intended to provide a measure of compliance with the spirit of the program and to provide input in refining the CPD process to make it as useful and simple as possible. Adjustments to the program will be made to ensure the program is effective based on the lessons learned from the audit process. |
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| The Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists By Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., Executive Director & Registrar The Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG) is the national organization established in 1998 to assist and represent, nationally and internationally, the provincial and territorial associations that license professional geoscientists in Canada. At present, all provinces and territories, except Prince Edward Island and the Yukon, have legislated registration of professional geoscientists. CCPG has a membership of 10 Constituent Associations (CAs), which are the provincial and territorial self-regulating organizations. Most of the CAs are joint engineering/geoscience and three are geoscience only. Approximately 6,000 individual geoscientists pay dues through their professional associations to the CCPG, although CCPG actually receives about 9,000 contributions as a result of geoscientists holding memberships in multiple jurisdictions across Canada. Most of the Constituent Associations that make up CCPG are joint self-regulating organizations comprised of geoscientists and engineers, where there are approximately 6,000 registered geoscientists and 100,000 registered engineers. Due to the minority position of the geoscientists, CCPG has a very small influence on formulating national policies, which differ from that of the co-regulated engineering community. |
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CCPG Secures Federal Support for Geoscientist Mobility Project The Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG) recently secured support of $140,000 from the Government of Canada to assist with work over the next 12 months in establishing common entry requirements for registration and on inter-provincial professional mobility.
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| The Bre-X Decision – A Must Read for Qualified Persons
By George Wahl, P.Geo On July 31st, 2007, Judge Hyrn released his findings in a 594-page decision on the charges laid by the OSC against J. Felderhof. Mr. Felderhof was found innocent on all counts. Although the case pertains to pre-NI43-101 regulations, much of the evidence presented is highly relevant to current geoscience professional practice. Many issues in Judge Hyrn’s findings stimulate further discussion. View the complete article |
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Delivery Notice: This newsletter is issued 6 times per year to all APGO members. Non-members may also subscribe and receive the newsletter with access to non-member-only content. For more information, please see www.apgo.net. 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., or Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., Executive Director/Registar. Copyright 2007, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO) |
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