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this page CCPG Secures Federal Support for Geoscientist Mobility Project By Andrea Waldie, P.Geo., Executive Director & RegistrarThe 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. This project is part of a federal initiative to assist regulated professions in Canada to achieve compliance under Chapter 7 of the Agreement on Internal Trade and originates from work of the Forum of Labour Market Ministers. It is directly supervised by the Labour Mobility Coordinating Group (LMCG) which is an inter-governmental working committee consisting of provincial and territorial representatives. The CCPG initiative, termed the "P.Geo=P.Geo" project, will combine the Government of Canada's investment with in-kind support from both CCPG and CCPG's constituent associations and will focus on two important phases of work that have been identified as priority by all the participants. Phase 1 will provide support to the Canadian Geoscience Standards Board (CGSB), a standing committee of CCPG, whose mandate includes CCPG's Recommended Minimum Geoscience Knowledge and Work Experience guideline for registration as a professional geoscientist. The additional financial support will allow for the generation of commonly agreed upon educational requirements for registration as a professional geoscientist (which embraces the three disciplines of geology, geophysics and environmental geoscience). The project includes expanding the new guideline to also address core-competencies requirements for entry into the profession. Following Phase 1, Phase 2 will facilitate work by CCPG and its constituent associations aimed at introducing an improved Inter-Association Mobility Agreement (IAMA), or Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA), which will document the process for easier and faster transfer of licensure between provinces and territories and thus improving labour mobility for professionals. In addition to transfer of licensure, Phase 2 will also seek to address the challenging issue of appropriate regulation and licensure mechanisms that may allow for inter-jurisdictional and multi-jurisdictional practice within Canada. Activities in this phase include additional working meetings of the CCPG's IAMA Task Force, engaging a professional facilitator and retaining a legal advisor - all aimed at enhancing labour mobility while at the same time ensuring the full protection of the public in all jurisdictions. Your Association is committed to working closely with fellow associations toward attaining full mobility, however, APGO has reservations that this can be attained in a timely fashion and continues to investigate all possible avenues available in order to attain this goal. |
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