The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

All of us at APEGA wish you and yours a happy and safe holiday! APEGA will be closed from December 25 to January 1. See you next year!

APEGA is updating its guideline for Professional Member as a Witness, now titled Licensed Professional as an Expert Witness. We invite registrants and the public to review and provide feedback on the draft guideline until February 14, 2025. This revision incorporates modernized practices and expanded guidance to help licensed professionals provide expert testimony in legal and quasi-judicial settings. https://bit.ly/4fdnT0B

Put your organization in front of Alberta's engineering and geoscience communities by partnering with APEGA. With nearly 69,000 registrants across diverse industries, APEGA offers unique sponsorship opportunities that showcase your company to an engaged and influential audience. From inspiring the next generation to honouring industry leaders and hosting dynamic professional development events, we create opportunities to forge meaningful connections and empower communities, all while maximizing your brand's exposure. .Join us as we celebrate excellence, foster innovation, and support present and future generations of engineers and geoscientists in Alberta. Secure your sponsorship today: https://bit.ly/3OTWFBy

Licensed professionals have a legislative obligation to take responsibility for their engineering and geoscience work. The revised Authenticating Professional Work Products practice standard provides greater clarity to ensure licensed professionals understand how to authenticate and validate their professional work products. Learn more https://bit.ly/419Gfwa

We are pleased to announce that Paul Wynnyk, CMM, MSM, CD, P.Eng., has been selected as APEGA’s new registrar & CEO, effective April 1, 2025. Paul brings a wealth of experience serving the public, spanning four decades in the Canadian Armed Forces and with the Government of Alberta. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, was commissioned into the Canadian Military Engineers in 1986, and currently serves as the acting deputy minister of Executive Council for the Government of Alberta. Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4gcuqdd

We are proud to congratulate APEGA Director of Member Engagement & Communications Gisela Hippolt-Squair, BA, FGC (Hon.), for her poem “The Hand that Wears the Ring,” which was chosen as the new English poem for the Obligation Ceremony by the Corporation of the Seven Wardens. https://bit.ly/41u9yd0

More than 30 years ago, 14 women engineering students from Polytechnique Montreal were murdered. We mourn their loss: Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz This violent act of misogyny shook our country to the core and led Parliament to designate #Dec6 as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Today, we remember and honour those who have experienced gender-based violence and those we have lost to it.

APEGA is proud to partner with GRIT on the emPOWER Car Project. Thanks to the innovation of professional engineers in collaboration with occupational and physical therapists, five amazing kids now have new mobility vehicles customized just for them.  On November 28, we held a special handover ceremony to celebrate the first emPOWER cars going home with kids and their families, and to thank the incredible team of engineers, therapists, and volunteers who made this possible. Projects like this remind us of the differences we can make in our communities, together. Learn more https://lnkd.in/geVs3u_d

Ivan Finlay Leadership Award recipients empower their communities to achieve more through bold leadership and collaboration. Sound like an engineering or geoscience student you know? Share this opportunity with them today! https://bit.ly/4haCc8r

An administrative revision of the Authenticating Professional Work Products practice standard has been published. The revised standard is in effect and enforceable. The revisions provide greater clarity on the authentication and validation processes licensed professionals must follow in their practice. Learn more https://bit.ly/419Gfwa