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CHAMBER CHARGES REFUTED
APEGGA President David Chalcroft, P.Eng., Responds to Trade Barrier
Allegations
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Canadian professionals, including “engineers from
the Maritimes,” are
being intentionally kept from jobs in Alberta by archaic trade barriers, the
President and CEO of the Calgary Chamber of Commerce has charged. In a column
published in the Aug. 29 Calgary Herald, Heather Douglas implies that APEGGA
and other professional self-regulators have an interest in keeping professionals
out of Alberta.
“The interprovincial trade blockades are towering,
hard to penetrate and effective at keeping skilled labour out,” she wrote. “We
call that medieval.”
According to Ms. Douglas, Canadian provinces have since
Confederation “built
higher and stronger trade barriers to protect their turf.”
Ms. Douglas is apparently unaware of the professional mobility
already enjoyed by Canadian engineers and geoscientists. Setting the record straight
is APEGGA President Dave Chalcroft, P.Eng., who has responded to The Herald with
a letter to the editor.
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ALL ABOUT ARC
Edmonton Branch brings Life Member John McDougall,
P.Eng., a past APEGGA president, to its first luncheon of the season, Sept. 19.
Mr. McDougall, the president and CEO of the Alberta Research Council, will present
on ARC’s role in achieving
Alberta’s strategic agenda. Time’s up on this one, so register right
away.
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JOB MARKETPLACE
SPEAKS
How much are your professional services worth? The results of the annual salary
survey, which we call the Value of Professional Services, are in.
Click
here to read the survey. |
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FALL FOR PD
APEGGA PD Days About to Begin
- Edmonton - Sept. 18, 27 and 28
- Calgary - Oct. 2
If you’ve been leaving professional development to
the last minute, guess what? The last minute has arrived.
Register now for:
- The Impostor Syndrome
- Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers
- the A-Z’s of Preparing and Delivering a Presentation
- Communication and the Bottom Line
- Team Alignment on Projects
- Understanding the Inter-Generational Work Place.
Click
here for further information.
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M.I.T. SEMINARS ON HORIZON
Improve the value of your time as an APEGGA member-in-training. Five days
of seminars begin Oct. 3 in Calgary and Oct. 11 in Edmonton.
Topics are goal
setting, networking, becoming a better team player, business writing, project
management and conflict management.
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here for further information. |
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BACK OFF, BULLIES
Work shouldn’t hurt, says injury prevention advocate
Dr. Louis Francescutti. He brings his message to Edmonton Oct. 6 and Calgary
Oct. 11.
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here for further information. |
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A HARD ACT TO BEAT
Rocks of all ages, sizes and shapes; minerals and fossils – bring them
all to one of the Oct. 14 Rock & Fossil Clinics. Practicing geologists and
university geology students are ready to identify your treasures. Other family
activities are also planned. It’s all in celebration of Science and Technology
Week.
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here for further information |
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APEGGA
Head Office
1500 Scotia One
10060 Jasper Ave. NW
Edmonton AB T5J 4A2
Tel: 780-426-3990 1-800-661-7020
(within North America)
Fax: 780-426-1877
E-mail: email@apegga.org
Website: www.apegga.org |
Calgary
Office
2200 Scotia Centre
700 2nd Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 2W1
Tel: 403-262-7714
Fax: 403-269-2787 |
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SEPT PEGG
ONLINE
Science and Tech Week primer, outsourcing report released, National Mentoring
Conference spotlighted, Dr. Louis Francescutti speaks out on bullying, role of
academic examiners explained, gem-seeker redefines retirement, roadways to change
for aging drivers, and much, much more. Your first PEGG Online since July is
ready for the reading.
Click
here for the Sept. PEGG |
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TECHNICAL SOCIETY UPDATES Once
a year, APEGGA publishes a listing of key contacts for technical societies. These
organizations provide an important means for APEGGA members to connect with other
professionals within a given discipline or interest area.
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Sept.
19 - Edmonton’s first speaker after the break is Life Member John
McDougall, P.Eng., of the Alberta Research Council. Click
here for more.
Sept. 23 - Fifth annual Central Alberta APEGGA/ASET Golf
Classic Click
here for more.
Oct. 3 – Central Alberta Branch, Andrew Wagner, P.Eng.,
owner of Eco-Built Homes, discusses Design and Construction of an Energy Efficient
Green Home in Red Deer. Part of CAB’s Lunch Time Forum series. Click
here for more.
Oct. 12 - Calgary Branch Professional
Development evening, Professionalism in Business Communications, with Pamela
Mclean, Alberta Electric System Operator. Click
here for more.
Oct. 17 – Dr. Sam Shaw of NAIT presents Training Tomorrow’s
Workforce Today. Click
here for more.
Oct. 18 - Calgary Branch Luncheon, Finished Petroleum Product
Market Dynamics, with Ted Stoner, P.Eng., Canadian Petroleum Products Institute. Click
here for more.
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Professional
members share their insights with their future peers.
Sept.
21 - Geoscience
Sept.
27 - U of C, Engineering |
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National Mentoring Conference comes
to Edmonton. Click
here for more.
Mentoring volunteers needed. E-mail Arlene Lack at alack@apegga.org.
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Recognize the best people, projects and research your
professions have to offer. Prepare a Summit Awards nomination today.
Click
here for more.
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Celebrate 25 years of Canadian innovation.
Click
here for more.
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