INNOVATION Mar-Apr 2020

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Since the Professional Governance Act is expected to come into force after the close of the 2020 Council election, the 2020 Council year will be considered a transition year with the 2021 election being the first to be fully compliant with the new Act . To ensure continuity on Council is maintained during the transition and to avoid the possibility of a complete turnover of Council in a single election, the transition plan accounts for a balance of new and returning Councillors, with term lengths for newly-elected Councillors being determined based on the number of votes received. For more information, visit egbc.ca/councilelection . STRATEGIC PLAN EXTENDED Council approved the extension of its current Strategic Plan to account for the upcoming transition to the Professional Governance Act. Due to the uncertainty around the organization’s operating

COUNCIL REPORT: JANUARY 31, 2020 Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s Council of elected members and government representatives meets throughout the year to conduct the business of association governance. The following are the highlights of the January 31, 2020 meeting.

environment during this transitional period, and the outstanding details specific to regulatory requirements under the new legislation, Council deferred the development of a new strategic plan, extending the current plan to July 2021. In the interim, Council will continue to seek clarity on outstanding issues, including the prohibition on advocacy within the Professional Governance Act , and staff will continue with operational planning processes, reviewing activities to ensure that the organization operates efficiently and is organized optimally to reach the goals established in the current plan. PAN-CANADIAN GEOSCIENCE COMPETENCY PROJECT UPDATE Council received an update on the pilot program to evaluate the experience of geoscience applicants through a competency- based assessment system, modeled on the system already in place for engineering applicants. This national pilot ran from June to November 2019, as part of Phase 2 of Geoscientists Canada’s Admission Support Tools project, funded by Employment and Social Development assessment platform developed by Engineers and Geoscientists BC. The Canadian Geoscience Standards Council reviewed the results of the pilot, and received overwhelmingly positive feedback from participating geoscience regulators. Geoscientists Canada is now in discussions with Engineers and Geoscientists BC regarding finalizing and deploying the system for use by Canadian regulators who wish to employ it in their assessment of geoscience applicants. Canada, and was supported by the online competency-based

COUNCIL COMPOSITION TRANSITION PLAN The Professional Governance Act introduces broad changes to the processes governing

Council nomination, election, and composition. Council confirmed its plan for managing the transition from current requirements to new requirements for Council composition under the Professional Governance Act , including those for the number of Councillors, term length, and term limits . The plan was developed by a sub-committee of Council comprising its four government appointees, and the immediate past president.

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