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REGISTRANTS REMINDED TO COMPLETE 60 CE HOURS

UPCOMING WEBINAR TO HELP DEVELOP LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Engineers and Geoscientists BC and Engineers Canada will hosting a free one hour webinar entitled Land Acknowledgments for Engineers and Geoscientists , scheduled for March 10, 2021. This session will explore the practice of acknowledging First Peoples and traditional land as a way to open meetings, and also as part of a larger process towards reconciliation between non-Indigenous and Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Cassandra Polyzou of Engineers Canada will facilitate a panel discussion with Indigenous engineers, geoscientists, and Indigenous knowledge-keepers, on the importance of this traditional protocol and its application to the engineering and geoscience professions. To learn more or to register, visit the event page at egbc.ca/Events , or email Allison Smith at asmith@egbc.ca . The Events Page includes upcoming webinars and on-demand offerings through the Online Learning Centre. To suggest future topics or speakers, email pdevents@egbc.ca . So far, about 40 percent of practicing registrants have completed their 60 CE Hours. AREAS OF LEARNING AND MANDATORY MODULE Registra ts can choose from four areas of learning to complete their 60 hours and meet their CE requirements: THIRD 3 YEAR PERIOD 2024 - 2025 End of second 3-year p riod on June 30, 2025 2025 - 2026 End of third 3-year period on June 30, 2026 G raphics : E ngineers and G eoscientists BC

As part of the Continuing Education (CE) Program, professional registrants must complete 60 CE Hours in every three-year rolling period. The first three-year rolling period will be ending on June 30, 2024. By that time, most professional registrants, specifically those registered since 2021, will need to have completed 60 CE Hours.

ethical, regulatory, technical, and communications and leadership learning. Registrants must complete a new Regulatory Learning Module every year; these hours are part of the 60 CE Hour requirement. This year’s module focuses on how engineers and geoscientists can consider and address the impacts of climate change and sustainability in professional practice. The module is free and will take approximately an hour to complete. After completing the module, the session will be recorded in the registrant's online reporting system for one CE Hour of Regulatory Learning, and it will be noted that the registrant has met the annual Regulatory Learning requirement. The module is now available for all registrants through the online Knowledge Centre ( egbc.ca/knowledge-centre ). CE REQUIREMENTS The 2023-2024 CE requirements are ( egbc.ca/Continuing-Education/ Continuing-Education/Requirements ): 1. Regulatory Learning: Registrants must complete the mandatory Regulatory Learning Module for 2023–2024 on climate change and sustainability. 2. Ethical Learning: Registrants must record one CE Hour of Ethical Learning in the CE Reporting System in their account. 3. CE Plan: Registrants must complete a CE Plan and save it to their personal files (templates available on the CE Resources webpage egbc.ca/Continuing-Education/ Continuing-Education/Resources ). 4. 60 CE Hours: Registrants must

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edition of Innovation magazine ( egbc.ca/innovation ), and produced a short video about the PGA. To register for the upcoming webinars, watch previous PGA webinars, download the insert, or view the video, visit egbc.ca/pga . 2021 - 2022 First 3-year period begins July 1, 2021 2022 - 2023

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