Innovation Winter 2024.25

REGULATORY NEWS

Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s 2023/2024 Annual Report provides a review of the financial statements and activities of the organization. The Annual Report, which covers the fiscal year from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, also summarizes the work of the Board, staff, and volunteers, in protecting the public and the environment. The report highlights Engineers and Geoscientists BC’s activities striving towards the vision outcomes of the 2022-2027 Strategic Plan: public confidence, Annual Report now available online

collaboration hub, future ready, and social responsibility. The report also includes the organization’s audited financial statements for 2023/2024. Scan the QR code to see the online version.

Annual registration renewal due by December 31

Stay up to date with BCSEG and Foundation As part of this year’s annual renewal process, registrants cann opt in to receive communications from and to share information with the BC Society of Engineering and Geoscience and the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Foundation. How to move to non-practising status To change their registration status to non-practising, registrants can go to their online account and select the “Request for Non-Practising Status” link and complete the declaration. Registrants may move from practising to non-practising status if they are not going to practise professional engineering or geoscience. Registrants who elect this status must sign an annual declaration not to engage in professional practice, and use one of two qualified titles: non-practising or retired. How to resign without late fees To resign their license with Engineers and Geoscientists BC, registrants must do so before December 31, 2024, to avoid late fees. Resignation can be completed by signing into registrants’ online account, or by contacting Engineers and Geoscientists BC directly. More information Information on renewing annual registration is available by scanning the QR code.

Individual registrants are reminded they must renew their annual registration by December 31, 2024. Individual registrants can renew their registration and pay their fees online by signing into their Engineers and Geoscientists BC account at egbc.ca/Account . Registrants who have not paid their annual fee by December 31 will be subject to late fees (15 percent of fee), and those who have not renewed by January 31, 2025, will be struck off the register. The December 31 renewal deadline also applies to registrants who submit their 2024 annual renewal invoice to their employers for payment. Please allow enough time for your employer to process your renewal.

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