Geoscientists Canada
Geoscientists Canada.[1] is the national organization of the 9 provincial and territorial regulatory bodies that govern Canada’s professional geoscientists and geoscientists- in-training. Geoscientists Canada co-ordinates the development of high national standards of admission, competency, practice and mobility to ensure that Canada is served by a skilled, versatile, reputable and accountable geoscience profession.
Canada’s geoscience professionals[2] are governed by the provinces and territories in which they work. Today, 10 regulatory bodies register and regulate the professional practice of more than 10,000 Professional Geoscientists and another 2,000 Geoscientists-in-Training. Recognizing the need for a national alliance for the profession, in 1996, these regulatory bodies formed Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG[3]) which is now known as Geoscientists Canada to coordinate activities and to represent the profession at a national and international level. Geoscientists Canada is funded by the 9 regulatory bodies and run by a board of directors that includes three elected officers. One director is appointed by each regulatory body to represent that province or territory. The board of directors is responsible for establishing policy and setting the strategic direction of Geoscientists Canada and an Executive Committee ensures the board’s directives are fulfilled. Day-to-day operations and all implementation activities are led by Geoscientists Canada’s CEO.
Geoscientists Canada[4] facilitates and coordinates national projects designed to enhance protection of the public and safeguard public interests as related to geoscience practice. Some of Geoscientists Canada’s work includes improving standards of geoscience practice, fostering consistent admissions decisions and setting competency requirements, and enhancing national and international mobility[5] for Canada’s professional geoscientists. Examples of the outcomes of completed national initiatives, which received the support of Canada’s federal government, include:
- Geoscience Knowledge and Experience Requirements for Professional Registration In Canada
- Framework for the Development of Geoscience Professional Practice Guidelines
- Framework for Assessment in the Licensing of Professional Geoscientists in Canada
- Competency Profile for Professional Geoscientists at Entry to Practice
Internationally, Geoscientists Canada liaises with national organizations for the profession of geoscience in other countries. It also participates actively in international initiatives concerning professional affairs in geoscience. In 2012 Canada hosted the 4th International Professional Geology Conference (4IPGC) in Vancouver, British Columbia. Geoscientists Canada is a founding Member Organization in the International Union of Geological Science’s Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism[6]
Awards and Fellowship
To recognise outstanding professionalism in geoscience, Geoscientists Canada bestows the Canadian Professional Geoscientists Award[7] on an annual basis. Each year it also honours those individuals who have contributed significantly to the profession, by the election of Fellows of Geoscientists Canada[8]
References
- ↑ "Home - Geoscientists Canada". Geoscientists Canada. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ↑ "I want to be a geoscientist. What will my salary be?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ↑ Lutz, John Sutton; Neis, Barbara (2008-07-09). Making and Moving Knowledge: Interdisciplinary and Community-based Research in a World on the Edge. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773577923. Search this book on
- ↑ "P2P". cfeep2p.com. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ↑ "MobilityLa mobilité - Geoscientists Canada". Geoscientists Canada. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ↑ "Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism". Task Group on Global Geoscience Professionalism. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ↑ "Awards & FellowshipsPrix et Distinctions - Geoscientists Canada". Geoscientists Canada. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
- ↑ "Awards & FellowshipsPrix et Distinctions - Geoscientists Canada". Geoscientists Canada. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
External links
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?mthd=tp&crtr.page=1&nid=721169&crtr.tp1D=1
https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/gc/article/view/19606/23209
https://www.apeg.bc.ca/For-Members/Fellowships/Geoscientists-Canada-Fellowship
List of geoscience organizations
http://iugs.org/uploads/TGGP%202014.pdf
http://tg-ggp.org/about-us/member-organizations/
http://www.aipg.org/about/cooperation.htm
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