APEGA ELECTION
Your Next APEGA President
The President of APEGA for the 2019-2020 term was elected last year, in APEGA Election 2018. Your incoming President officially advances from President-Elect to President at the APEGA Annual General Meeting, April 26, 2019, in Calgary. You don’t cast a vote for the 2019-2020 President. Instead, you vote for a President-Elect, who advances to the presidency next year. The information on this page is presented as background only.
George Eynon, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.)
Personal Statement
You only need to know a few things to understand me. First, that I played rugby from an early age for 25 years. It is the consummate team sport, so I cannot help it—I am a team player! (Though I do enjoy cycling; it keeps me fit and gives me some time to think.) Next, that my 45-year wide-ranging career affords me a unique, 360-degree, global perspective of our professions in operation. That teaching is part of my make-up by training and predilection: as a high school teacher, TA at graduate school, consultant, oil and gas industry geologist, and regulator. Currently, I mentor several younger people, teach short courses for industry, classes, and workshops through the Haskayne School of Business and School of Public Policy, and speak at technical sessions and conferences. It’s the age-old maxim of needing to “pass it forward.” As a life-long learner, I read a lot to keep up with all the things that interest me, and depend on good research and verified facts. I don’t take anything on blind faith—show me your evidence! However, I don’t always find the time to read everything I want to, as I’m a chronic serial volunteer (Scouting, PTAs, technical
societies, United Way, Drop-in Centre, and my professional association). Lastly, while I’ve always been a stickler for proper use of language, I’ve also become a self- confessed governance and regulatory nerd as well—serving on my technical societies’ boards, as an ERCB Board Member—and on APEGA Council.
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