FOR COUNCIL
Manon Plante, P.Eng.
Professional Highlights • Bilingual executive level leader and manager (and former Canadian Forces military engineer) with more than 25 years of experience, demonstrating solid achievements in leadership, policy development, governance, and decision-making • Assistant Deputy Minister in the Government of Alberta in the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIP) Transformation and Review Division • Experience on APEGA Council, 2016–2018, including service on Audit Committee
Question Responses
What challenges do today’s engineers and geoscientists face? • to remain relevant, sought-after, and trusted professionals in a rapidly changing world of technology, especially in the energy sector • to continue to advocate for diversity to ensure our professions remain vibrant and enticing for generations to come • to understand and then influence how the globalization of professional expertise and services is shaping our professions What is the value of professional membership in APEGA? Being recognized as professionals who • adhere to a robust Code of Ethics through integrity, competence, dignity, and devotion to the professions • are accountable for their practice to their colleagues and association (self-regulation and discipline) • have acquired the right experience, training, and education to provide professional engineering and geoscience services to the public (registry and licensing) • sustain a high level of expertise through continued professional development • contribute to communities through education, outreach, and volunteering
What does self-regulation mean to you as a member of APEGA? • the right voice (the membership) to regulate, advance, influence, and lead our professions today and into the future • trust, collective competencies, and accountability to ensure we meet our duties— hold paramount the health, safety, and welfare of the public and have regard for the environment • the heart of our association, helping ensure its stature and professional independence Why are you running for Council and why do you think it’s important to serve in this way? • to serve the association through volunteering as a professional engineer • to share my knowledge and expertise (knowledge of government processes), to continue to support key initiatives and plan for future ones • to support and advocate for self-regulation • to assist the association in becoming a more robust and wiser regulator • to make the association closer to its members, helping ensure that it remains relevant and engaging
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