MASTER APEGA
recognition for women as full persons under federal law. The Centre Street Bridge in Calgary was only a few years old when our association came into being, and the Legislature building in Edmonton about seven. My profession, geoscience, was so much in its infancy that it didn’t exist as its own entity. APEGA’s name of the day reflected that: the Association of Professional Engineers of Alberta. More than 25 years later, Leduc No. 1 would make clear how big a deal oil and gas would become for Alberta, and geoscience would start to come into its own. The goal of our founders was to find a way to protect the public from unethical and unskilled engineering in Alberta. APEGA’s track record demonstrates that they succeeded.
P.Eng.; but it’s also the personal responsibility of all our professionals! I’m sharing my perspective on platforms like this one, as well as in your communities during branch-by-branch President’s Visits—and on my social media platforms. Further opportunities will also present themselves as I represent APEGA across the province and country. I urge you to support our centennial, too. APEGA is going to be very visible from now on through 2020, and your job is to connect the dots for your neighbours, families, and friends. Explain what you do every day and how it ties into your self-regulatory organization. Show them how the APEGA professions improve their lives. What does this have to do with regulation? A lot. We get to practise our professions under a self-regulatory
Let’s step into the limelight. Let’s show the Government of Alberta and the public that we’ve earned the trust they’ve placed in us.
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model envied the world over. That’s a privilege, and by definition, privileges can be taken away. We do our best to be worthy professionals, but the public rarely notices. Let’s step into the limelight. Let’s show the GoA and the public that we’ve earned the trust they’ve placed in us. All this began with Frederick H. Peters, P.Eng., who served as our first president. He and his fellow engineers—they were all men, in those days—joined forces to present their self-regulatory model to the GoA. Mr. Peters’ term ended on April 10, 1920, when the GoA proclaimed our organization into being. Think of how far Alberta and the world have come in the last 100 years. Our launch predates penicillin, movies with sound, and the assembly line. In Alberta, it predates by almost a decade the Famous Five gaining official
I do have other priorities as your President, of course. Many are explored in the Meet the President feature, which starts on page 10 of this PEG. Council’s full direction-setting, meanwhile, is included in a new strategic plan that you can see on our website. I’ll expand on its details in the fall/winter edition. As your 100th President (and the 10th President who happens to be a geoscientist), I’m thrilled to be your elected leader at this exciting time in our history. Thank you for placing your trust in me. I plan to do our professions, you, and the public proud.
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