The Professional Governance Act (PGA) received royal assent in May 2025 and has an anticipated proclamation date of June 2026. At proclamation, the implementation process for different professional regulatory organizations across Alberta will begin, and APEGA is expected to transition under the PGA in early 2027. The PGA will repeal and replace the existing acts, including the Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act , that govern the mandates of 20 regulatory bodies in Alberta. These regulatory bodies will then be unified under a single act, with regulator-specific regulations. Professional Governance Act New legislation will bring big changes for some Alberta regulators—APEGA is prepared. “We’re working with the Alberta government to prepare for the APEGA-specific regulation so we can implement it quickly when it comes.”
– APEGA’s deputy registrar and chief regulatory officer
In 2025, APEGA started preparatory work for updating our information technology systems to meet the PGA-required process and terminology changes, which will also apply to all of APEGA’s practice standards, bulletins, and guidelines.
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