Science presentations took me to different classrooms for 10 years, and I haven’t stopped volunteering since: on the Summit Awards Task Force, on APEGA’s Strategic Planning and Finance committees, as an APEGA councillor, on the Nominating Committee, and now in my role as council president. This makes me one of the thousands of licensed professionals who have volunteered throughout APEGA’s long history, and volunteers are vital to the functioning of APEGA as a regulator. This isn’t a philosophical stance. The main function of self-regulation is that you participate in the activities and functions that enable us, as licensed professionals, to effectively govern the professions, for example by running for council and volunteering to join a group of professional peers responsible for setting APEGA’s direction. This means every registrant is integral to the success of self-regulation, whether they’re making paper airplanes at their first Science Night, lending their expertise during investigations, or interpreting new legislation as part of council. Change is here APEGA Council has been preparing for the modernization of our legislation since I was a councillor in 2012–2015. We were excited, even then, about the coming changes, but we also knew these types of changes have consequences that must be properly considered by those on council, which is where we are now.
Council has deliberated thoughtfully and often about the legislative changes to come, to determine how best to implement the new legislation efficiently and smoothly while still allowing space for our registrants to grow as self-regulated professionals within it. In November, APEGA launched the revised Continuing Professional Development practice standard, which is now in the transition year of implementation. As registrants get accustomed to the new requirements, we also know greater changes will come in 2027 with the new Professional Governance Act . A fresh perspective for the future As we move forward together, I would like to thank council, our volunteers, and APEGA staff for the support I’ve received over the past two years as president-elect and president—it feels like the same support I received at that first science presentation. I believe the role of APEGA Council is to do the same thing for our registrants: provide them with resources, set the direction and expectations for them to follow, and then step back and let them flourish.
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