Winter PEG 2019

Winter PEG 2019

The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

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The PEG (ISSN 1923-0052) is published online in the spring, summer, and fall/winter, by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta. The PEG’s content relates primarily to APEGA, our statutory obligations, our services to Members and Permit Holders, and the professional development of Members. The magazine also celebrates Member and Permit Holder accomplishments in Professional Engineering, Professional Geoscience, and other areas. The PEG is not a technical, peer-reviewed publication. Although we publish items about accomplishments in research, we do not publish actual academic or scientific papers and presentations, even in summary form. The PEG does not accept advertising. Opinions published in The PEG do not necessarily reflect the opinions or

APEGA Creates a Strategic Plan Worthy of Our Centennial BY GEORGE EYNON , P.GEO. , FGC, FEC (HON.) APEGA President

VOLUME 3 | NUMBER 3 | WINTER 2019 ISSN 1923-0052 Director of Communications Nancy Biamonte [email protected] Editor George Lee , FEC (Hon.), FGC (Hon.) [email protected]

policy of APEGA or its Council. Inquiries: [email protected]

Over the years, I’ve read some good strategic plans and some not-so-good ones. Now I’ve seen a great one. I’ve spent much of my career involved in industry, regulatory work, and stakeholder consultation; many strategic plans have crossed my desk. In 2019, Council approved APEGA’s Building a Safe and Resilient Alberta . It’s the best strategic plan I’ve seen from any organization I’ve worked with in any capacity. Full disclosure: as President, I did play a part in the plan’s development. However, I was just one of many people involved. Participants in the plan’s creation included all of Council, several past-presidents, other licensed professional members, the staff leadership team, and other key senior staff members. How this group created the plan is a story all its own, but for now I want to talk about the document itself: what’s great about it and why it matters. It’s the Right Document for the Times Your association is about to start celebrating 100 years of being an Alberta self-regulator. Events and promotions during 2020 will shine a public spotlight on APEGA, and we want to look our best through today’s lens. APEGA continues to excel as a Canadian leader in self-regulation of our professions—under constant scrutiny all the while. In that context, our strategic plan lets the government and all our other stakeholders know that we’re an organization that’s ready for whatever comes our way. We exist to protect the public safety and welfare, so our most important stakeholders are all the members of the public. We can never lose sight of that, and it comes across clearly in Building a Safe and Resilient Alberta .

EXECUTIVE TEAM Registrar & Chief Executive Officer Jay Nagendran , P.Eng., FCAE, ICD.D, FEC, FGC (Hon.)

COUNCIL President

George Eynon, P.Geo., FGC, FEC (Hon.) Vice-President Timothy Joseph , P.Eng., PhD, FCIM President-Elect John Van der Put, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) Past-President  Nima Dorjee, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) Councillors

Deputy Registrar & Chief Regulatory Officer Matthew Oliver , CD , P.Eng. Chief Financial & Corporate Officer Sharilee Fossum , CPA, CMA, ICD.D, MBA Director, Communications and Acting Chief Membership Services Officer Nancy Biamonte Senior Advisor & Director of Council Relations Sloan d’Entremont , P.Eng. BRANCH CHAIRS Calgary Tibor Kaldor, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.) [email protected] Central Alberta Jeff Krehmer, P.Eng. [email protected] Edmonton Andrew Liu, P.Eng. [email protected] Fort McMurray Siddarth Gautam, P.Eng. [email protected] Lakeland Anmol Bansal, P.Eng. [email protected] Lethbridge Ahmed Ali, P.Eng. [email protected] Medicine Hat Clayton Bos, P.Eng. [email protected] Peace Region Kimberly Chin, E.I.T. [email protected] Vermilion River Dustin Wiltermuth , P.Eng. [email protected] Yellowhead Leonard Sanche, P.Eng. [email protected]

Jennifer Enns , P.Eng. Darren Hardy , P.Eng. Tim Hohm, P.Eng. RaeAnne Leach, P.Eng. David Johnson, P.Geo., PhD Walter Kozak , P.Eng. Manon Plante, P.Eng., MDS, CD1 Melanie Popp, P.Eng. Bob Rundle , P.Eng., PMP Jason Vanderzwaag, P.Eng. Claudia Villeneuve, P.Eng., M.Eng. Emily Zhang , P.Eng., PMP

It’s the Right Document for the Future That seems a bit obvious, I know. Strategic plans are supposed to look ahead. However, none I’ve seen do it quite as well as this one. Other than a few Government of Alberta priorities that we know will affect APEGA, we can’t see specifically into the future. What we can do is recognize and understand the implications of trends and make sure we—our professional members and staff—constitute an organization that’s nimble enough to react quickly to change. Our strategic plan does not lock us into operational detail that could become irrelevant or less important tomorrow. Instead, it looks at the big picture, in a clear and inspiring way. Continued next page

Mary Phillips-Rickey , F CA Georgeann Wilkin , RN, LL.B., MBS

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Registrar & CEO's Message

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tactics and initiatives. Performance Culture underpins the other two priorities. From what I see, a performance culture already exists— but it can always be improved. Now it has the official status of being a strategic priority. There are already forward-looking initiatives launched under the leadership of Registrar & CEO Jay Nagendran, P.Eng. You can learn more by going through this and other PEG editions, and by clicking around apega.ca. During my time on Council and the executive, there’s been a dramatic improvement in our governance effectiveness and in our focus on excellence in self-regulation. Our strategic plan concerns you as licensed professionals. When they reach out to me, professional members often refer to APEGA as “they” or “them,” meaning the staff. I always respond that APEGA is you: our professional members! It’s called self-regulation for a good reason! It is professionalism by peer review. There are all kinds of opportunities to get involved—importantly and especially in our self-regulatory role. Be a true professional: volunteer! Please read and absorb Building a Safe and Resilient Alberta . Think about the ways you can incorporate its strategic priorities into your practice. Think about what you might do to contribute to our professions’ self-regulation. I think I’ve given you enough to think about. Have a wonderful holiday season. Be safe and enjoy your time with family and friends. It’s been a fruitful and enjoyable 2019. I look forward to APEGA’s centennial year, when we can all start building Alberta’s next century.

It Sets the Right Priorities Regulatory Excellence. Trust and Relevance. Performance Culture . These are our distinct yet related priorities. They form a whole and need each other, which for me is the magic of this document. Regulatory Excellence speaks to our very existence. It’s how we will maintain the privilege of self-regulation into our second century. This priority is not an end of its own, though. Regulatory excellence is a pursuit influenced by the political, socio-economic, and technological environments within which we operate. Yet it must never lose sight of the public interest. The plan puts it this way: “For APEGA to perform our role effectively, we need to demonstrate our commitment to upholding the standards of a strong, credible, yet compassionate regulator while safeguarding the public. We must strive for excellence with rigorous and regular reviews of our regulatory operations.” Trust and Relevance , our second priority, is necessary in the successful pursuit of regulatory excellence. We need it to keep demonstrating that we deserve the trust of our professionals, of governments, of the public, and of other stakeholders. To do that, we must present a clear and compelling picture to the public of our people and our work. During our centennial year, we’ll show stakeholders how developing that trust got us this far. We’ll show them that we’ve earned it and that we’re going to continue earning it. In fact, one of the taglines for our centennial is Build Trust and You Can Build Anything . We’ll continue putting ourselves out there, after the centennial year, with an ongoing awareness campaign. Why does this matter? As I said after being sworn in as President, too many Albertans don’t know who we are, what we do, or why we do it. That’s going to change. Performance Culture is a call to action to all of us. Our plan’s third priority, it refers to what Council does in governing the professions. It refers to what you do as licensed members as volunteers fulfilling our self-regulatory responsibility (but we need more volunteers to improve that piece of our mandate; without strong volunteer involvement, we cannot call it self-regulation). It refers to what APEGA staff members do alongside you to turn strategies into

Looking Back, Looking Ahead How a Performance Culture is Setting Up APEGA for Our Next 100 Years BY JAY NAGENDRAN , P.ENG., FCAE, ICD.D, FEC, FGC (HON.) APEGA Registrar & Chief Executive Officer

As I look back on APEGA’s achievements of 2019, it strikes me that the performance culture we’re emphasizing and building upon is critical to our success. Performance culture not only refers to the approaches we take as mem- bers and an organization. It is also a nod to our dedicated staff who set a high bar for both expectations and perfor- mance. Your APEGA Council has made performance culture one of our three strategic priorities. We’re fully embracing it in the work we do, as APEGA’s first century of service winds down and our second one is about to begin. So, from a staff perspective, what has APEGA’s performance culture looked like over this past year? Let me give a quick sum- mary before you dive in to the details in our 2019 Annual Report, which we’ll publish in April. The Consultative Process Many of our performance lessons came from a consul- tative process we honed during a five-year review of our governing legislation, the Engineering and Geoscience Profes- sions Act and General Regulation . The review was like none other in APEGA’s history, and it led to a comprehensive series of recommendations now in the hands of the Govern- ment of Alberta (GoA) to consider. During the review, we engaged a cumulative total of more than 6,000 stakeholders. At the same time, we were also taking a close look at our practice standards and guide- lines. Which ones were most in need of an update? Which ones were generating the most member questions and concerns? We decided to use a consultation system similar to the one we used in the legislative review, as we went to work on the first major update: the Authenticating Professional Work Products practice standard. We held about 30 online and in-person sessions with more than 1,200 stakeholders

across the province, and close to 300 respondents provided input through a follow-up survey. Enforcement of this new authentication standard begins in July 2020. We’ve created online learning materials to help members and permit holders incorporate the proce- dures and processes they’ll need. Next up is a similar upgrade of the Guideline for Rely- ing on Work Prepared by Others . In the coming months, you’ll have more opportunities to learn about and provide input on

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LINKS APEGA Strategic Plan 2020 Centennial Celebrations

improvements we’re proposing. Practice Review Process

Also highly consultative is our practice review process, which we’ve been improving over the last several years. Our reviewers work directly with permit holders to make sure their practices represent the professionalism neces- sary to properly protect the public welfare. The practices

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Registrar & CEO's Message Member Experience Program We’re in the middle of creating a new online relationship with members. Although the launch happens later in 2020, its development has been underway for more than a year. In 2018, about 7,700 members responded to our survey on the subject. You told us that you want modern, fast, and easy-to-use online services. You want these services to be visually appealing, with a similar look and feel across func- tions. You want more control of your information, and you want regular notifications to help you manage your regulatory obligations. We heard you and are confident that our Member Experi- ence Program will meet those desires and much more. A Few Final 2019 Reminders Members are connected to everything we do. As profes- sionals, we must always keep in sight who it is we ultimately serve: the public. They deserve our efforts and vigilance. Christmas is just around the corner, and then APEGA’s centennial year arrives. We’ll be turning the spotlight on a century of engineering and geoscience achievement through self-regulation. Let’s welcome the attention and excitement that our centennial celebrations will generate. In the meantime, I wish you and yours a wonderful holi- day season. Special greetings go out to APEGA President George Eynon, P.Geo., and the elected executive and Council, along with all our other APEGA volunteers and the dedicated staff I have the pleasure to lead. It’s been a great year, and I’m excited to celebrate our 100th birthday next year. Some things really do keep getting better with age! A century well built!

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of our permit holders must accurately reflect our require- ments. The procedures in their own Professional Practice Management Plans must be followed. The learning goes both ways. We’re finding out about the common challenges our permit holders face, which we’re now addressing in the materials we create for them. We’ve also increased our resourcing, to make our review system more thorough and robust. Over the past two years, we’ve initiated 65 practice reviews. In 2019 alone, our reviewers have spent 93 days on-site with permit holders. CPD Assessments We’re also increasing the number of assessments we do of the records you submit under our mandatory Continu- ing Professional Development (CPD) program. In 2019 so far, the number of assessments has reached 5,583—far more than in any other year. We do our best to simplify the CPD compliance process for members, while ensuring rigorous oversight in keeping the public safe. Watch for stories on apega.ca in the new year about the common challenges we find in these reviews and tips on how you can proactively address them. Competency-Based Assessment In 2018, we rolled out our competency-based assess- ment (CBA) system for examining the experience of engi- neering applicants. Now we’re working on a similar system for geoscientists. CBA requires some up-front work from applicants to show how they meet the experiential competencies required to be good engineers. CBA is the self-regulatory gold stan- dard for assessing experience, and our version is tailored for the competencies required to practise professionally in Alberta. These and other improvements in our registration pro- cess were already underway when the GoA announced Bill 11, the Fair Registration Practices Act . Regulations under this Act will require more action from us. In this area, we plan to work closely with APEGA’s Board of Examiners to stream- line and improve our processes.

Candidates Announced for Centennial Year Council

Who will you choose in 2020 to serve the public and represent the APEGA professions on our governance team? The nomination process for our centennial year election is complete and candidates are preparing their messages. That means it’s time for members to start thinking about who to vote for in APEGA Election 2020.

Three candidates seek the President-Elect position for the 2020-2021 term and 16 others hope to serve three-year terms on Council. Four Council seats will be filled. Elected last year as President-Elect was John Van der Put, P.Eng., FEC, FGC (Hon.), so he automatically advances to the presidency in 2020-2021.

Questions or comments? [email protected]

You can vote for up to four candidates for Council and one for incoming President.

LINKS Legislative Review Professional Practice Management Plan CPD Program Competency-Based Assessment Member Experience Program

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Incoming President (President-Elect) Your 2020 Candidates APEGA ELECTION Lisa Doig, P.Eng.* • Executive with experience across the energy industry from petrochemicals and oil and natural gas, to electricity • Skilled in in leading large and small teams, bridging the technical/business gap to work collaboratively to develop and commercialize new clean technology • Experience on APEGA Council including APEGA’s Governance and Audit committees, as well as Engineers Canada, and industry and community board work Jennifer Enns, P.Eng.* • Proven, practical, and change-oriented leader committed to quality and sustainable professional practice, with engineering and management experience in the public and private sectors • Strategic thinker with broad service to the professions, including APEGA Council, Audit Committee, Policy & Standards Task Force, Practice Review Board, and the Consulting Engineers of Alberta • Extensive community service including schools, regional and national science fairs, science journalism, Alberta Association of Architects, and Schulich School of Engineering Faculty Council Brian Pearse, P.Eng.* • Vice-president, president, CEO, and chief business officer experience in a major consulting engineering firm, working his way up from various positions including site inspector, design engineer, and engineering manager • Experience overseeing multi-disciplinary teams involved in civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering, along with surveying, historical resources, and land acquisition • Former vice-president and councillor for APEGA, and now working part-time with an Indigenous collaborative assisting First Nations with project completion

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Councillor Muyiwa Akinyosoye, P.Eng. • 23 years of oil and gas experience, primarily in facilities, project, and construction management, at home and in South America and Africa • Leadership experience that includes managing projects worth more than $2 billion • Increasing responsibilities through major oil and gas players, reaching current role of Vice President, Major Capital Projects, Gran Tierra Energy Margaret Allan, P.Eng., P.Geo.* • Environmental experience since 1987, an engineer, geoscientist, and mentor, with projects involving contaminated site assessment and remediation, risk assessment, liability management, environmental compliance • Roles as consultant, sole proprietor, and principal; author of scientific documents for federal government and peer- reviewed journals • Volunteer experience on APEGA Investigative Committee and moderating APEGA’s ethics seminar; an appointed member of a municipal subdivision and development appeal board; member of a trail development committee advancing sustainable recreation opportunities Joseph Amalraj, P.Eng.* • Nearly four decades of global engineering experience in various capacities, including subject-matter expert, technical leader, feasibility study lead and member, and senior investigator of safety and reliability incidents • APEGA volunteer service on the Board of Examiners, as a mentor in the mentoring program, and on the Fort McMurray Branch executive from 2002 • Professional accomplishments including a joint patent, and lead and co-authorship of technical publications John Duhault, P.Geo. • 40-plus years professional experience as entrepreneurial geoscientist in oil and gas discovery, development, risk mitigation

RaeAnne Leach, P.Eng.* • 13-plus years of experience in civil and municipal engineering in the Peace Country, including residential, commercial, and industrial design, stormwater management, hydrological analysis, and planning • APEGA service as a Councillor and held positions on the Peace Region Branch Executive, including chair • Active volunteer for elementary science nights and the Peace Country Science Olympics, and through delivery of career presentations to high school students Paige Mamer, P.Geo. • Business development manager in the energy services industry who is expanding products and analytics services in the Canadian market • Background is geology, geophysics, and geomechanics, working up from junior to senior positions • Technical society and industry organization experience, including organizer and chair of the Canadian Society for Unconventional Resources Induced Seismicity Forum, industry advisory board member of University of Calgary’s Microseismic Industry Consortium, and regular speaker with the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists and others Bernd Manz, P.Eng. • 30-plus years of experience including executive-level leadership of organizations in the creation, implemen- tation, and evaluation of strategic planning, talent and resource management, and achievement of board- approved goals and objectives • Recent CEO experience leading a full-service utility corporation, plus public sector municipal experience as a director • APEGA experience as Environment Committee mem- ber and member of the Peace River Branch executive, and governance experience as board member of vari- ous non-profit organizations

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