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Professionalism andProfessionalRegulation
Law and Ethics SeminarSeptember 2009
Jon A. Gillies, P.Eng., FEC
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Professions
Characteristics of a profession and the Highest
Obligation How professions and occupations are regulated
Historical overview of engineering and geoscience in
Canada
Engineers Canada and CCPG Organizations APEGS Organization
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REPUTATIONYOUR REPUTATION AS A
PROFESSIONAL WILL BE ---
FINISH THE STATEMENT
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PROFESSIONSWhat is a profession? try to define the word
Who are professionals? lawyers? doctors? athletes?
police? sanitation workers? doctors? politicians? engineers/geoscientists?
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SENSES OF A PROFESSION
What is a profession?
In one sense . . .
A JOB OR OCCUPATION for which payment
is received. . . .
BUT
There is another sense . . . .
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What is a PROFESSION?From Andrews ( 2005, 2009) page 14 or11:
Profession: a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive
preparation including instruction in skills and methodsas well as in the scientific, historical or scholarly
principles underlying such skills and methods Maintaining by force or organization or concerned
opinion high standards of achievement and conduct committing its members to continued study a kind of work which has for its prime purpose the
rendering of a public service
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WRIGHT:
Canadian Bar Review 1951
Elements present for a vocation to be called aprofession:
Holding out to the public, offer of public service Special skill a professional is assumed to have
Training and education
Privilege or state recognition
Self-disciplined group Unselfishness or freedom from purely personal
considerations
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LEGAL DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONBlacks Law Dictionary
An occupation requiring special, usually
advanced, education and skill. The labour
and skill involved in a profession is
predominantly mental or intellectual, ratherthan physical or manual.
Originally contemplated only theology, law
and medicine but extended as applications of
science and learning were extended.
Attainment of special knowledge as
distinguished from mere skill.
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OCCUPATIONAL and
PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONSome types of professional and occupationalregulation in Saskatchewan are:
Fee for right-to-work (door-to-door salespeople)
Self-administered but government regulated (insuranceagents)
Licensed by government (various trades)
Associations under Non-Profit Corporations Act (mediators)
Self Regulated:
right-to-title (interior designers, technologists)
right-to-title and right-to-practice (engineers andgeoscientists)
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SELF-REGULATIONEngineering and Geoscience meet the criteria forself-regulation with right-to-practice status:
Commitment to safeguarding the public interest is paramount
Engineering and Geoscience are identifiable professions andare accepted by the public as professions
Code of Ethics
Specialized Academic and Experience standards
Administered by APEGS which ensures only qualified engineersand geoscientists practice
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SENSES of a PROFESSIONConcerning Engineering and Geoscience
obtaining a bachelors degree
doing work commonly recognized as
being registered and licensed as a professional
acting in a morally and an ethically responsible
manner while practicing
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Historical Overview of Engineering
in Canada Engineering has existed since ancient times
Canada has a rich history of engineering and
geoscience achievement CSCE - 1887
EIC - 1918
Provincial Acts in Canada began 1920
APES in 1930 and APEGS in 1997
Engineers Canada (formerly Canadian Council ofProfessional Engineers) - mid 1930s
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ENGINEERS CANADA
Engineers Canada adopted as the
business name for the CCPE in 2007
Legal name remains Canadian Council
of Professional Engineers (CCPE)
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ENGINEERS CANADA ORGNCCPE ORGANIZATION CHART
Canadian Engineering
Qualifications Board
(CEQB)
Canadian Engineering
Accreditation Board
(CEAB)
Other CCPE
Committees
Canadian Council
of Professional Engineers
(CCPE)
Provincial and Territorial
Associations
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CEAB and CEQB The Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board
accredits engineering programs in Canada
The Canadian Engineering Qualifications Boarddevelops guidelines which seek to bring about
uniform requirements for registration across
Canada - (licensing is a provincial responsibility)
Refer to Engineers Canada documents providedon the APEGS Web site under Professional
Practice Exam
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Historical Overview of Geoscience in
Canada Regulation of geoscientists was first started in
Alberta
Saskatchewan first regulated geoscientists with
the new Act in 1997
No regulation in PEI and Yukon (yet)
Regulated with engineering in BC, Alberta,Saskatchewan, Manitoba, NB, Nfld. & Labradorand Northwest Territories & Nunavut
Regulated separate from engineering in Ontario,Quebec and Nova Scotia
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Geoscience at the National Level
CCPG - The Canadian Council of
Professional Geoscientists
CGSB - The Canadian Geoscience Standards
Board
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www.ccpg.ca
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CCPG Organization
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DEFINITION OF THE PRACTICE OF
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING Engineers Canada
Means any act of planning, designing
composing, evaluating, reporting, directingor supervising, or managing any of theforegoing, that requires the application ofengineering principles, and that concerns
the safeguarding of life, health, property,economic interests, the public welfare orthe environment.
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APEGS DEFINITIONS
Professional Engineering:
- Refer to the Act
Professional Geoscience:
- Refer to the Act
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OBJECTS OF APEGS(Act - Sec. 5)
Ensure the proficiency and competency of themembers in order to safeguard the public.
Regulate the practice of engineering andgeoscience in accordance with the Act andBylaws.
Promote and improve the proficiency andcompetency of members.
Foster the practice of professionalengineering and professional geoscience in amanner that is in the public interest.
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APEGS ORGANIZATIONAPEGS Organization Chart
APEGS Staff
Committees
Governance
Board
Committees
Image and Identity
Board
Committees
Education
Board
Council
Members
Society
Investigation
Committee Committee
Discipline
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MOBILITY
Professional Engineers andGeoscientists registered with oneAssociation often must work in otherregions of Canada or internationally.
APEGS is a signatory to the Inter-
Association Mobility Agreements (bothengineering and geoscience).
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MOBILITY
- continuedIAMA registration if: Professional Member is in good standing.
If applicant has been disciplined for
professional incompetence or professionalmisconduct, there must be no outstandingdisciplinary order.
Agrees to exchange of personal information(between host and home Associations)
Meets the continuing competencyrequirements of the host Association or home
Association.
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MOBILITY
- continuedAgreement on Internal Trade (AIT) July 1,1995
An agreement between Canadas federal
provincial and territorial governments toeliminate interprovincial barriers to the freemovement of workers, goods, services andinvestments.
The labour mobility chapter aims to ensure
any worker certified to perform a professionby a regulator in one province will be grantedcertification upon application in anotherprovince without additional training, workexperience or examinations .
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Professional Engineers and ProfessionalGeoscientists should expect to become
registered in other jurisdictions withouthaving their credentials reassessed.
The agreement has yet to be tested for
compliance.
MOBILITY - continued
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MOBILITY
- continuedOn the International Scene:Agreements to recognize academic credentials with:
Australia
Ireland New Zealand
United Kingdom
United States
South Africa
Hong Kong France
These agreements have been negotiated by EngineersCanada
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ETHICS OF A PROFESSIONAL
Advanced knowledge and abilities fromspecialized education and practicalexperience.
Limit activities to areas of knowledge andexperience.
Ensure competence is maintained.
Practice according to the Code of Ethics.
Recognize and support the role of theirAssociation as delegated by society.
Refer to section 20 of Regulatory Bylaws.
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THE HIGHEST OBLIGATION
The Engineers Canada guide toprofessional practice states:
.... the highest obligation of a profession isto society, which it serves; the members ofa profession shall protect the interests ofsociety in the areas of the professionals
specialized expertise. This obligation risesabove all others when there are conflictingresponsibilities.
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THE HIGHEST OBLIGATION(Continued)
As a part of this social contract, therecognized professions in Canada have
been given the authority and responsibilityto be self-regulating under their respectiveprovincial and territorial legislation, and toensure only qualified professionals are
licensed to practice.
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Questions or Comments?