A Call for Resolutions to be considered at the BCIA AGM on April 22, 2023 is officially announced. For more information on Resolutions, review Bylaws 32 – 36. The submission deadline is 45 days prior to the AGM. UPDATE: no resolutions were received by the deadline.
Closed - The Nomination Committee is seeking nominations from BCIA Registrants in good standing for one (1) Registrant Board Member from Regional Electoral District 3.
Nominations will be accepted from Tuesday, January 3, 2023, to Friday, February 3, 2023, 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time at nominations@email.bcia.com.
For full details and the nomination process, please click on the link below:
HELPING FARMERS TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE BY ADOPTING BENEFICIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
As many of you know reserved practice (“Practice Rights”) will come into force for our profession on September 1st of this year, close to one week from today. A primary foundation of those rights are definitions of agrology practice areas which are clear, accountable, and enforceable. This has been done in a document entitled “Practice Areas - A Summary for BCIA Registrants and Applicants.”
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New BCIA Website Features
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Applications for the 2022 BCIA Scholarships are being accepted until Monday, October 31, 2022, at 11:59 PM.
To support future agrologists to achieve their career in agrology, the BC Institute of Agrologists annually awards up to $1500 in scholarships in each of two categories: graduate and undergraduate, respectively.
Do you know a student attending a post-secondary agrology-related program?
2022 Scholarship Eligibility Criteria
Scholarship applicants must meet the following qualifications:
The B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has posted a new Director-approved offset protocol to the B.C. Offset Program website: Offset protocols - Province of British Columbia (gov.bc.ca).
The Methane from Organic Waste Offset Protocol (MOWOP) is now available for use by projects that capture and destroy methane from landfills or from the anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
A mandatory demographics survey was conducted during the 2022 registration fee renewal season and was related to the Professional Governance Act, with the intention to support reporting to the Office of the Superintendant of Profession
75 years ago on June 1, 1947 under the Agrologists Act, BCIA’s Bylaws came into effect. As it is today, the role of the Institute is to protect the public interest by governing the professional conduct of its membership and protecting the province's natural resources. Register for the 75th AGM to learn how BCIA is still doing this today.
