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In Canada, geoscience is a regulated profession. To practice, a geoscientist must register as a P.Geo. and get a licence from the regulatory body – professional association – in each province or territory in which they practice. Geoscientists Canada is the national organization of regulatory bodies that govern Canada’s more than 9,500 Professional Geoscientists (P.Geo.’s) and more than 2,000 Geoscientists-in-training.

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"I have come to understand that our professional associations will sustain excellence in our profession be it through ethical rules, continuous education requirements or the coaching of young people so they reach the full title. We must be proud of the road travelled and of our P.Geo. designation."

- Isabelle Cadieux, géo.
THE PROFESSION

THE PROFESSION

Every day, we use information geoscientists provide and don’t even realise it. When we use our mobile devices, ride a bicycle, get a glass of water, drive across a bridge or through a tunnel, turn on a light or look into a mirror, a geoscientist had something to do with it.

The Profession

What is Geoscience

What P.Geo.’s do

Careers in Geoscience

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“Being a P.Geo is important because it shows how important my dedication and commitment to the profession is to the public. Dedication to high expectation of practice and that I am individually accountable”

- Jeff O’Keefe, P.Geo.
BECOMING A P.GEO.

BECOMING A P.GEO.

Geoscientists are professionals like architects, doctors, lawyers, foresters and engineers. You wouldn’t hire an unlicensed lawyer or accountant to be your advisor or allow an unlicensed surgeon to operate on you, so why would you hire an unlicensed geoscientist to work for you? Part of the drive to regulate the profession of geoscience came in the wake of the Bre-X gold mining fraud and the Walkerton groundwater contamination incident; two examples where better public governance of geoscientific practice in Canada could have provided greater protection of the public and prevented loss of reputation about the work of geoscientists.

Becoming a P.Geo.

Students

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The Need to be Licensed

Apply for P.Geo.

Trained Abroad

"Providing the public with information about Earth and its mysteries is the way I share my passion for geology."

- John Clague, P.Geo.
PRACTICE IN CANADA

PRACTICE IN CANADA

Being a P.Geo. places you under a code of ethics and makes you individually accountable for all the geoscience work you undertake. To practice geoscience in Canada, you must register with the regulatory body – professional association – in the province or territory in which you work. Those whose practice extends to more than one province or territory may have to carry multiple registrations. Becoming registered entitles you to practice in that jurisdiction and it allows you to use the designation Professional Geoscientist (P.Geo.).

Practice in Canada

Canada and Geoscience

Complaints & Discipline

Professional Development

Mobility

"I consider the title P. Geo. to be both a proud recognition of our achievements and a humble reminder of our professional responsibilities."

- Raymond Reichelt, P. Geo.
PUBLICATIONS & POLICY

PUBLICATIONS & POLICY

Geoscientists Canada produces and compiles a wide variety of materials, resources, and policies in support public protection through skilled, versatile, reputable, and accountable professional geoscience practice.

Publications

Policy & Statements

Geoscience Practice Guidelines Catalogue

“In all the excitement of my work as a geoscientist, it’s too easy to overlook an exceedingly important aspect of being part of a self-regulating profession: my code of ethics requires me to conduct my work ‘in the public interest’”

- George Eynon, P.Geo.
PRESS & EVENTS

PRESS & EVENTS

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Events

“Regulating the profession by standards of basic minimum appropriate education and promoting continuing professional development is essential for quality practice and protection of the public”

- Ganpat Lodha, P. Geo.
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Bruce Broster- Student in the field

Who We Are

Geoscientists Canada – AGM 2016 Calgary

What We do

Geoscientists Canada

Our Members

Map of Canada

Our Partners

Geoscientists Canada – Delegates at RFG 2018 Vancouver

The Profession

APEGA- Geo Lab

What is Geoscience

Hendrik Falck – Geological Samples

What P.Geo.’s do

Brent Ward – Seymour Valley - Students in the Field- January 2021

Careers in Geoscience

PGO-Ali Rasoul, P.Geo.

Related Organizations

Courtesy- Internet

Becoming a P.Geo.

Brent Ward – Seymour Valley- Students in the Field - January 2021

Students

Brent Ward - Student in the Field

Becoming a GIT

Pete Hollings – Students in the Field
Geoscientists Canada – PDAC 2018
Geoscientists Canada - GC Booth at PDAC 2018

Employers

APEGA

Corporate License

APEGA – Sample Lab

Apply for P.Geo.

Bruce Broster – Field Trip
Imshun Je, P.Geo.

Trained Abroad

Janis Dale- Miette Outcrop Banff National Park

Practice in Canada

NRCAN - Western end of Grinnell Glacier at Watts Bay, north shore of Meta Incognita Peninsula, Baffin Island, Nunavut. https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Canada and Geoscience

NRCAN – Geological Map of Canada https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/fulle.web&search1=R=208175 https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Professional Development

Geoscientists Canada – Garth Kirkham P.Geo delivering Short Course at RFG 2018, Vancouver.

Mobility

NRCAN - Scientist travelling by snowmobile to sample sites located in the Tibbitt-to-Contwoyto winter road corridor. https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

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