ABOUT THE ASSOCIATION
The Association was established on March 27, 1920 by The Engineering Profession Act to regulate the profession of engineering in Manitoba.
In 1998 the Manitoba Legislature expanded the Association's mandate to regulate professional geoscientists in Manitoba with The Engineering and Geoscientific Professions Act.
In 2015 the Association adopted the working name of Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba while retaining the legal name of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of Manitoba.
The purposes of the Association are to:- Govern and regulate the practice of professional engineering and professional geoscience in Manitoba.
- Promote and increase, in the public interest, the knowledge, skill, and competency of its members and all other persons governed or regulated by it, in all things relating to the professions of engineering and geoscience.
- Advocate where the public interest is at risk.
- Promote professional engineering and professional geoscience and the role of the association; and
- Carry out any duties and exercise any powers that are given to it by another enactment.
Vision
Greater recognition of engineers and geoscientists as trusted professionals in society.
Mission
Setting, upholding, and promoting high professional standards in engineering and geoscience.
Our Values
- Trust: Being reliable and truthful, and providing services that are free of bias.
- Integrity: Being honest and ethical.
- Stewardship: Using the resources provided to us wisely.
- Professionalism: Holding ourselves to a high standard.
- Collaboration: Working with others to achieve our goals.
- Equity: Treating people justly.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment
Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba is committed to leading and supporting inclusive and equitable practices throughout the professions of engineering and geoscience. We recognize the need to address systemic issues of inequity and inequality in alignment with our mandate.
Our practitioners are striving to continually advance a profession that reflects and embraces the diversity of our communities and encourages the competencies of open mindedness, respect, and empathy.
Together, we share responsibility for protecting the public and ensuring that equity, diversity, and inclusion are treated as essential to our work.