Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
From: Brian Maloney, Executive Director
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This is the final year of the 3-year cycle for CPD requirements most surveyors. Please be reminded that you require 66 hours of Professional Development and 36 hours of formal education courses in the 3-year cycle. Members practicing less than 100 days per year require an additional 30 hours of Formal Activities or Professional Activities or a combination thereof. Please do not leave it until the end to meet these requirements or enter your data into GeoEd.
Please log into GeoEd to view or edit your profile, submit and edit CPD activities, and view your CPD cycle report as well as your past CPD submissions by year. The process of CPD entry is similar to the one that our members are used to, with a few minor changes. Should you encounter any issues or "bugs" with GeoEd, please notify Colleen Gambier at cgambier@aols.org.
Some useful information noted about our CPD Program is noted in GeoEd.
- Professional Development (CPD Program and Summary)
- AOLS CPD Activities (Listing of CPD activities offered by the AOLS, with CPD hours and categories indicated)
- CPD Approved Activities (some examples of approved activities)
Please note that GeoEd is also the site where various online learning opportunities are hosted, including the recordings of all of the AOLS webinars.
Of course, AOLS-provided activities are not the only way to earn CPD time! Please feel free to submit your hours gained by attending courses provided by other organizers, participating in relevant meetings, and so on. If you choose a professional activity not sanctioned by the AOLS, be sure to add the appropriate details with your input.
As always, with any CPD-related questions or concerns, please contact Colleen Gambier at cgambier@aols.org.
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Archival and Historical Committee, AOLS
A Message from the Chair
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It is not too often that the Chair of a Committee has the opportunity and privilege of thanking one of our members for years of volunteering their time. Never once was an assigned project not completed. One or two may be in the "ongoing" process, but that is just the nature of our labour at the Archival and Historical Committee.
Please assist me in thanking Doug Sutherland for 20 years of being a committee member. We average seven meetings a year and some meetings are in excess of three hours not counting travel time. That's 420 hours of active member attendance of looking after the affairs of your committee. Just to name a couple. Doug is the executive in charge of all rentals of antiques lent out by the AOLS and was instrumental in developing an updated rental form. You may recognize his name from the article recently published in the Professional Surveyor outlining the History of the Association of Certified Survey Technicians and Technologists of Ontario.
Being the Chair of a Committee it becomes an easy project to have the work being performed appear excellent. Every Committee member deserves a load of praise. As Chair, it is easy to make the Committee appear exceptional, especially, when I am surrounded by people with Doug's ability.
Thank you Doug Sutherland!
Gordon S. Good O.L.S. Retired,
Chair,
Archival and Historical Committee
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This last month the Provincial Survey Records Index hit a milestone with over 3 million records now entered. 144 firms have contributed records directly or through one of the affiliate providers. Since April of 2019, surveyors and their staff have completed over 55,000 record searches using the system. We should be proud of the progress we have made in improving our ability to discover survey records for research purposes.
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The June GeoEd e-newsletter has now been issued. Here are the links (English and français):
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Brandt - The Value of Lidar & Photogrammetry Mass Data
June 22nd, 2021
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Brandt is deeply invested in the mining industry; delivering a unique mix of products, services, and technology solutions through an extensive network of 56 full-service branches from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Join us on June 22nd, 2021 at 11:00AM MST for an introduction to reality capture, highlighting tools for capturing mass data and how to process it for your mining operations.
Hosted by Joe Chisholm - Director of Sales GeoPositioning at Brandt
The presentation will be cover a range of products and their applications for a variety of departments in your mining operation including production/operations, safety, engineering, survey, geology and more.
Click the link for more information on the session, and register today!
Product and tools that will be discussed:
* Lidar Scanners
* Total Stations
* Drones
* Road Scanners - RDM1
* Delta Watch - Deformation Monitoring
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Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS-SCT) Virtual Event
June 21-24, 2021
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42nd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing Understanding our World: Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future
June 21-24, 2021 Please see link for further details at:
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Do you have suggestions for the AOLS In Sight content?
If you have come across some information that you think will be of interest to other members, please let us know by emailing cgambier@aols.org. Your suggestions are always welcome!
   
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AOLS in Social Media
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The AOLS Group on LinkedIn has reached
Join up to network with peers, students and recruiters:
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Donate to the
Educational Foundation
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Donate to the Educational Foundation here!
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In Sight Archive
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AOLS In Sight Archive is available on our website: check out past newsletter issues under the Media section.
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Other Organizations' Newsletters
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Four Point Learning
Case Commentaries on Property Title and Boundary Law
Professional Surveyors Canada:
Click here for the archives page for the latest Horizon and e-communiqué.
Stay informed about what is happening in your national surveyor community!
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Esri Canada
(October 2020)
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