Candidates Announced for August Board Election
This year, the Board election will take place approximately one month earlier than in previous years. The election period will open by August 8 and close on September 6 at noon.
At its April 19 Board meeting, the Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board approved a bylaw amendment to allow flexibility for the election period and a longer runway to onboard new Board members ahead of the Annual General Meeting on October 16.
Board Candidates
For the 2024 Board election, registrants will be electing 3 Board members to each serve a 3-year term. The following candidates have been selected to stand for Board member positions this year:
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Board Candidate |
Discipline |
Location |
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Kirn Dhillon, P.Eng. |
Civil |
Sechelt |
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Bijan Pourkarimi, P.Eng. |
Electrical |
Vancouver |
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Malcolm Shield, P.Eng. |
Mechanical |
Vancouver |
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Jens Weber, P.Eng. |
Software |
Victoria |
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Gordon Zhou, P.Eng. |
Civil |
Coquitlam |
The nominees are selected by the Nomination Committee, which evaluates candidates through a merit-based process that considers their demonstrated skills in leadership, strategy, financial literacy, human resources, regulatory understanding, governance, and technical proficiency. The Committee also conducts a gap analysis to identify the skills and competencies most needed for the Board in the upcoming year and considers how to best enable diverse and balanced leadership for the Board.
For more details on the selection process and how the desired competencies are assessed, please see the Role and Overview of the Nomination Committee page and our Merit-Based Candidate Selection Framework.
Election
Registrants will be notified by email by August 8 with instruction on voting procedures.
- Voting will be conducted electronically.
- All registrants in good standing, including trainees, are eligible to vote.
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Election information |
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Eligibility |
All registrants and trainees in good standing: P.Eng., P.Geo., P.L.Eng., P.L.Geo., EIT, GIT |
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Election opens |
By August 8, 2024. Candidate profiles will be online at egbc.ca/Board-Election |
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Election closes |
At noon on September 6, 2024 |
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Results |
Published by September 13, 2024, at egbc.ca/Board-Election |
Board Structure
- Engineers and Geoscientists BC is governed by a board of elected registrants and government appointees. The board oversees the governance and management of the organization and is accountable to the public.
- All election information, including candidate profiles and voting procedures, will be available on the election webpage.
Photo: The 2023/2024 Engineers and Geoscientists BC Board. Wendy D Photography