OIP Group Luncheon and this was grounds for a plan rejection! The last order of business fell to Dick Mak and that was to take the annual group photo in a limited space and reasonable amount of time. The photo turned out fine and Dick was able to insert himself into the photo as well. The completion of the group photo saw the end of the luncheon until the next gathering of the group. Our spring luncheon will be held Monday, May 4, 2020 at Ricky’s All Day Grill in Surrey. If you would like to attend a luncheon or get on the OIP Group email please contact Wayne Griffith at wmgriffith@shaw.ca. ✥
Dick Mak welcomes our guests Dlaine Jacobsen (centre) and Rita Levesque (Right)
Continuing Professional Development Committee Update By Mark J. R. Dailey, BCLS, Chair – CPDC
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ife has dramatically changed for everyone in recent weeks. As the global pandemic continues to grow it has become a time of great uncertainty in our homes and businesses, our communities and beyond. The cancellation of the 2020 AGM and CPD Days and Exhibition that was scheduled March 18-20 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver was a disappointing but necessary decision to help fight the spread of COVID-19 in our province. The cancellation has also posed some interesting challenges for the ABCLS to conduct the business that usually takes place during the hectic days of our AGM.
Many of our peers travel from all four corners of our province to attend these events as they work towards fulfilling their mandatory CPD hours. The cancellation of the 2020 AGM and CPD Days has forced the Association to find alternatives to deliver the seminars that many of us would have attended in person at the conference. Fortunately, the CPD sessions will still be made available via video for those who had signed up, and perhaps by the time this issue of The Link is published there will be more information as to when, where and how these webinars will be made available to the membership.
If we go back a little further in time and take a look at 2019 we’ll see that it was quite a busy year for the CPDC. Our first formal CPD sessions of the year took place over a two-day period at the 114th AGM & CPD Days in Kelowna. The events started off with the keynote address entitled “Implications of Marijuana in the Workplace” that was presented by Lynsey Gaudin. This seminar was followed by several more covering a wide variety of topics including contracts, insurance in retirement, ethics and the future of professional oversight in British Columbia. As usual Dr. Brian Ballantyne presented an informative and entertaining seminar on survey case law. the LINK | April 2020
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