UPDATE
Monday, September 29, 2025
PEO shares updates after every Council meeting. Our goal is to encourage and assist licence holders to become more familiar with the work of Council, the board of directors of their self-regulating profession. It is intended to highlight a few, illustrative items that may be of interest. Licence holders are invited to review the full detailed meeting package available on our website and to provide regular feedback to PEO on issues of concern to them.
572nd Meeting of PEO Council
PEO Council met on September 26, 2025. You may view the meeting agenda and package here. A link to the audio recording and a disposition of motions from the meeting will be posted on the PEO website as soon as it is available.
572 Council decisions/discussion:
- Vision Statement (page 199): Council approved a new PEO vision statement: Leading regulation. Inspiring excellence. Thriving communities.
The decision fulfils a 2023-2025 strategic plan goal to develop a new statement that reflects PEO’s future vision and aspirations of how we will protect the public through governance of the profession. Vision statement development was informed by significant stakeholder engagement, including consultations with more than 2000 members, as well as a working group including OSPE, OACETT, ESSCO, APEGA and universities. - Obligation to Cooperate (page 214): Council approved proposed amendments to Regulation 941 that explicitly requires PEO licence and certificate holders to: 1) co-operate with all types of PEO investigations (not only Registrar’s Investigations); and 2) provide information in a complete, accurate and timely manner, where requested by PEO. Council further directed staff to work with the Ministry of the Attorney General to amend the regulation.
- EIT 2.0 Policy Directions (page 208): Council approved Engineering Intern (EIT) 2.0 program policy directions regarding ethical conduct and program length. The former would hold EITs to ethical conduct standards appropriate for individuals intending to enter the engineering profession, and includes a proposed EIT code of ethics. The latter would limit EIT program length to six years. This reflects the amount of time expected for EITs to gain engineering experience and complete a competency-based assessment (four years), with an additional two years built in for flexibility.
In June, Council formally endorsed establishing the EIT 2.0 program as a pathway to licensure, meaning that the program would be one possible path by which a participant can demonstrate commitment to the profession and meet the experience requirement for licensure.
- PEO Orientation Course for Election Candidates (page 176): Council approved a new orientation course for candidates seeking election to PEO Council. The course provides an overview of self-regulation, PEO’s mandate and legislative framework, the role of Council and committees, and the role of the CEO/Registrar and staff.
Completion of an orientation course is required by Regulation 941 for an individual to be elected to PEO Council. The new course replaces the existing “Board Basics” course and will be in place for the 2026 PEO Council elections nomination period (October 20 – November 24, 2025).
- CPD Stakeholder Engagement Strategy (page 97): In June, Council directed staff to consult with stakeholders to review PEO’s mandatory continuing professional development program, while committing to administering and enforcing the current program.
At its September meeting, Council received an update on this stakeholder engagement. Consultations will be conducted in two phases: Phase 1 (September to October 2025) will be a discovery exercise to better understand what has and hasn’t worked, plus what stakeholders believe the key elements and minimum requirements of an effective program could resemble. Phase 2 will be conducted January - February 2026 and will involve presenting the Phase 1 findings and a draft program framework to stakeholders for further refinement.
PEO is also leading the development of a framework for a national CPD program in consultation with the other provincial and territorial engineering regulators.
- CEO/Registrar’s report: PEO CEO/Registrar Jennifer Quaglietta, P.Eng., MBA, ICD.D, delivered her report to Council. Highlights of operational activities and achievements since the last report in June 2025 include:
- The Office of the Fairness Commissioner recognized PEO in its August newsletter as an example of a high-volume regulator leading the way in adopting more flexible and applicant-focused licensing processes.
- PEO is exceeding the current 10-day application review requirement and the 90-day registration decision requirement under FARPACTA. PEO is also meeting the 100 per cent requirement for interprovincial mobility transfer registration decisions within 30 calendar days.
- PEO continues to conduct EDI training for staff and volunteers; and we recently launched a licence holder demographic survey which has collected data (on a voluntary basis) from 4327 respondents.
- The median time to close Unlicensed Practice files is now down to 60 days.
- Eighty-five per cent of licence holders have completed their first two 2025 PEAK elements.
The next PEO Council meeting will take place on November 28, 2025. Start time and information on how to join a Council meeting are available on the PEO website approximately one week prior to a scheduled Council meeting.