AEG Grande Prairie Event: with RJ Sigurdson, Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation – Evergreen Park, Grande Prairie

RJ Sigurdson, Grande Prairie

The Honourable RJ Sigurdson was first elected as the MLA for Highwood in 2019 and was re-elected this past May. He grew up working on his family farm north of Cochrane, started his working career in Oil and Gas working on a Conventional drilling rig, later becoming an experienced red seal sheet metal worker and a senior project manager & shareholder for Avalanche Air Systems. Following his re-election, Mr. Sigurdson was sworn in as Alberta’s Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation after previously serving as the Parliamentary Secretary for EMS Reform.

Member Spotlight: Kim and Zach Adolphe

Kim and Zach Adolphe

Swift Learning’s Mission:
Driven by passion our mission is to continue our track record for delivering impactful technological solutions that are unbias, educational, and factual, along with responsive skilled personnel and exemplary customer service.

AEG Calgary Event: Minister Tanya Fir and Sue Riddell Rose

Sue Riddell Rose and Tanya Fir

AEG Members and Non-Members: Tanya Fir, Minister of Arts, Culture and Status of Women, and Sue Riddell Rose, Founder & Board Chair at Canada Powered by Women, presents: Women’s voices in Energy.

Member Spotlight: David Hood, Geologic

David Hood

David Hood is CEO of geoLOGIC systems. David joined the company in 1997 and brought in new private equity partners in 2015. Prior to joining geoLOGIC, David was CEO of GEOTECH and owned Wyvern Consulting which provided technical and managerial consulting services to technology companies operating in Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

Electric Vehicles: Can the Grid Bear the Load?

Electric Vehicles: Can the Grid Bear the Load?

The current federal government decree is for all new passenger vehicles to have net-zero emissions by 2035 – that’s only 11 years away. Rather than liquid or gaseous fuel, electric vehicles (EVs) run on electricity and must get that electricity from somewhere.

AEG Comment on CSDS 2 Climate-related Disclosure Standards

Engineer with flag on background series - Alberta

After extensive consultation with our members, we must convey that we are in firm disagreement with CSDS 1and CSDS 2 as they are expected to bring about increased costs and uncertainties for businesses, particularly SMEs, with limited advantages for larger corporations, investors, or consumers. We must point out that these standards also contradict the values of a free market system by influencing investor choices and directing capital flows in a manner inconsistent with free enterprise.

Member Spotlight: Pure Life Carbon

Pure Life Carbon

Pure Life Carbon is a private Canadian clean AgTech firm that has developed the first re-usable, carbon sequestering, soilless growing medium for the controlled environment agriculture market.

The products utilize Advanced Carbon technology to solve problems for growers that were unsolvable in the past. Pure Life Carbon is among a high-performing group of global innovators and visionaries working to feed the populations of tomorrow while healing the environment.

AMTA’s Training and Tech Campus Will Drive Alberta Forward

AMTA’s Training and Tech Campus Will Drive Alberta Forward

The precarity of our supply chains was one of the unsettling realities revealed by the pandemic. All it took was a strain on a single link to cause shortages throughout the system. In some cases, it was an annoying inconvenience. In other cases, it was much more serious, including shortages of baby formula, computer chips and the contrast dye used for X-rays, ultrasounds, CT and MRI scans.