April 7, 2009 - ERCB Named One of Best Employers for New Canadians

The ERCB has once again been recognized as a great place to work, being named in the Best Employers for New Canadians 2009 competition by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers.

The Best Employers for New Canadians competition recognized the ERCB as being among the nation's 25 top employers in terms of offering meaningful programs for recent immigrants. Last year, the ERCB was selected for the Alberta's Top 40 Employers competition.

For the New Canadians competition, employers were evaluated for:

• offering programs specifically designed to assist employees who are recent immigrants to Canada;
• taking steps taken to reduce employment barriers for recent immigrants;
• providing assistance to have foreign professional or educational credentials formally recognized in Canada;
• offering programs such as internal coaching or mentoring; and
• training managers and employees in cross-cultural issues or inclusiveness.

Specifically, the ERCB is being recognized for:

• providing work placements to immigrants enrolled in Calgary's Bow Valley College and the YMCA;
• covering English language training for employees;
• partnering with Edmonton's NorQuest College to offer a 20-week practicum to internationally trained professionals; and
• hiring engineering technicians with international credentials and paying for courses or sponsoring memberships in professional associations.

The New Canadians competition is run in partnership with the Government of Canada's Foreign Credential Recognition Program.

Full article from Canada's Top 100 Employers

October 18, 2008 - ERCB named one of Alberta's best workplaces  

The Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) has been selected as a winner in the Alberta’s Top 40 Employers competition.

Now entering its fourth year, Alberta's Top Employers is an annual competition organized by the editors of Canada's Top 100 Employers. This special designation recognizes the Alberta employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work.

“The Energy Resources Conservation Board is a great place to work,” said ERCB Chairman Dan McFadyen.  “It is a unique workplace, where employees truly can make a difference in the interest of all Albertans.”

“This is a significant achievement for us and it is great to see the ERCB being recognized for the diverse career opportunities we offer, our commitment to providing a positive work environment, and our dedication to working in the public interest,” McFadyen concluded.

The ERCB’s nearly 900 staff work in 13 locations across Alberta.

October 2008 - ERCB Wins 'Regulators Award'

The ERCB was honoured last night by receiving the ‘Regulators Award' during the 2008 Energy TV Pipelines Awards held in Calgary.

Held in conjunction with the International Pipeline Exposition, this prestigious awards ceremony honoured leaders in the pipeline industry. Delegates to the Exposition chose the winners from their peers. They were invited to nominate and vote for the leaders in their sector and then a panel of experts reviewed the voting results and made a final judgment on the winners.

In accepting the award on behalf of our Chairman Dan McFadyen, ERCB Board Member Mike Bruni spoke about the positive relationships the ERCB has built since our inception in January of this year, noting that this was the first award won by the new ERCB.

The entire Energy-TV Pipeline Awards was filmed and highlights will be broadcast on Energy-TV, a half hour newsmagazine format television show that is broadcast on Global TV across Alberta.

November 2007 - EUB Scientist Honoured as Nobel Laureate

The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (EUB) is proud to announce that Dr. Stefan Bachu, a senior scientist with the EUB has been honoured as a Nobel Laureate for his participation on the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on October 12, 2007 to both former U.S Vice President Al Gore and to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Dr. Bachu is recognized as one of the top world specialists on carbon sequestration, and he was one of the lead authors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage. 

His status as a Nobel Laureate was confirmed in a letter of October 15, 2007.

According to the Nobel Foundation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was a recipient of the Nobel Peace prize: “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such a change."

The Board and staff of the EUB congratulate Dr. Bachu on this very special accomplishment and looks forward to his continued leadership in the area of carbon sequestration that will have a positive impact on a global scale as one of the means for reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.

April 2, 2007 - EUB History Video Wins Prestigious Award!

This week, the EUB was presented with the Petroleum History Society's 2006 Multimedia Award for the DVD "A Salute to the People of the EUB".

The Petroleum History Society (PHS) is a group of volunteers dedicated to preserving and telling the history of the Canadian petroleum industry. The PHS established an awards program in 1995 to recognize the valuable contributions of people and groups helping to keep Alberta's petroleum history alive. These awards, made on the basis of nominations from Society Members, recognize contributions which encourage the study, communication, preservation, and enjoyment of Canadian petroleum industry history.

“A Salute to the People of the EUB” is a history of the EUB and its predecessors, including the ERCB, the Public Utilities Board, and the Alberta Geological Survey. The DVD was created to share with today's EUB employees, and all Albertans, the Board's long and proud tradition of integrity, fairness, and working in the public interest.

Over the past few months, the EUB has distributed over 7,000 copies of the DVD to individuals and media organizations around the world. In an effort to make the DVD more accessible to even wider audiences, it is now available with Closed Captioning. If you would like a copy, or copies, of the DVD, please contact the Customer Contact Centre at EUB.Inquiries@gov.ab.ca .

More information about the Petroleum History Society can be found at: http://www.petroleumhistory.ca

From Across the Board - September 2006 edition

EUB enjoys awards-winning streak

Regulator receives honours at provincial, national, and international level

Most employees of Alberta's energy regulator find the work rewarding, but lately it's been awarding too.

Recently the EUB has received three awards for its labours and was nominated for a fourth.

In August, the EUB won the Institute of Public Administration of Canada's (IPAC) Award for Innovative Management , which acknowledges innovative managerial initiatives in Canadian public administration.

IPAC recognized the EUB for its role in developing Synergy Alberta, a concept arising out of the need for a centralized resource for synergy groups in the province. The EUB was competing against 71 entries from municipal and provincial government agencies and departments from across Canada.

"Business can no longer be conducted in the same old way, whether it is the business of developing resources, the business of regulating, or simply the business of living," said EUB Chairman Neil McCrank. "Winning this award reflects the EUB's commitment to finding unique solutions to the challenges we face everyday as we work to serve the public interest."

Gary Redmond, executive director of Synergy Alberta, credits EUB innovation for helping to establish the organization and advancing what he calls the "synergy movement" in the province.

"There's no question that ... if it weren't for the EUB, Synergy Alberta wouldn't be here today to promote the sharing of best practices, allowing the groups to learn from one another, and pursuing input from the community," Redmond said.

But the honours don't stop there.

The ERCB achieved the Work Safe Alberta's Best Safety Performers Award in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The best safety performers' award is given out by Alberta Employment and Immigration through the Partnership in Injury Reduction program. This award is presented to Alberta employers with exceptional performance in workplace health and safety.

And then in September, Bob Heggie, the Executive Manager of the EUB's Utilities Branch, won the Leadership in Education and Development Award , presented by Canadian Association of Members of Public Utility Tribunals (CAMPUT), a nonprofit organization of federal, provincial, and territorial regulatory boards and commissions.

Heggie shared the award with an Ontario Energy Board representative for their work in developing the CAMPUT/Queen's University Utility Regulatory Course.

Finally, the EUB was nominated for the International Pipeline Regulatory Award - conferred upon the regulatory body that has contributed significantly to the development of the pipeline industry  - which is awarded by a panel of peers and experts from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

By being named a finalist for the ASME award, the EUB was recognized for being a problem solver and helping others to realize the importance of safe pipeline operations as part of national and international infrastructures. The nomination recognizes leadership, innovation, and a regulatory approach that advances cooperation among stakeholders, and improves safety and environmental stewardship.