NEW - Introducing Professional Liability Insurance for Chemists 

Professional Development Credits

Landfills and Leachate: Chemistries and Practical Solutions

The Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta is pleased to offer a one-day workshop on chemical leachate issues that affect landfills and lagoons. 

This workshop will bring together the expertise of professional chemists to address the challenges facing regulators and leachate liability holders. It will help stakeholders and decision makers understand the basic chemistry of leachate components, outline the problems that leachates can cause, and provide strategies for dealing with leachate liabilities.

Workshop topics will include waste characteristics and leachate chemistry, landfill regulations, and management and remediation of leachate issues.

Visit our website for more information and to register.

NEW - Health, Dental and Travel benefit plan for ACPA members over 55 

ACPA is pleased to announce a new retiree benefits plan for eligible ACPA retired members.

ACPA has worked with the Alberta Retired Teachers' Association (ARTA) to make the ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan available to eligible ACPA retirees (present and future).

If you apply between September 1, 2016 and November 30, 2016, you are automatically approved for coverage, which includes Emergency out of Canada travel insurance.

The ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan offers four Extended Health Care plans to choose from. Coverage highlights include: prescription drugs, paramedical coverage (chiropractor, physiotherapist massage, etc.), coverage for wheelchairs, hearing aids and CPAP machines, and much more.There are also three Dental Care plans to choose from, which include dental exams, cleanings, fillings and minor and major restorations.

The following documents provide all the information you need to enroll in the ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan:

You do not need to participate in this plan right now in order to get coverage in the future. As long as you join the ARTA plan following termination of coverage from your employer's (or your spouse's) group benefits plan, you may get coverage without medical evidence of insurability as long as you submit your application within 60 days of losing group benefits coverage. 
 

If you have general questions about the ARTA Retiree Benefits Plan, or your eligibility to participate, please contact ARTA toll-free at 1-855-212-2400 or by email at info@arta.net. 

Have you registered for your Ethics Course?

All current ACPA members must take this course by the end of 2016. These are the last three Ethics courses that will be offered this calendar year.
 

 Friday, November 18, 2016 - Calgary  SOLD OUT

Member Benefits

The ACPA has been working hard to identify some new member benefits.

 
Have you tried our Park'N Fly parking code yet? One of our members recently saved $18 on one week parking.

Park'N Fly Airport Parking is pleased to extend its corporate discount program to ACPA members. Members can use the discount code (#828974) for both 

Visit our website for more information. Sign in to your account and view under Member Only Benefits.

Job postings are listed in the Careers page on the ACPA website. Please check this web page regularly for new postings that may have tight application deadlines.

Job advertisements are posted on the ACPA website for a three-month period. A $100 fee is charged for this service, but this fee will be waived for advertisements submitted by ACPA members in good standing (Professional Chemists or Chemists-in-Training) on behalf of their organizations. Ads may be e-mailed directly to the ACPA office.

The content of this newsletter is provided only as an information service to members. Inclusion of any information does not represent official positions, opinions or support of the Association of the Chemical Profession of Alberta (ACPA), or its Officers, Directors, or staff members. The information is collected from a variety of sources and is circulated to the membership as information only. The ACPA does not guarantee that all submissions will be circulated and is not responsible for the accuracy of any information provided.