CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) PROGRAM
All BCSLA Registered Landscape Architects, Landscape Architects, Inactive Landscape Architects, and BCSLA Interns must submit annual CE credits to the BCSLA office using the online CE Form by logging in at www.bcsla.org.
When the Mandatory CE program was first established, CE Credits were very easy to accumulate so that Members and Associates could quickly become accustomed to monitoring credits. The CE Program was always meant to become more rigorous over time. At the conclusion of each term revisions are made using suggestions by BCSLA Members and BCSLA Interns and to align with the CE program across boundaries and professions. In 2022 the CE Program transitioned to a one-year term. A minimum of ten credits must be filed before Members or Interns submit the payment of annual dues on December 31 of each year.
CE System BCSLA Member and Intern Log In
> CE Login Login to the BCSLA Member Services Page to complete or update your online CE form.
> BCSLA Interns Login to track Experience Hours
Procedure and Penalties for Non-Compliance
Following the end of the annual CE reporting period, the Continuing Education Committee (CEC) and Board of Directors review member files for minimum CE requirement compliance. The following outlines the procedure and penalties for CE non-compliance.
Reporting, Monitoring and Compliance Schedule A
The CE program became mandatory at the beginning of 2004 after a three-year voluntary program. To maintain the objectives of the Society, the Continuing Education initiative and to strengthen the public's confidence in the BCSLA, all Registered Landscape Architects, Landscape Architects, Inactive Landscape Architects and Interns are required to annually monitor their Continuing Education activities as outlined in the BCSLA CE Policy and Compliance Schedule A. The current annual CE reporting period is 2022.
> Download the CE Input and Credit Guide
> Download Compliance Schedule
> Download Internship Program Policy
CE & OTHER PROFESSIONS
> CE Comparison Chart 2020: The BCSLA CE Committee have conducted research on CE Requirements. Click here to download PDF for details.
> American Society of Landscape Architects CE Requirements by State. Click to view on the ASLA website.
Analysis of all state requirements, a comparison chart, and a chart describing allowable CE activities
HOW TO GET BCSLA CE CREDITS
The world, and our little corner of it, has changed a lot since the first printing of 101 Ways in 2015. While the suggestions in 101 Ways remain very useful motivators for exploring knowledge gaps, there is great urgency in staying current within the profession, because landscape is both a human construct, a way of culturally organizing territory, and with human agency can transform and redefine human settlements, meet essential needs, and enrich human lives. The completion of the Truth + Reconciliation Commission hearings and release of the 94 Calls to Action in 2016 has both personal and collective implications, and as you will see, has pushed the direction and organization of the 151 ideas in this edition into some specific and timely topics to explore and absorb.
101 [free or low-cost] ways to get BCSLA CE Credits
The requirement for continuing education (CE) ensures that the BCSLA operates as a self-regulating profession that meets its statutory obligations under the Architects (Landscape) Act. The CE requirements are intended to encourage members to expand their foundations of knowledge and stay current on new developments within the broadest definition of landscape architectural practice. This zine evolved from the 2014 AGM when several members indicated that doing CE was too expensive and time-consuming. The 101 ideas presented in the booklet should trigger your own ideas about what you need to continue your lifelong pursuit of knowledge. Nearly all of the ideas are free and while they do cost you time, they should be fun.
University of Alberta - Indigenous Canada
Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada. View the video here.
From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores key issues facing Indigenous peoples today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations. Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relationships. Take the course for free by choosing the audit option on Coursera.
This section contains useful links to useful online resources.
> Drought Tolerant Trees for the Fraser Valley (PDF)
> FireSmart Manual - Government of BC (PDF)
>The Infrastructure Planning Guide and Toolkit
The purpose of the Infrastructure Planning Guide and Toolkit is to support First Nations with infrastructure planning so that it helps achieve the community’s vision and goals.
Vancouver Public Library has an extensive collection of garden design and landscape architecture books to support professional practitioners and at-home experts. The Library also maintains subscriptions to the leading North American Journals of landscape architecture and has access to databases collecting relevant articles on garden design in popular and academic journals. The resources presented in this subject guide will be useful for landscape architects preparing for the Landscape Architect Registration Exam.
