Interprovincial Transfer
Effective April 1/09, and consistent with the terms of the BC/AB Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) and the Canadian Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT), the ITA will recognize (for the purposes of granting a licence) those occupations/trades which are currently fully licensed and in good standing from any other regulatory body in Canada.
Thus P.Ags, A.Ags or AITs who are members in good standing with another provincial institute of agrology may transfer their membership to BCIA directly. Transferees are requested to complete the new member application and submit a current resume, without including an application fee, to BCIA. In addition the transferee should contact the registrar of their current institute and request that a copy of their file be submitted to BCIA. Once the materials are received by BCIA the transferee will be issued a welcome letter and an invoice for a $75 transfer fee plus prorated dues for the current year. Members of another institute seeking dual membership with BCIA should follow a similar process.
As of September 2009 BCIA does not have an active category for Ag Techs or similar designations and hence are unable to accept members of another institute carrying these designations at this time.
