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It’s easier than ever for refugees from Ukraine and other wartorn countries trained as eng ine e ri ng t e c h nology professionals to work in their field in Alberta without having to return to school. The Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta (ASET) is leading the way by waiving all application fees for refugees seeking to become members and attain their professional designations such as certified engineering technologists. The ASET fee waiver recognizes many applicants who are refugees from countries in crisis are also suffering significant economic hardship. These fees, for the
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Ukrainian refugee Mila Wagner, pictured with her three-yearold son Nikita in Ukraine came to Alberta in 2016 with multiple engineering technology degrees that were not recognized in the Canadian market.
application, prior learning assessment and recognition and the ASET professional practice exam and certification exam can cost up to almost $1,000 per member over time. ASET previously pio-
neered a competencybased assessment program in 2016 designed to offer foreign-trained and other engineering technology professionals a faster route to establishing careers. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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