Nova Scotia Institute of Agrologists
Services
Member Services
NSIA publishes a newsletter three times per year which serves to update its members on activities and programs planned in the coming months. It is also used to promote Institute events, report on the organizational decisions of the council and provides information articles on issues facing professionals in the industry.
Membership in NSIA also provides you membership in the Agricultural Institute of Canada.
Educational programs are regularly held for members to update themselves and become better informed on current issues in agriculture. These are held in the form of industry tours, lectures, debates or workshops.
Opportunities such as banquets are provided for members to have an opportunity to network socially.
NSIA provides an Articling Agrologist Program to assist new Agriculturists to meet the requirements for Professional status.
NSIA is currently developing a Professional Development Program to enhance the professional status of its members.
Service to the Agri-Food Industry
Agrologists speak on behalf of agriculture on issues of concern. NSIA, in conjunction with AIC, prepares position papers to articulate the view of professionals in the industry on issues through NSIA council committees on Agricultural Issues and Education and Research. Agrologists are able to provide input to policy development.
NSIA participates in Career Fairs, Agrologists are regularly called on to serve as resource persons at high school career fairs through the province.
In 1993-94 NSIA initiated and conducted an Agricultural Awareness Project in Cumberland County. This presentation is available to Agrologists from the NSIA office.
NSIA awards a $1000 scholarship to a third-year student to encourage students at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and pursue careers in the agri-food industry.
NSIA developed a series of brochures which were distributed through the high school system in Nova Scotia. In addition to serving as general agricultural awareness information these brochures focused on specific issue topics in agriculture: Agriculture and the Environment, Animal Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Safety, Agriculture and Animal Care.
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