As a Professional Agrologist, the Agrologists' Code of Ethics will be the standard of your professional conduct. Professional and Career Development Belonging to the BCIA helps your development and improves your knowledge and proficiency within the profession. Improvement of your professional communication and leadership skills is possible through topic updates at professional meetings and your participating in educational courses and programs. You are better able to keep abreast of agri-food production, processing globalization, the environment and food safety issues. An opportunity is provided to interact with other professionals and disciplines.
Regular communication takes place among Agrologists through business and personal contacts.
Whether you are in the private or public sector, an employee or an entrepreneur, BCIA members represent all facets of the agriculture and food industry, i.e. career opportunities exist in primary production, agri-food business, all levels of government, education and research. You become personally familiar with colleagues working on the leading edge of both technology and policy. Improving the Industry Agrologists contribute to decision making and policy formulation and dissemination through participation in issue analysis, presentation and discussion. AIC is a federation of nine Provincial Institutes of Agrologists and nine Scientific Societies. AIC provides a forum for scientific input into policy decisions relating to agriculture and the agri-food industry, and developing an international presence for Canadian Agrologists.