List of public agencies

Accreditation Committee

Treasury Board and Finance

The Accreditation Committee is responsible for overseeing, reviewing and approving the continuing education providers and courses that brokers, agents, and adjusters must attend each year to maintain their licenses. The Committee also approves self-accredited course providers and the allocation of those course credits.

Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations

Immigration and Multiculturalism

The mandate of the Advisory Council on Alberta-Ukraine Relations is to consider opportunities for cooperation and provide advice to the Minister on Alberta-Ukraine initiatives.

Agriculture Financial Services Corporation

Agriculture and Irrigation

The Agriculture Financial Services Corporation provides lending and insurance services as well as compensation programs. The Corporation's core programs and services include loans to beginning farmers, commercial lending, crop insurance, hail insurance and agricultural income stabilization payments. It also delivers other programs and services including loans to developing farmers, disaster loans, loan guarantees and business counseling.

Alberta Agricultural Products Marketing Council

Agriculture and Irrigation

The Agricultural Products Marketing Council advised the Minister on matters related to the establishment, operation and control of the boards and commissions established under the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act. The Council provides assistance and advice to boards and commissions on board governance, leadership, development and strategic and business planning matters. Council facilitates industry-oriented development through enabling legislation and encourages support to research and value-added opportunities and enhanced value-chain relationships.

Alberta Anti-Racism Advisory Council

Immigration and Multiculturalism

The Alberta Anti-Racism Advisory Council provides advice on how to combat racism and how to best implement and evaluate anti-racism action items.

Alberta Assessors' Association - Executive Committee

Advanced Education

The Executive Committee manages and conducts the business and affairs of the Alberta's Assessors' Association and exercises the rights, powers and privileges of the Association in the name and on behalf of the Association. The Committee also reviews disciplinary complaints.

Alberta Assoc. of Architects and the Assoc. of Prof. Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta - Joint Board of Practice

Advanced Education

The operation of the Joint Board of Practice is prescribed by agreement between the Council of the Architects Association and the Council of the Engineers Association. Some items in the agreement include: provisions respecting the assessment of applications for a certificate of authorization under the Architects Act and Engineering and Geoscience Professions Act; provisions respecting recommendations on applications for authority to prepare final drawings for buildings under the Safety Codes Act; and mediating complaints or disputes.

Alberta Association of Architects - Council

Advanced Education

The Council manages and conducts the business and affairs of the Alberta Association of Architects and exercises the powers of the Association in the name and on behalf of the Association.

Alberta Association of Architects - Practice Review Board

Advanced Education

The Practice Review Committee of the Alberta Association of Architects is responsible for the assessment of existing, and the development of new, educational standards and experience requirements that are conditions required to obtain registration under the Architects Act. The Committee may review and make recommendations on the IAP, IID, and Professional Development Programs. The Committee may also conduct a review of the practice of an authorized entity.

Alberta Association of Landscape Architects - Board of Directors

Advanced Education

The Board of Directors manages and conducts the business and affairs of the Alberta Association of Landscape Architects and exercises the rights, powers and privileges of the Association in the name and on behalf of the Association.

Alberta Board of Skilled Trades

Advanced Education

The functions of the Board are to consult with industry and make recommendations to the Minister respecting the designation of trades and the rescission of the designation of trades, to consult with industry respecting standards and requirements for certification in designated trades, any other matters requested by the Minister, and any other matters in respect of which the Board considers it should engage with industry; to advise and make recommendations to the Minister respecting restricted activities and the classes of individuals who may perform them, and any other matter on which the Minister requests the input of the Board; to promote the value of designated trades careers and certification, and any other functions assigned by the regulations.

The Board may make orders specifying the undertakings and activities that fall within a designated trade; establishing standards and requirements for certification in respect of designated trades; recognizing documents issued outside Alberta as being the equivalent of a trade certificate, if the Board considers it appropriate to do so; recognizing the successful completion of education or training, other than an apprenticeship education program or an industry training program, as meeting some or all of the requirements for certification under this Part; respecting other matters in accordance with any additional order-making power conferred on the Board by the regulations.

Alberta Boilers Safety Association

Municipal Affairs

The Alberta Boilers Safety Association is a delegated administrative organization that administers Alberta's pressure equipment safety programs under the Safety Codes Act and has the authority to enforce pressure equipment safety standards.

Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College and Association of Opticians - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Combined Laboratory and X-Ray Technologists - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Occupational Therapists - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Optometrists - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes establishing and enforcing a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Paramedics - Council

Health

The Council of the Alberta College of Paramedics manages and conducts the business and affairs of the College and govern the registered members of the College in accordance with the Act, the regulations and the bylaws in a manner that serves and protects the public interest.

Alberta College of Pharmacy - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Social Workers - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.

Alberta Conservation Association

Environment and Protected Areas

The Alberta Conservation Association is a delegated administrative organization established under the Alberta Wildlife Act to conserve and enhance Alberta's natural biological resources.

Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer

Advanced Education

The Alberta Council on Admissions and Transfer is an advisory agency accountable to the Minister of Enterprise and Advanced Education and, in support of Campus Alberta, responsible for providing advice and guidance regarding post-secondary admission and transfer policy.

Alberta Dental Association and College - Council

Health

Health regulatory bodies are responsible for providing direction to and regulating the practice of their members. This includes the establishment and enforcement of a code of ethics, standards of practice and the requirements for registration and continuing competence.