Pal is a civil engineering graduate of the Royal Military College of Canada. He served 32 years
as a Royal Canadian Engineer officer with the Canadian Armed Forces. Service highlights
included:
 Leading the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering, which establishes and
teaches the best models and practices for military engineering in the Canadian Forces
 Serving as the Dean and Deputy Commandant of the Canadian Army Command and
Staff College, and
 Commanding combat and construction engineers deployed with United Nations and
NATO forces on two operational deployments to the Balkans, in1992 and 1997
respectively, providing combat and infrastructure engineering support to partner nations
Upon retirement from the Forces sin 2015, Pal joined the Association of Professional Engineers
and Geoscientists of Alberta as the Director of Professional Practice responsible for
establishing, enforcing, and advising on standards of practice for the professions of engineering
and geoscience
A P.Eng. since 2000, he has been licensed in three provinces: New Brunswick, Alberta and
Nova Scotia. In February 2020, Pal became Engineers Nova Scotia’s CEO & Registrar
responsible for the regulation of the engineering profession in Nova Scotia.