The Northwest Territories and Nunavut Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists (NAPEG) has two objects set out under the Acts in order that the interests of the public may be served and protected. 

The objects are:  (a) to regulate the practices of professional engineering and professional geoscience and to govern the professions in accordance with the Acts and the By-Laws; and (b) to establish and maintain standards of knowledge, skill, care and professional ethics among NAPEG members and licensees.