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IT'S BACK! We're looking for great photos that showcase the different facets of the geoscience profession. Show off your talent and submit a photo to take part in this exciting contest. This year, there will be a vetting process where only selected photos will be able to compete, so make sure to get creative! Click here for more details and instructions.
| The importance of being a Geoscientist-in-Training
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The cumulative impact of APGO's work in creating awareness about the geoscience profession and the importance of professional registration among university students across Ontario has resulted in a significant increase in student membership for the last three years. APGO encourages newly graduated students who are serious about pursuing a career in geoscience to register as a Geoscientist-in-Training as the next step towards achieving the P.Geo. designation. In this issue, we highlight two members, Angela Mae Mason, P.Geo. and Joanna West, GIT, who shared their thoughts on the importance of becoming a Geoscientists-in-Training.
APGO
A new credit course — PLAN 474 / 674 —
Aggregate Resources Planning, Development and Management — was introduced in the Fall term of 2015 at the University of Waterloo as an elective in the School of Planning. The course exposed participants to a variety of topics associated with aggregate resources (sand, gravel and stone), important but contentious issues in planning and resource management in Ontario and elsewhere. It is believed
that PLAN 474 / 674 is the first of its kind in Ontario, and possibly in Canada.
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Thank you Andrea Waldie, P.Geo. and Bill Pearson, P.Geo. for your contributions:
How a geologist designed the perfect app for the window seat (Fast Co. Design) — click here to read full article.
Project to drill into 'dinosaur crater' gets under way (BBC News) — click here to read full article.
Hosted by Toronto Geological Discussion Group
April 19, 2016 from 12:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Goodmans, 333 Bay St., Suite 3400, Toronto, ON
Please click on this link for more information.
To register for the free webcast version of the event, please click on this link.
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Geophysics GPR has a permanent presence in Africa, India and the Middle East. In addition to the engineering applications we have expanded our services in mineral exploration in these areas.
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Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario, or any employee thereof.
Toronto Star
British Columbia's trees could hold the key to identifying promising new mineral deposits hidden across the province.
A provincial science group is set to release the results of an innovative pilot project that samples the tops of trees for trace amounts of precious minerals in order to help mining companies hit pay dirt.
Bruce Madu of Geoscience B.C. says coniferous trees have long been known to pick up metals and other elements from surrounding soil and concentrate them in their twigs, bark and needles.
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Northern Ontario Business
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted that federal support in some form could be announced soon related to the stalled Ring of Fire mineral project.
Trudeau dropped that tidbit of information during a recent visit to Sudbury to announce long-awaited federal funds for Maley Drive, a critical arterial road infrastructure project that's been 30 years in the making.
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CBC News
One year after 18 recommendations were made to improve mine safety in Ontario, the province has moved forward on 11 of them.
An update about the Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review was given to delegates yesterday at a conference underway in Sudbury. The review was started in 2014, after pressure from the United Steelworkers union and the families of two men who died while working in a Sudbury mine.
The Ministry of Labour's mining engineer, Bob Barclay, said some recommendations have led to more discussions.
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HazMat Management
The finance committee of the City of Ottawa recently provided a $15.8 million grant to real estate development firm The Regional Group and eQ Homes. It is the largest ever brownfield grant application approved by the city. The grant comes in the form of tax and fee breaks for the Regional Group that is developing a brownfield site at 175 Main Street in Ottawa.
The brownfield site contains approximately 215,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and the groundwater is also contaminated.
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Northern Ontario Business
The long-term demand for metals is strong. The nearly eight billion people on the planet want new stuff and almost all of it comes from mines. Therefore, the current economic situation is temporary, so long as the industry learns the lessons of the last couple years and is seriously reformed to consistently meet the demand of the global economy; not too hot, not too cold. This is really important to Canada because mining is a really important part of the Canadian economy.
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Kamloops This Week
Mayor Peter Milobar will soon tour towns in Ontario and Quebec with open-pit mines, but it's still not clear who will be joining him.
When council first agreed to send some of its members to Malartic, QC, and Timmins, ON, it agreed only those who were undecided on the proposed Ajax copper and gold mine would go along.
But, as of the recent meeting, none of the undecided councillors have opted to join Milobar, though Coun. Marg Spina said she will reconsider whether she can attend at least part of the tour.
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The Chronicle Journal
The Thunder Bay company developing a potential graphite deposit near Hearst says a recent test shows the "natural" material the deposit may one day produce works just as well as the more costly synthetic variety being widely used.
Zenyatta Ventures says graphite taken from its Albany deposit worked well when it was applied in fuel cells by Vancouver-based Ballard Power Systems.
"Components made from Albany graphite were equivalent to the existing synthetic graphite-made components," said an earlier Zenyatta news release.
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