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Calling all Full, Limited and Temporary licensees! A reminder that the deadline to submit nominations for Council positions is fast approaching. Consider running for a PGO Council position or nominate a peer. Help us spread the word. This is your opportunity to extend your leadership, knowledge and expertise to the body that regulates geoscientists and work with a group of professionals tasked to ensure PGO is focused on standards of practice and protection of the public. Read PGO’s Strategic Plan and see how you can make a difference. Please refer to this link to see positions that are up for election and appointment and consider sharing it with your peers.
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May 6, 2020 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.
In this webinar, labour and employment lawyers from Fasken, an international law firm, will answer frequently asked questions about COVID-19 and how employers in the geoscience sector can prepare, including a discussion of the key employment, health and safety, and government relief issues that may arise.
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Disclaimer: The events and media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof.
APGO Education Foundation
The APGO Education Foundation is pleased to announce the release of a new series of geovideos “Why Geoscience is Important”. These geovideos will outline the six major areas of geoscience that have a major impact on society. These geovideos will be released over the next two months. Read the full press release. Watch Part 1.
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Government of Canada
The government of Canada put in place supports for individuals and businesses experiencing financial hardship as a result of this pandemic. Find out what they are by clicking on this page.
Canadian Urban Institute
The Canadian Urban Institute (CUI), recently developed new platforms to help city builders stay connected to critical information during the COVID-19 crisis. It was created to support quick learning and adaptation at the municipal and community levels during COVID-19. These online platforms are citywatchcanada.ca, citysharecanada.ca and CityTalk Canada.
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Canadian Water Network
June 1-4, 2020, Online
COVID-19 has disrupted business-as-usual and increased Canada’s urgency to connect the dots. As we adapt to a post-pandemic world, sharing knowledge, best practices and perspectives will be critical to effective water management.
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Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof.
Sudbury.com
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has confirmed five more individuals at Lac des Iles Mine (LDI) have tested positive for COVID-19.
This brings the number of infected workers at the remote mine, 90 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay, to six.
Impala Canada said two of these individuals remain at the site in self-isolation, receiving medical care. The other three are at home in self-isolation.
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CIM Magazine
As mining companies continue to make contingency plans for the possible outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic, mine supply companies are finding themselves with less ability to maneuver in this time of crisis and little ability to predict the future of their businesses.
For Paul Bradette, executive director of MineConnect, Ontario’s mining supply and services association, the impact that COVID-19 has had on the mining supply sector in the province has been wildly varied.
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Financial Post
In mid-March, around the time health authorities in Ontario and other parts of Canada started implementing travel and other restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19, Sean Boyd, chief executive of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd., decided a little insurance never hurts.
He drew down $1 billion of a $1.2 billion unsecured credit line, just in case the coronavirus turned out to be worse than expected.
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Orangeville.com
Orangeville is taking steps to correct a procedural error after a well continued to supply water to the town for several days before test results confirming it wasn’t contaminated were received by water operations staff.
That’s one of several issues of non-compliance under Ontario’s Safe Drinking Water Act identified in Orangeville’s 2019 annual water summary report submitted to the Ministry of the Environment, Parks and Conservation (MEPC).
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Global News
The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has issued a flood watch for the Kingston region.
The watch was put in place recently for Lake Ontario and the upper portion of the St. Lawrence River due to elevated water levels. “Higher than normal water levels persist, and further increases are expected,” a CRCA news release said.
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CBC News
For earthquake scientists, having hundreds of millions of people off the streets and out of the skies is providing a bonanza of data about the planet.
All those planes, trains and automobiles that aren't running because of stay-home policies meant to fight the spread of COVID-19 have cut noise pollution in some cities by more than half, allowing seismologists to record sounds from inside Earth they never could before.
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Discover Magazine
Our current global pandemic is something we have not seen in over 100 years. The planet has been effectively shut down as we attempt to rein in the spread of a novel coronavirus that can kill people. It might seem that such a long, rolling crisis like that caused by COVID-19 has no real comparisons in the world of natural disasters (and, really, a pandemic is a natural disaster). However, we can draw comparisons and learn lessons from geologic disasters.
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University of California – Davis
Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet.
The boundary between the liquid iron core and the rocky mantle is located some 1,800 miles (2,900 km) below Earth’s surface. At this transition, the temperature drops by more than a thousand degrees from the hotter core to the cooler mantle.
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