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By Paul Hubley, P.Geo., Chair
On behalf of the PGO Conference Planning Committee and staff, I am pleased to present the PGO 2020 Virtual Symposium, engaging participants from Ontario, Canada and around the world with four sessions delivered online on June 30, July 7, July 14 and July 21.
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PGO
PGO is inviting nominations from its licensees for this year’s Award of Merit. This is an excellent opportunity to recognize a peer who embodies excellence in geoscience profession and commitment to public safety. The geoscience community has many such deserving P.Geo.’s. This is your chance to put a spotlight on them. Send in your nomination by May 29, 2020.
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GeoscienceINFO via YouTube
This is part two of GeoscienceINFO’s six part series, "Why Geoscience is Important.” See it here.
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Government of Ontario
Here is the Ontario government’s recent regulation covering the reopening of certain businesses. Please note section 10 as follows which allows for:
"Construction to prepare a site for an institutional, commercial, industrial or residential development, including any necessary excavation, grading, roads or utilities infrastructure."
Office of the Premier
In anticipation of a controlled, incremental plan for returning to work, the Ontario government recently published a set of health and safety guidelines for a large list of sectors including the mining industry. View the complete list here.
Office of the Premier
The Ontario government has been actively working with federal and municipal governments, First Nations partners, and non-governmental organizations to prepare and respond to any flooding situation across the province during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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IAH
The latest issue includes reports from the “Future and Frontiers of Hydrogeology” working group and the Pan-African Groundwater Program.
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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.
Northern Ontario Business
A number of mining companies in Greater Sudbury and across Northern Ontario are going to greater depths to screen their employees for symptoms of COVID-19.
Mines have been deemed essential services, and while a number of companies have suspended operations for the time being, others have taken measures to prevent the spread of the virus, like limiting the number of staff on crews.
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CBC News
Northern Ontario First Nations want the province to put a hold on mining exploration permits and pause the operation of a system that allows for the remote staking of mining claims while they deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
Neskantaga Chief Chris Moonias said all the band resources of his community of 300 people, which sits about 400 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, are stretched thin on COVID-19 prevention and preparation work.
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The Chatham Voice
Solutions to the Erie Shoreline flood and erosion problems will have to be solved with resilience, not in-water structures, consultant Peter Zuzek pointed out at a recent meeting.
The Chatham-Kent Lake Erie Shoreline Study, prepared by Zuzek Inc., was released recently, detailing anticipated risks and coastal hazards due to climate change.
Council recently held a virtual meeting to go over the report with Zuzek and answer questions from the public.
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Eos
The video shot in the summer of 2016 is grisly.
In it, Mark Mattson, co-founder of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, displays materials skimmed from the Toronto harbor, which lies along the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario.
As his small boat bobs in the water, he lays them on a wooden oar: slimy condoms, tampons, and wet naps. And he points to a likely culprit: the millions of gallons of raw sewage that are dumped into the harbor and Lake Ontario after big rainstorms.
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Greenhouse Canada
For plants, phosphorus (P) is a crucial component of nucleic acids, phospholipids and intermediates in many metabolic pathways, and is involved in the control of cell signaling pathways in response to developmental and environmental cues. Inorganic P (Pi), taken up by plants in a form known as orthophosphate, is often the major nutrient limiting plant development and yield.
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inthehammer.com
The City of Hamilton is looking to address the water quality of all of the city's watercourses on a full-time basis.
Despite a report on the Chedoke Creek sewage spill that recommends no remediation of the watercourse is required, Hamilton is looking to hire an expert that will devise a more formal approach to protecting water quality across the city.
The report was in front of City Council at their recent virtual meeting.
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Cabin Radio
Disruption brought on by the pandemic is raising concern about the future of long-term research into climate change risk and wilderness management, and how those projects can be maintained. In the NWT, the summer of research usually starts in May and continues through to September or the early winter months. It is an important period — many projects rely on data only available when the temperature rises, while weather conditions make it easier to reach research stations and field locations.
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MINING.COM
Russia is questioning a U.S.-proposed global legal framework for mining on the moon, saying the document would have to be examined thoroughly to make sure it complies with international laws before is officially proposed.
The draft agreement, called the Artemis Accords, would be the latest effort to attract allies to the U.S. National Space Agency’s (NASA) plan to place humans and space stations on the celestial body within the next decade.
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