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PGO
A big thanks to all our conference speakers, members, Geoscientists Canada’s delegates and other stakeholders for joining us at our 17th Annual General Meeting and Conference. Thank you for making this year’s event a success.
The PGO gratefully acknowledges TD Insurance for their sponsorship of the 2019 reception and Hub International Limited for its sponsorship of the conference session on "Review of Work Prepared by Another Professional Geoscientist." See some photos of the event here.
| PGO thanks its 2018-2019 President, Zen Keizars and Outgoing Councillors
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Being on Council means a strong commitment to serve. PGO would like to acknowledge and thank Zen Keizars, P.Geo., 2018-2019 President (who continues to serve on Council as Past President) and Council members (listed below) whose terms ended in June 2019. Thank you for your leadership and hard work to ensure we continue to safeguard our mandate of protecting the public.
• Christine Vaillancourt, P.Geo., Past President
• Françoise Campbell, P.Geo., Central Regional Councillor
• Renée-Luce Simard, P.Geo., North East Regional Councillor
• Bronwyn Azar, P.Geo., Councillor-at-Large
• Shelly Cuddy, P.Geo., Councillor-at-Large
• Bradley Leonard, P.Geo., Lieutenant Governor in Council Member Appointee
• John McBride, P.Geo., North West Regional Councillor
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PGO would like to welcome the following members of Council whose terms start in June 2019.
• Scott McLean, P.Geo. – Vice President
• Melanie Siewert, P.Geo. – Councillor-at-Large
• Robert Hearst, P.Geo. – Councillor-at-Large
• John Ryder, P.Geo. – Councillor-at-Large
• Lesley Weston, P.Geo. – Regional Councillor, North West Region
• Tafa Gomwe, P.Geo. – Regional Councillor, North East Region
• Mark Goldie, P.Geo. – Regional Councillor, Central Region
For a complete list of 2019-2020 Council members, please see - https://www.pgo.ca/about/council
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| Message from the PGO President, Milan Situm, P.Geo.
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Greetings to all members. The attendance was very good for the AGM, which is much appreciated. We were also host to the Geoscientists Canada's AGM, which was enlightening and productive.
I was asked just before the AGM regarding what challenges does PGO face this coming year. I have the benefit of perspective after being on council for over a decade and the past challenges. It's interesting that the more things change the more they stay the same. For example, great strides have been made regarding Enforcement and Compliance (E & C) but it is always a relentless pursuit. There is always hope we can make a difference in government policy and I am pleased to say we probably have made greater strides in the past year than we have made in the previous 5 (more likely 10 years) and we want to keep this rolling. Finally, governance which never ends simply because it is all about making what we do better.
Summer is tomorrow so enjoy your field work and vacations. Work and play safe.
See you soon.
Regards,
Milan Situm, P.Geo.
PGO
PGO’s Award Panel is pleased to announced this year’s recipient of the Award of Merit — Dr. James M. Frankin. This award is given to a deserving individual member who, during the course of their career, has made significant contributions to the geoscience profession. Dr. Franklin’s countless achievements and generosity in sharing knowledge and educating both geoscientists and the public made him highly deserving of this recognition. Congratulations, Dr. Franklin! Read more about Dr. Franklin.
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Congratulations to our GIT member, Aaron Curtis whose submission got the most votes to win this year’s photo competition. The photo was taken during a mineral exploration work in Greenland. See the winning photo here.
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Each year, Geoscientists Canada solicits nominations from its constituent associations for the Fellow of Geoscientists Canada (FGC) designation. PGO is pleased to recognize four geoscientists who made signification contributions to the work of the organization. Congratulations to Anthony R. Lotimer, P.Geo., Christine Vaillancourt, P.Geo., Peter Diorio, P.Geo. and Doug Cater, P.Geo.
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PGO was pleased to provide its members a full-day conference along with the AGM. The conference and presentations were well received and attended. A big thank you to our stellar line-up of speakers whose presentations greatly inspired and informed. See our 2019 speakers...
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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
What are the soft skills required to succeed in the mining industry? Industry professionals are encouraged to find out during a two-day symposium being held in Sudbury this Oct. 9-11.
The goal of the Mining Engagement Conference for Advancement (MECA) is to "create a working environment where people can take positive action to further their personal advancement and contribute to the growth of the organization as a whole."
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Elliot Lake Today
Cambrian College in Sudbury has received $1.75 million in federal funding along with the prestigious title of being a Technology Access Centre (TAC) for its expertise in mining research and techology.
The money is being allocated over a five-year period through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) for the creation of the college's new Centre for Smart Mining.
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CBC News
City of Ottawa officials had a new tool at their disposal during this spring's flooding: A mapping program that showed the danger each additional centimetre of water could pose to buildings and infrastructure.
Laila Gibbons, director of roads and parking services, said the predictive mapping tool contributed to the decision to declare a state of emergency after the Ottawa River Regulation and Planning Board released its forecast in late April.
"When we put [the forecast] into our mapping program to see what that was going to look like, there are some areas across the city that were actually going to see [damage] beyond the one-in-100-year or the one-percent storm," Gibbons said.
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Windsor Star
Windsor Salt mine workers struck gold by taking top prize at the province's annual mine rescue competition.
For the first time in 40 years, mine rescue volunteers from K+S Windsor Salt Ojibway Mine walked away wearing gold hard hats after winning the weeklong Ontario Mine Rescue challenge.
The 70th
annual competition, at Newmont Goldcorp's Red Lake Gold Mines in Red Lake, ON, tested eight teams on firefighting skills, first-aid response, use of emergency equipment, and decision-making ability in a simulated emergency situation.
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Northern Ontario Business
Kidd Operations has confirmed it is investing a lot of time and effort to try to find a way to extend the life of the massive underground Glencore Kidd copper-zinc mining complex in Timmins.
Mark Furlotte, Kidd Operations general manager, responded to Northern Ontario Business and Sudbury Mining Solutions Journal to reveal the company has set up exploration drilling to target mineral zones deeper than three kilometres.
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Canadian Mining Journal
The land package containing Red Pine Exploration's Wawa gold project hosts numerous historic mines that in their heyday produced more than 120,000 oz. of gold.
The largest gold deposit Red Pine has identified so far on the property, two kilometres southeast of the town of Wawa, is called Surluga, and recently the company updated a 2015 resource estimate, and marked an increase in grade, quality and continuity of the gold zones.
The new resource also supports a shift from an open pit development plan to a high grade underground model, the company says.
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Advocator
NASA's Mars InSight lander and Curiosity rover have been doing a lot of skygazing and they sent back some pretty impressive images of clouds.
It's already a known fact that it doesn't rain on Mars, but CNET writes that we might be a little closer to figuring out how can this cold Red Planet have such interesting cloudy days.
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