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Alexandra Smofsky, Geoscientist-in-Training (G.I.T.)
Earlier this month, I coordinated and took part in the 21st Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management course in Toronto. The course, provided by GOwen Environmental and The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), is a five-day professional development course on the theory and application of soil, sediment and groundwater characterization and remediation techniques.
As a recent graduate and Geoscientist-in-Training, this course provided me with a great opportunity to further my knowledge and advance my career aspirations in environmental site assessment, risk management, and remediation.
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CIM
For those who missed this year's CIM Convention in Vancouver, you can access the 2016 presentations online. Please click here for more information.
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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.
Government of Ontario
Ontario is supporting a groundbreaking research proposal that will help lead to future mining innovations and create jobs in the North.
The province's Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation is investing $5 million over seven years to support Laurentian University in its proposal to form a research consortium to better understand how and where base and precious metal deposits formed. This research could lead to improved success in finding ore bodies for future mining development.
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Northern Ontario Business
The Ministry of Labour will enforce new regulations on Jan. 1 that Ontario's chief prevention officer expects will make underground mining safer across the province.
George Gritziotis, the province's chief prevention officer and chair of the 15-month Mining Health, Safety and Prevention Review, was in Sudbury recently to announce amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act's regulation 854, which covers mines and mining plants.
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MyKawartha.com
Millbrook's new wastewater treatment plant opened recently, marking the culmination of projects in the Township of Cavan Monaghan designed to upgrade the water and wastewater services in the village.
About five years after the launch of the water and wastewater services project in Millbrook, the Township's mayor, council and representatives from federal and provincial government gathered at 25 Centennial Lane to cut the ribbon and tour the new sewage plant.
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Waterloo Region Record
As part of his visit to Kitchener, James Urban did what he always does: He dug a lot of holes.
Urban is a leading expert on how cities should design, plant and maintain trees, and he's convinced the type and structure of soil is crucial to having healthy trees in any city.
But when he dug into the dirt beside the trees along King Street in downtown Kitchener, he soon came across something that should never be in any soil that harbours trees: Salt.
"I could taste the salt in the dust on my lips," he said during a two-hour talk on urban trees at Kitchener City Hall attended by more than 80 people.
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The Sudbury Star
The city that is home to more than 300 lakes within its borders is experiencing a dry spell.
As a result, Conservation Sudbury is asking city residents to reduce their water consumption by 10 per cent.
In a release, Conservation Sudbury issued what it calls a Level I Low Water Condition for the city, meaning it has identified the potential for water supply problems.
"Since April of this year, the watersheds in and around the City of Greater Sudbury have received significantly lower precipitation compared to the long-term average; this has resulted in reduced flows in most watercourses," the agency said.
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Timmins Press
More than 100 delegates attending the Canadian Land Reclamation Association's conference held in Timmins recently ventured out of the meeting rooms at the McIntyre Arena to learn about the reclamation projects undertaken by Goldcorp and Glencore near the city.
The attendees came from a variety of backgrounds. There were people from mining companies, government ministries, environment remediation consultants and more than a few university students and other academics.
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Mining News
It should not come as a surprise that speculators have jumped head first into this market. The sector has been calling out for a metal or mineral to get excited about after years of poor returns and false hope.
But, while demand for the metal is growing — from car manufacturers to battery producers — not all of the billed supply will be needed.
Those moving into the lithium investment game need a few of the fundamentals spelt out.
First, one lithium product is not the same as another.
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