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"Like my colleagues who are actively involved in the Mentoring Program, mentoring has provided me with an experience that is more rewarding than I could have expected. I want to share that same experience with others by encouraging members to join the APGO Mentoring Program."
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APGO
While APGO welcomes experienced members to volunteer as mentors, the Mentoring Program is particularly short of experienced geophysicists. We currently have mentees who need to be matched with experienced mentors specializing in geophysics. If you are interested, please contact Marilen Miguel at mmiguel@apgo.net.
APGO
APGO has lined up free professional development opportunities for its members via the Webinar Series. Check out the APGO's events page for details. The Association will be adding topics to the webinar listing as they become available.
Ontario's Ministry Of Environment and Climate Change
Get detailed information on the proper use of the Environmental Activity and Sector Registry (EASR) for the water-taking sector. This guide applies to water takings for road construction purposes and water taking for construction site dewatering.
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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.
Laurentian University
David Harquail has announced that his family foundation is making a $10 million investment to support Laurentian University's Department of Earth Sciences and its Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC). The University's Board of Governors has unanimously decided to honour the Harquail family by renaming the Department of Earth Sciences as the Harquail School of Earth Sciences and associate ongoing MERC efforts with the Harquail name. A celebration of the Harquail family's generosity will be held in the coming weeks.
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CBC News
The mineral exploration community is welcoming news of a major mining research project.
Laurentian University has announced it's starting a seven-year initiative called Metal Earth.
The goal is to figure out more precisely where ore deposits are, making exploration less costly for companies. The president of the Sudbury Prospectors and Developers Association, Joshua Bailey, says it's great to see more than $100 million being spent on mining research.
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CIM
The CIM community recently responded to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Proposed Rule to revise the property disclosure requirements for mining companies.
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2016 Natural Channels Conference Presentation — Niagara Falls
Not a full-time geomorphologist?
No problem — this survey is for anyone interested in "Natural Channel" systems.
As a contribution to the 2016 Natural Channels Conference, the purpose of this survey is to gauge the role of Geomorphology in the science and application of "Natural Channel" assessment and stream corridor rehabilitation. The issue of professional regulation is also considered. While the focus is on applied geomorphology in Ontario, respondents from elsewhere in Canada and internationally are encouraged to contribute their perspectives. Everyone is welcome to participate.
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Financial Post
The biggest gold producer is joining forces with an even larger tech giant to drag the traditional world of mining into the new millennium.
Barrick Gold has signed a deal with Cisco Systems for a "digital reinvention" of its global mining operations, the Toronto-based miner said in a statement. The partnership — struck between Barrick Executive Chairman John Thornton and Cisco Chairman John Chambers — will start with the Cortez mine in Nevada.
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News Talk 610 CKTB
Welland is getting $4 million dollars in federal funding for improvements to its water and wastewater systems.
Vance Badawey, MP for Niagara Centre, along with St. Catharines MPP Jim Bradley and Mayor of Welland Frank Campion made the announcement.
The Ontario government is also committing $4 million dollars.
The Edgar & Elgin Area Sewer Separation and Watermain Replacement Project will separate the current combined sewer system into a new sanitary, and storm sewer system.
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The Sudbury Star
Even with only a few years of operation left, the De Beers Victor Mine in the James Bay lowlands area continues to help sustain the Canadian economy with the injection of billions of dollars worth of employment, foreign investment and some of the highest quality gems in the world.
It was all outlined recently when the company produced a special report highlighting the overall importance of diamond mining in Canada.
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Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Almost nothing is left of the Gunnar uranium mine.
What didn't decay after the mine on the north shore of Lake Athabasca was abandoned more than five decades ago was later hauled away as part of a massive — and massively over-budget — clean-up operation.
Patricia Sandberg, whose father and grandfather worked for Gunnar Mining, and who spent eight years of her childhood at the northern Saskatchewan mine, worries it will be forgotten altogether.
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