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This year, APGO staff worked diligently with an IT team to develop an easy-to-use and comprehensive online registration tool. This new application makes it possible for applicants to register and submit their credentials digitally, putting an end to previous paper form submissions. To access the application, please click "Apply Online" on the APGO website or click here.
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In the spirit of the holiday season, APGO staff has, for the second year in a row, contributed to the Shoebox Project, a charity that collects and distributes gifts in the form of shoeboxes to women who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness in communities across Canada and the U.S. These shoeboxes will benefit women in crisis in the GTA. APGO wishes everyone a safe and wonderful holiday season.
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RSC: Getting It Right — From Aerials to Zoning
Speakers: Bill Leedham and David Wade
Feb. 21 & 22, 2018
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Guelph Hampton Inn & Suites, Imperial Room B
This comprehensive, two-day workshop will provide an overview of the Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), Risk Assessment (RA) and RSC processes in Ontario, and review common ESA, RA and RSC deficiencies.
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Jan. 15, 2018 in Toronto and Jan. 17, 2018 in Guelph
Don't delay! Register for this free learning event by MOECC in partnership with APGO. Spots are limited.
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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.
Northern Ontario Business
The #DisruptMining competition is once again seeking innovative ideas that could revolutionize the mining industry. Introduced in 2017 by Goldcorp and Integra Gold, #DisruptMining seeks out disruptive ideas that will benefit the industry and comes with a $1 million winner's prize to help accelerate that new technology.
Last year's competition, which was entered by 153 companies, culminated in a pitch event, at which five finalists presented their idea to a panel of judges.
Cementation, a North Bay mine builder, was named a co-winner alongside Kore Geosystems of Toronto.
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The Sudbury Star
By next year, northeastern Ontario will have a better understanding of mining labour force needs.
The Far Northeast Training Board (FNETB) has contracted a consulting firm to research the labour force needs of mining operations, advanced exploration sites and mining supply companies.
Julie Joncas, executive director of FNETB, explained Monday that the information collected will help inform planning for training and employment initiatives so that people looking to enter the mining sector can acquire the skills they'd need.
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Canadian Mining Journal
McEwen Mining of Toronto has set about raising $12.9 million through a bought deal private placement. The proceeds will be used to accelerate exploration at the company's newly acquired Black Fox mine near Timmins. To raise the money, McEwen is issuing 4.0 million flow-through shares priced at $3.22 per share to a syndicate of investors led by Cantor Fitzgerald Canada.
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Waterloo Region Record
Some are calling it a "once in a generation" chance to help guide how Waterloo Region grows and preserves its rural land in the future.
Local environmental groups are celebrating a study by the provincial government that could expand Ontario's protected Greenbelt into Waterloo Region — and they say the next few months will be a critical time to speak up in support.
"This is the piece of the puzzle that was missing," said Kevin Thomason, co-founder of Smart Growth Waterloo Region.
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Bancroft This Week
Bancroft's water and wastewater committee met to discuss ways of making the town's system sustainable and affordable for everyone in the community. During the meeting, CAO Hazel Lambe announced that the town would be receiving $163,000 from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to participate in a wastewater optimization study through the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change. The funds will be used to conduct an extensive review of the wastewater system in Bancroft over the next two years, with the intention of finding greater efficiency in the system.
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Canadian Mining Journal
The Prospectors and Development Association of Canada believes that mineral discovery rates will increase if the type, quality, quantity and accessibility of geoscience data is improved. Toward that end, it has issued the Exploration Assessment Data Digital Format (EADDF), a set of guidelines to address the issue. A national standard for digital assessment report data submission is proposed.
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CBC News
An Arctic expedition could provide details of how far Canada's boundary extends, laying the groundwork for control over any mineral resources on or underneath the Arctic Ocean floor.
A joint Canada-Sweden Expedition used two ice breakers to dredge bedrock and cored sediments from two underwater ridges in the Arctic Ocean — the Lomonosov Ridge and Alpha Ridge — between August and September 2016. An American vessel dredged rocks from a third area called the Nautilus Spur, which is part of the Alpha Ridge.
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