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GeoNiagara 2021 — Creating a sustainable and smart future

The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) in collaboration with the Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH-CNC) invite you to GeoNiagara 2021, the 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and the 14th...

source: Hosted by CGS & IAH-CNC

Ontario launching new Junior Exploration Program

Ontario is launching a new cost-sharing program to help junior mining companies finance early mineral exploration. Through the Ontario Junior Exploration Program (OJEP), junior mining companies can apply for up to $200,000 in funding per project to cover 50 per cent...

source: Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines

Call for nominations — PDAC 2022 Awards

Nominate an individual, team or company for their outstanding achievements in the Canadian and international mineral and mining industry by Sept. 10, 2021.

source: Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada

Insurance Bureau of Canada statement following federal government's launch of new intake for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

The federal government launched a new intake for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF). Following the announcement, Craig Stewart, Vice-President, Federal Affairs, Insurance Bureau of...

source: Insurance Bureau of Canada

Ontario launches new youth environment council

The Ontario Government is creating a new youth environment council, to provide young Ontarians in grades nine to 12 with more opportunities to share their insights and ideas on climate change and other key environmental issues impacting the province’s future. Ontario...

source: Government of Ontario

Guelph council supports annexation of Dolime Quarry

City council has passed another hurdle into bringing Dolime Quarry into city limits. At its meeting recently, city council unanimously approved a proposal that would see the quarry annexed into Guelph. This comes as part of an agreement, first announced in 2019, that would...

source: The Star

McKenna: Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada facing climate change and environmental...

source: CTV News

Sudbury researchers look for innovative ways to rehabilitate old aggregate sites

A group of Sudbury post-secondary academic researchers are teaming up to explore various new ways of environmentally restoring abandoned aggregate pits in northeastern Ontario over the next three years. A combined Collège...

source: Northern Ontario Business

Province pours $7.9 million into forestry, mining in northeastern Ontario

The provincial government announced more than $7.9 million in funding recently to support the forestry and mining sectors in northeastern Ontario. The money will support 16 different projects and create and maintain 112 jobs...

source: Sudbury Star

Study highlights long road toward gender parity in the geosciences

Women and people of colour remain underrepresented along every step of the tenure track in every academic field in the United States. As a new MIT study shows, progress toward equitable representation for women in academia will require...

source: MIT News

Scientists aim to build a detailed seafloor map by 2030 to reveal the ocean's unknowns

Marine scientists often feel like they’re fumbling in the dark. The global ocean covers about 71 per cent of our planet and is central to life as it exists on Earth. But only about 20 per cent of the seafloor has been...

source: The Conversation

An iceberg may have initiated a submarine landslide

In August 2018, Alex Normandeau was on a research cruise in the Southwind Fjord of Canada’s Baffin Island, attempting to study landslides on the seafloor. Normandeau, a research scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, NS, was aboard the CCGS...

source: Eos

Canada releases National Issues Report on climate change adaptation

Communities across the country are experiencing the impacts of climate change, from extreme events such as wildfires, flooding and heat waves to rising sea levels, melting ice and permafrost, highlighting the need for adaptation action...

source: Government of Canada

Most Canadian cities not prepared to cope with climate change

Scientists are increasingly able to attribute extreme weather events to the influence of climate change. Flooding is Canada’s most costly and common climate change risk, and cities are most vulnerable since people and property are...

source: University of Waterloo

Ottawa Riverkeeper wants your help to map and track changes in watershed health

The Ottawa Riverkeeper is on the lookout for changes in the health of the Ottawa River and is asking the community to play a role by submitting photos of the watershed in an effort to help create a land use map. The 1,300-kilometre...

source: Ottawa Citizen

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GeoNiagara 2021 — Creating a sustainable and smart future

Ontario launching new Junior Exploration Program

Call for nominations — PDAC 2022 Awards

Insurance Bureau of Canada statement following federal government's launch of new intake for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund

Ontario launches new youth environment council

Guelph council supports annexation of Dolime Quarry

McKenna: Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund

Sudbury researchers look for innovative ways to rehabilitate old aggregate sites

Province pours $7.9 million into forestry, mining in northeastern Ontario

Study highlights long road toward gender parity in the geosciences

Scientists aim to build a detailed seafloor map by 2030 to reveal the ocean's unknowns

An iceberg may have initiated a submarine landslide

Canada releases National Issues Report on climate change adaptation

Most Canadian cities not prepared to cope with climate change

Ottawa Riverkeeper wants your help to map and track changes in watershed health

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