This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here January 21, 2021 .NEWS Reminder: PGO is Providing Flexibility on CPD Requirement for 2020 PGO As per the recommendation of the Registration Committee, the PGO Council has made a decision to allow flexibility on the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirement for 2020. Given that the pandemic situation may have made it more difficult for some registrants to meet the 30 CPD hours in a minimum of two of the four categories — Education, Participation, Presentations, and Contribution to Knowledge — the requirement for the year 2020 has been changed to 30 CPD hours total without requiring a minimum of two categories. If this situation affects you, please report all available hours and then submit an application for an exemption, stating that due to COVID, you were not able to complete your hours in more than one category. PGO would like to emphasize that this is a temporary change for 2020 only due to the probable complications arising from the COVID pandemic. If you have any questions regarding your CPD, please contact PGO at info@pgo.ca. .WHAT'S NEW Disclaimer: The events and media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof. Attention Employers! Application for Funding through Canada Summer Jobs Employment and Social Development Canada Deadline to apply for funding: Jan. 29, 2021 Through the Canada Summer Jobs program, the Government of Canada provides employers with wage subsidies to create quality job placements for youth in safe, inclusive and healthy work environments free of harassment and discrimination. READ MORE Virtual Dialogue: Pursuing Co-Benefits to Advance Water Management Canadian Water Network Jan. 26, 2021 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST Despite the future uncertainty of climate change, emerging contaminants, regulatory changes and unforeseen challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, operational decisions in water, wastewater and stormwater management need to be made. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Instrumentation GDD Inc. Instrumentation GDD Inc. is a world leader in high-tech geophysical instrumentation for mining and exploration geophysics. Since 1977, GDD has developed, manufactured and sold a wide range of electromagnetic (EM) and induced polarization geophysical instruments. LEARN MORE Call for Abstracts! GeoNiagara 2021 74th Canadian Geotechnical Conference and 14th Joint CGS/IAH-CNC Groundwater Conference Deadline for submission: Jan. 31, 2021 The GeoNiagara 2021 Local Organizing Committee invites members of the Canadian and international geotechnical and hydrogeological communities to contribute papers for presentation at the conference. READ MORE Build your Adaptation Knowledge through Courses and Resources Natural Resources Canada Over 20 projects are being co-funded through Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) Building Regional Adaptation Capacity and Expertise (BRACE) Program, each focusing on themes such as infrastructure, natural resources, or communities. Projects help engineers, planners and others develop adaptation expertise and skills through courses, workshops and webinars. READ MORE Applied MSc in Mineral Exploration Earn your MSc in Mineral Exploration – Geology in 1-2 years at Laurentian University’s Harquail School of Earth Sciences to upgrade your credentials and your career. LEARN MORE .IN THE MEDIA Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof. Vale confirms multiple seismic events at Creighton Mine CTV News Earthquakes Canada has confirmed at least two earthquakes in the Sudbury-area originated from Creighton Mine. Greater Sudbury lit-up social media recently to affirm the earthquakes that were felt by residents in the city’s south-end, Copper Cliff, Chelmsford, Valley, Flour Mill and New Sudbury areas. READ MORE Ontario asks for feedback on OHSA reporting requirements Canadian HR Reporter Ontario is proposing to streamline written reporting requirements into a single regulation that would apply to all workplaces covered under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA). And stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the proposed changes by Feb. 12, 2021. READ MORE Lithium CEO sees 'evolution' in mining toward green, clean energy future Northern Ontario Business The spread of the global pandemic and other geopolitical events have underscored the importance of international supply chains. A new industry group engaged in the critical minerals side of the Canadian mining industry wants to promote value-added manufacturing opportunities by building a resilient national supply chain that feeds materials to the clean energy, electric vehicle, communications, medical and aerospace sectors. READ MORE Life on Mars? Ancient water in Ontario could help unlock the mystery CTV News Life found in ancient water flowing through a northern Ontario mine could eventually help scientists unlock the mystery about whether there was ever life on Mars, according to a scientist at the University of Toronto. Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a professor of geochemistry, led a team of researchers at the Kidd Creek mine north of Timmins that extracted the oldest sample of water ever found — almost two billion years old — from 2.4 kilometres underground. READ MORE NWMO on track to start first borehole at South Bruce World Nuclear News Construction has been completed at the first of two sites in South Bruce ahead of the start of borehole drilling, Canada's Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) has announced. The boreholes are part of the organization's investigations into the suitability of the site for a geologic repository for used nuclear fuel. READ MORE Northern lakes at risk of losing ice cover permanently, impacting drinking water York University Close to 5,700 lakes in the Northern Hemisphere may permanently lose ice cover this century, 179 of them in the next decade, at current greenhouse gas emissions despite a possible polar vortex this year, researchers at York University have found. Those lakes include large bays in some of the deepest of the Great Lakes, such as Lake Superior and Lake Michigan, which could permanently become ice free by 2055 if nothing is done to curb greenhouse gas emissions or by 2085 with moderate changes. READ MORE UCI researchers: Climate change will alter the position of the Earth's tropical rain belt University of California, Irvine Future climate change will cause a regionally uneven shifting of the tropical rain belt — a narrow band of heavy precipitation near the equator — according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions. This development may threaten food security for billions of people. READ MORE Wetland methane cycling increased during ancient global warming event University of Bristol Wetland methane cycling increased during a rapid global warming event 56 million years ago and could foreshadow changes the methane cycle will experience in the future, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. Wetlands are the dominant natural source of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas which is second only to carbon dioxide in its importance to climate change. READ MORE UW professor leads study that finds physical weathering of rock breakdown more important than previously recognized University of Wyoming Research led by the University of Wyoming shows that physical weathering is far more important than previously recognized in the breakdown of rock in mountain landscapes. Because it is difficult to measure, physical weathering has commonly been assumed to be negligible in previous studies. READ MORE Geologic history written in garnet sand Syracuse University On a beach on a remote island in eastern Papua New Guinea, a country located in the southwestern Pacific to the north of Australia, garnet sand reveals an important geologic discovery. Similar to messages in bottles that have travelled across the oceans, sediments derived from the erosion of rocks carry information from another time and place. 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