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2021 Symposium Spotlight: Avoiding Disaster — The Case for Building a Stronger Future by Including Diversity in Decision Making
PGO
Panel Session A — April 20, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Co-chaired by Kristin Hanson, P.Geo. and Mary-Anne Hildebrandt, P.Geo., this session features accomplished leaders who will outline real life disasters and how they could have been mitigated through inclusion of greater diversity in key decisions and provide real-world examples of the crisis our profession is facing due to a lack of diversity and inclusion. Register online for this session or for the full Symposium by March 26, 2021 to get the early bird rate.
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Reminder: 2020 CPD Reporting Deadline — March 31, 2021
PGO
A reminder to all full practicing and limited registrants that the deadline to submit your 2020 CPD hours is March 31, 2021. If you have filed your hours in another jurisdiction you are not required to file them with PGO, but we do require you to tell us that you have filed in another jurisdiction by logging into your account on our website, and going to the CPD reporting page. If you are a newly registered P.Geo., you do not have to submit CPD hours for your first year of registration.
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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.
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.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.
Exploring Options for Your Future Career in Hydrogeology Webinar
International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
March 8, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. MDT
Geoscientists hold many positions in hydrogeology. Career opportunities include roles in academia, federal government, state government, regulatory agencies, environmental consulting companies, and policy making. Our panelists will introduce you to careers in these areas, answer your questions, and offer advice in preparation for a career in hydrogeology.
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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.
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Water Risks in the Mining Sector: Why they matter to business?
Responsible Mining Foundation
March 17, 2021 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CET
This year’s World Water Day on March 22, 2021 will focus on the theme "Valuing Water." This focus extends beyond issues of pricing to include the environmental, social and cultural value people place on water. The mining sector has a key role to play in contributing to good global water management and supporting the objectives of the UN Sustainable Development Goals by working collaboratively with stakeholders.
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.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.
Speakers announced for mining health and safety conference
Sudbury Star
On April 14, Workplace Safety North expects to host 500 online attendees at its annual mining health and safety conference.
The event brings together Ontario’s mining industry to share knowledge and innovations regarding safety programs and hazards specific to mining. Usually, the three-day event, which takes place in Sudbury, is sold out, but this year the conference is being offered as a one-day online conference free to the industry.
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Groups ask for pause to Ring of Fire work until plans in place for clean water, peatlands
National Observer
A coalition of Indigenous and environmental organizations is calling on the Canadian and Ontario governments to impose an “immediate moratorium” on all mineral exploration or impact assessment work related to the Ring of Fire region.
A dozen organizations, including the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) and the Omushkegowuk Women's Water Council (OWWC), have penned an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and provincial leaders asking for the pause.
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UWindsor researchers using $1 million grant to help predict harmful algal blooms
Windsor Star
University of Windsor researchers have received more than $1 million to collect data and lay the groundwork for establishing an early-warning system to protect water treatment systems in Southwestern Ontario and potentially around the globe.
The data pulled from Lake Erie will help scientists better understand and predict development of harmful algal blooms that can compromise drinking water in the region.
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Unusual earthquakes highlight central Utah volcanoes
University of Utah
If you drive south through central Utah on Interstate 15 and look west somewhere around Fillmore, you’ll see smooth hills and fields of black rock. The area is, aptly, named the Black Rock Desert. It may not look like much, but you’re looking at some of Utah’s volcanoes.
A pair of earthquake sequences, in September 2018 and April 2019, focused scientists’ attention on the Black Rock Desert.
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What's the coldest Earth has ever been?
EarthSky
For much of its history, our planet has been hotter — sometimes much hotter — than it is today. But our planet has also been colder. Scientists may never know which period in our planet’s 4.54-billion-year history was the absolute coldest, but research has revealed a few contenders. All of these periods have been identified as ancient ice ages.
Some of the coldest conditions struck over two billion years ago, after the rise of atmospheric oxygen.
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