This message was sent to ##Email## To advertise in this publication please click here October 13, 2022 To view email in web browser, click here. .NEWS Understanding your Secondary Professional Liability Insurance PGO PGO is one of the participating regulators in Engineers Canada’s Secondary Professional Liability Insurance Program. As such, PGO registrants in good standing automatically have Secondary Professional Liability Insurance. This unique program protects both you and the public in numerous scenarios involving whistleblowing, retirement, intellectual property, data loss, mentorship, and more. To learn more about the program, coverage amounts, and other benefits available to you, please visit the Engineers Canada website.  Recording of Q & A Session on PGO Knowledge Requirement Available Online PGO Big thanks to Eilidh Lewis, P.Geo., Acting Registrar, for conducting an online Q & A session on PGO’s knowledge requirements. The recording is available on demand online until Oct. 31, 2022. We thank all attendees for joining us. Coming up next is an online session on Change of Designation from GIT to P.Geo. in January of 2023. We will announce it in Field Notes and post the information on our EVENTS page at www.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. Getting Nature on the Balance Sheet: Recognizing the Financial Value Provided by Natural Assets in a Changing Climate Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre), University of Waterloo This paper calls for the recognition of the financial value provided by natural assets and argues for a revamp of accounting rules to safeguard natural resilience. READ MORE ASHRAM RARE EARTH AND FLUORSPAR DEPOSIT — GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY — A Long Term Potential Supply for Global REE Demand CIM Toronto In-person Luncheon Series hosted by CIM Toronto Oct. 20, 2022 at 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. EDT The global demand for the REE’s continues to increase at a significant rate, as the world looks to transition away from dependency on fossil fuels, and towards renewable energy sources and overall the electrification of transport. READ MORE Ontario Geological Survey Virtual Showcase 2022 Ontario Geological Survey Oct. 25 to 27, 2022 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. EST The Ontario Geological Survey (OGS) is pleased to present the OGS Virtual Showcase 2022. This virtual event will consist of three half-days of technical presentations by staff of the OGS to provide updates on current OGS projects and activities happening across the province, as well as demonstrations of resources to support mineral exploration. Join us virtually this Oct. 25-27, 2022! READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by SGS Canada Inc. SGS delivers unparalleled geochemistry services across the entire mining life cycle SGS global network provides you with a range of unparalleled geochemical analysis around the world! Gain a competitive edge with SGS’ globally recognized on-site laboratory services .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. Province provides $3.5 million for northern Ontario businesses CTV News The province unveiled money for the mining, manufacturing, digital economy and forestry sectors in North Bay and Mattawa recently. In Nipissing area, the Ontario government said it is providing more than $3.5 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) for nine projects. READ MORE Renewed effort promised to remediate Long Lake Gold tailings Sudbury News There is a renewed effort in the works to get the old Long Lake Gold property in Sudbury cleaned up and rehabilitated. That's based on a recent letter from Ontario Mines Minister George Pirie to Nickel Belt MPP France Gélinas. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Become the Leader of Tomorrow The Master of Earth and Energy Resources Leadership at Queen’s University is training the next generation of leaders for the natural resource industry. Through part-time delivery and courses accessed online, you can continue working from anywhere in the world while earning your degree. Applications are now open for 2022. LEARN MORE Going digital for wastewater plans On-Site Magazine Toronto’s Ashbridges Bay Treatment Plant is one of Canada’s largest and oldest wastewater treatment plants, servicing approximately 1.6 million residents. The century-old facility discharges treated effluent into Lake Ontario through an existing one-kilometre-long outfall that dates back to 1947. READ MORE UWindsor undergrad cuts research costs with DIY erosion sensors Great Lakes Echo A University of Windsor graduate student is busy pulling handmade devices out of lakes in a small Ontario township. The devices, tied to cement blocks and submerged under about three feet of water, help student Abigail Carswell and other researchers understand how boat wakes erode the shoreline in Muskoka Lakes, a community about 145 miles north of Toronto. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Earth Sciences at McMaster University The School of Earth, Environment & Society (SEES) at McMaster offers exciting learning opportunities in the earth and environmental sciences, with opportunities for accreditation with the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO). SEES offers world class facilities, a multidisciplinary research environment and field, laboratory and modeling opportunities. Learn more LEARN MORE These plants soak up nutrients from manure. They may make feedlot water clean enough to drink CBC News On a feedlot in central Alberta, nearly 100 kilometres northeast of Calgary, researchers gathered to watch as floating islands were launched onto a pond created by runoff water. To people driving past on a nearby dirt road, it might not look like much. READ MORE 'Beginning of a great clash': Controversy over Canada's last copper smelter highlights bumpy green transition Financial Post For years, the residents of Rouyn-Noranda, QC, a picturesque city of 42,000, some 630 kilometres northwest of Montreal, have contemplated the twin smokestacks that simultaneously nourish and poison their community. 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READ MORE Nitrate transport velocity data in the global unsaturated zones Scientific Data Nitrate pollution in groundwater, which is an international problem, threatens human health and the environment. It could take decades for nitrate to transport in the groundwater system. When understanding the impacts of this nitrate legacy on water quality, the nitrate transport velocity (vN) in the unsaturated zone (USZ) is of great significance. READ MORE AI predicts physics of future fault slip in laboratory earthquakes Los Alamos National Laboratory An artificial-intelligence approach borrowed from natural-language processing — much like language translation and auto-fill for text on your smartphone — can predict future fault friction and the next failure time with high resolution in laboratory earthquakes. 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