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Final 2023 Dues Renewal Notice PGO Attention PGO registrants and geoscientists-in-training (GITs), please be advised that the final 2023 Dues Renewal Notice has been sent out via email on Dec. 15, 2022. Please make sure to check your spam folder if you did not see it in your inbox. Again, a reminder, that all annual dues must be received no later than Jan. 1, 2023. A reinstatement fee of $207.64 will be charged on payments received on or after Jan. 16, 2023. If you have not received the notice at all, please contact PGO at info@pgo.ca. The next NPPE exam dates are April 3 to 5, 2023 PGO Attention Geoscientists-in-Training! Please be advised that the next National Professional Practice Ethics (NPPE) Exam is slated for April 3, 4 and 5, 2023. Please note that the application deadline to write the PPE exam in April 2023 is Feb. 10, 2023. To know more about the PPE exam and how to prepare for it, please click on this page. 2022 CPD reporting deadline is March 31, 2023 PGO A reminder to all Practising and Limited registrants that the online CPD reporting due date for all CPD reports is midnight EST, March 31, 2023. At midnight EST on March 31, the ability to report CPD hours for the year 2022 closes. To find out more about what qualifies a CPD activity, please read the CPD guideline. .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. Fasken Global Mining Group Seminar Series Fasken Hybrid sessions, March 1 to March 8, 2023 Fasken’s Global Mining Group invites you to attend our series of sessions taking place before and during the PDAC 2023 conference. 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 Report: Value-for-Money Audit: Climate Change Adaptation: Reducing Urban Flood Risk (2022) Office of the Auditor General of Ontario This report is part of a series of value-for-money audits conducted by the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario, which was released on Nov. 30, 2022. Read the report by clicking on this link. .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. Canada places big bets on critical minerals MINING.COM Canada is blessed with an abundance of fossil fuels — oil, natural gas and coal. But as the developed world tries to wean itself off of fossil fuels — largely through electrification — it is expected the demand for Canada’s fossil fuels will eventually decline, while demand for critical minerals and metals is projected to grow sixfold by 2040. READ MORE  PRODUCT SHOWCASE Leadership in the Resource Sector The Master of Earth and Energy Resources Leadership at Queen’s University is training future leaders in the natural resource industry. Through part-time delivery and interdisciplinary courses accessed primarily online, you can continue working from anywhere in the world while earning your degree. Visit our website today to learn more. LEARN MORE Canada has dozens of critical minerals. Here are the key ones and how they are used Global News Canada’s new billion-dollar plan to boost its critical minerals sector will focus on six particular materials that are crucial components of electric vehicles, clean energy technologies and more. READ MORE Jonathan Wilkinson douses some of the hype around Ontario's Ring of Fire calling it a 'challenging space' Financial Post Natural Resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson described the Ring of Fire region in northern Ontario as a “particularly challenging space” for future mining projects, adding to the uncertainty over whether a rich source of mineral deposits will ever be developed in a meaningful way. 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 Professional Geoscientists Ontario (PGO). SEES offers world class facilities, a multidisciplinary research environment and field, laboratory and modeling opportunities. Learn more LEARN MORE Future of Oro Moraine hangs in the balance, says naturalist Orillia News A crash course on the Oro Moraine’s history, and its precarious future, were the main streams of conversation recently at Jarratt Community Hall. Organizers had to bring in extra chairs at the Oro-Medonte Township hall to handle the interest. READ MORE Climate change affecting Christmas tree farms across Canada, experts say CBC News The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms across Canada, with one forestry expert and the head of the Canadian Christmas Tree Association saying the sector, which is already undergoing shifts, will need to adapt further. READ MORE  SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Quantec Geoscience Limited Discover more about your property sooner and make more informed decisions regarding drill targeting with deep imaging technologies like TITAN, ORION 3D and SPARTAN MT. View - DISCOVER MT – part of Quantec's informative DISCOVER MORE tutorials. The latest growing technology for deep resistivity imaging is MT. This one-hour session provides an excellent overview of this key exploration tool. Scientists: Biodiversity goals predicated on protection of peatlands Timmins News As the United Nations biodiversity conference draws near, dozens of scientists from 13 countries are calling for protection of the world’s waterlogged, carbon-rich peatlands, a quarter of which exist within Canada’s borders and are threatened by development. READ MORE Fresh understanding of ice age frequency University of Otago A chance find of an unstudied Antarctic sediment core has led University of Otago researchers to flip our understanding of how often ice ages occurred in Antarctica. Lead author Dr Christian Ohneiser, of the Department of Geology, says it turns out they were much more frequent than previously assumed. READ MORE Finding faults deeply stressful Kyoto University The great 2011 earthquake that caused the tsunami in northeastern Japan is still remembered for its destructive power. Also known as the Mw 9.0 Tohoku earthquake, the seismic nature of this calamity was not initially entirely clear. READ MORE Acceleration of a large deep-seated tropical landslide due to urbanization feedbacks Nature Geoscience The movement of large, slow-moving, deep-seated landslides is regulated principally by changes in pore-water pressure in the slope. In urban areas, drastic reorganization of the surface and subsurface hydrology — for example, associated with roads, housings or storm drainage — may alter the subsurface hydrology and ultimately the slope stability. 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