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.NEWS
PGO Office Will be Closed Between Christmas and New Years
PGO
Please note that the PGO office will be closed for the Christmas and New Year season, commencing 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 and reopening at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. On behalf of the PGO Staff and Volunteers, including Council and Committee Members, I would like to extend best wishes to all of you for a safe and joyful Christmas season and for the coming New Year.
Tony Andrews, CEO
Professional Geoscientists Ontario
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Mark your calendar! PGO 2021 Virtual Conference
PGO
April 20, 22, 27 and 29, 2021
More information will be posted soon.
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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.
Federal government introduces UNDRIP legislation
Fasken
The federal government recently tabled Bill C-15. Bill C-15 is the federal government’s response to calls to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP” or the “Declaration”) as a framework for reconciliation in Canada. The Bill will now proceed through the legislative process, where it may be subject to changes as it is debated further.
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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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AME Remote Roundup
AME Roundup
Jan. 18-22, 2021
Remote Roundup 2021 is the virtual debut of the annual AME Roundup conference. Leading through the change caused by the global pandemic, we are going virtual to safely facilitate one of the largest gatherings of the global exploration industry.
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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.
Indigenous youth are learning to become water treatment operators in northern Ontario
CBC News
A Canadian Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has teamed up with a council of six First Nations in northeastern Ontario with the aim of training young Indigenous people to become water treatment plant operators.
Canadian Water First Education & Training Inc. will help to deliver a drinking water treatment and environmental water science internship program for young Indigenous adults.
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New study helps pinpoint when Earth's plate subduction began
University of California – San Diego
A new study from scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the University of Chicago sheds light on a hotly contested debate in Earth sciences: when did plate subduction begin?
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Hawai'i researchers kept the data flowing during crisis response on Kilauea
Seismological Society of America
The summer 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano on the Island of Hawai’i was one of the most significant in the volcano’s history, collapsing a large portion of the summit caldera, erupting massively from its flank and triggering a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the process. Through it all, scientists at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory were installing new geophysical stations, processing data and making real-time reports to local authorities and neighborhoods.
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Colorado mountains bouncing back from 'acid rain' impacts
University of Colorado at Boulder
A long-term trend of ecological improvement is appearing in the mountains west of Boulder. Researchers from CU Boulder have found that Niwot Ridge — a high alpine area of the Rocky Mountains, east of the Continental Divide — is slowly recovering from increased acidity caused by vehicle emissions in Colorado’s Front Range.
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