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Counting down the top 20 articles of 2020 — Part 2
As 2020 comes to a close, PGO would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of Field Notes a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021.
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Disclaimer: The media articles featured in Field Notes do not express or reflect the opinions of Professional Geoscientists Ontario, or any employee thereof.
10. Be a Mentor! Join PGO's Mentoring Program
PGO
From Sept. 24: We encourage experienced professional geoscientists to join PGO’s Mentoring Program. This is an excellent opportunity to give back to the profession by nurturing future geoscientists. Mentoring is considered a CPD activity.
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9. Feds start Ring of Fire environmental assessment
Northern Ontario Business
From Feb. 27: The full weight of Ottawa's new environmental assessment powers will now be applied in the Ring of Fire. Instead of doing a series of one-off individual assessments on the impact of mining and mining-related infrastructure projects, the feds will be carrying out a new and improved Regional Assessment in the Far North mineral belt, which sit 540 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay.
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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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7. Formation of a huge underwater volcano offshore the Comoros
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Helmholtz Centre
From Jan. 16: A new submarine volcano was formed off the island of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean in 2018. This was shown by an oceanographic campaign in May 2019. Now an international team led by the scientist Simone Cesca from the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ has illuminated the processes deep inside the Earth before and during the formation of the new volcano.
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6. The metal that could spark a new resource war
Baystreet.ca
From May 14: While the United States is slowly working towards ending the lockdown and restarting the economy, the federal government is quietly fighting a second war with China over critical metals.
One of those critical metals in particular is the extremely rare key to global technological dominance because it’s crucial to winning the 5G war — the national security battle of the century.
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5. 2020 Photo Contest Winner — Alex Maenza, GIT
PGO
From July 9: Many thanks to all who submitted photo entries for PGO’s 2020 Photo Contest. This year’s winner is a photo by Alex Maenza, Geoscientist-in-Training of a close-up image of garnet rock. Click here to see the image and results. Congratulations, Alex!
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4. PGO's Updated Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Guidelines are now posted online
PGO
From Jan. 9: Fulfilling the annual CPD requirement is one of the conditions that each licensee should meet in order to keep their practising status in good standing. Each year, PGO conducts a random audit of the CPD reports filed the year before. Twenty per cent of PGO licensees are being audited each year. For information on what constitutes a CPD activity, CPD categories, exemptions, etc., please see the newly updated CPD Guideline online.
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3. How were the Great Lakes formed?
WorldAtlas
From Aug. 20: The chain of five deep, freshwater bodies known as the Great Lakes make up 20 per cent of the world’s surface water supply. In fact, the Great Lakes are so large they are often referred to as inland seas. For thousands of years these lakes have been the source of food, transportation, and drinking water for populations of First Nations, early European settlers, and, today, millions of people in Canada and the United States. But how and when were the lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario formed?
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2. Recent Amendments to Records of Site Condition Regulation: Use of Non-Potable Groundwater Standards
Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP)
From July 30: On July 1, 2020, amendments to O. Reg. 153/04, made under the Environmental Protection Act, related to the application of a non-potable groundwater condition at a record of site condition (RSC) property came into effect. For the qualified person (QP), there is a revised series of steps and documentation requirements, including new certification statements.
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1. MECP Releases PGO Review Panel Report on Ontario Bottled Water Moratorium
PGO
From June 25: The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) conducted a comprehensive review of its Permit to Take Water (PTTW) program to ensure it is employing a robust process to sustainably manage Ontario’s groundwater resources. As part of this initiative, the MECP approached PGO to seek a third-party expert opinion to review its findings. The PGO agreed to commission a panel of professional geoscientists to undertake the independent review. The panel’s report is one component of the background information released by MECP as the government seeks to update Ontario’s water quantity management framework. The MECP released this update on the Environmental Registry, outlining a proposal for regulatory changes for managing water takings, to protect the long-term sustainability of surface and groundwater. The proposed amendments are open for public comments until Aug. 2, 2020. PGO encourages its licensees to provide comments to MECP’s proposed update.
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