Monday, July 7, 2014
David
Blowes,
Water
Institute
member
and
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences,
has
been
awarded
an
NSERC
CREATE
grant
in
the
amount
of
$1.65
million.
The
title
of
the
NSERC
CREATE
is Training
toward
Environmentally
Responsible
Resource
Extraction (TERRE).
It
is
a
collaborative
effort
between
co-applicantsDavid
Blowes (U
Waterloo),
Tom
Al
(U
New
Brunswick),
Bruno
Bussiere
(Université
du
Québec
en
Abitibi-Témiscamingue), George
Dixon (U
Waterloo), Frank
Gu (U
Waterloo),
Michael
Hendry
(U
Saskatchewan),
Ulrich
Mayer
(U
British
Columbia), Carol
Ptacek (U
Waterloo), Philippe
Van
Cappellen (U
Waterloo),
Gordon
Ward
Wilson
(U
Alberta),
and
Anita
Dey
Nuttall
(U
Alberta/Canadian
Circumpolar
Institute).
Collaborators include members from industry and academia; Jim Robertson (Detour Gold Corporation), Scott King (AMEC), Gavin Freeman (Shell Canada), Scott Inwood (U Waterloo), Joyce McBeth (Canadian Light Source), Richard Amos (U Waterloo), Hans Dürr (U Waterloo), Walter Illman (U Waterloo), David Rudolph (U Waterloo), Andre Unger (U Waterloo), Rebecca Rooney (U Waterloo), Heidi Swanson (U Waterloo), Neil Thomson (U Waterloo), Michel Aubertin (Ecole Polytechnique), Leslie Smith (U British Columbia), Matthew Lindsay (U Saskatchewan), David Sego (U Alberta), Mark Nuttall (U Alberta), Gord MacDonald (Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.), Ed Sudicky (U Waterloo), Gordon Southam (University of Queensland), Brenda Parlee (U Alberta), Andrew Leach (U Alberta), and John Fedy (U Waterloo).
The TERRE CREATE program has a training focus which is designed to provide a diverse breadth of knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to enhance their ability to transition into high-caliber positions within the resource extraction industry. Participants will be exposed to subject material concerning many different aspects of resource extraction through a series of workshops and short courses, as well as by funding month-long and semester-long exchanges for students to train in specialized laboratory facilities at participating institutions or industry sites. Short courses and workshops will cover a range of topics from leading-edge scientific techniques applicable to the characterization of mine wastes (e.g. synchrotron radiation-based techniques, techniques applicable to the quantification of non-traditional stable isotopes, etc.), as well as topics such as mine site safety, communications, intellectual property, leadership, and socioeconomic issues related to mining. The end goal of the TERRE CREATE program is to produce highly qualified personnel who are equipped to make an immediate professional impact when transferring into the resource extraction industry.
Collaborators include members from industry and academia; Jim Robertson (Detour Gold Corporation), Scott King (AMEC), Gavin Freeman (Shell Canada), Scott Inwood (U Waterloo), Joyce McBeth (Canadian Light Source), Richard Amos (U Waterloo), Hans Dürr (U Waterloo), Walter Illman (U Waterloo), David Rudolph (U Waterloo), Andre Unger (U Waterloo), Rebecca Rooney (U Waterloo), Heidi Swanson (U Waterloo), Neil Thomson (U Waterloo), Michel Aubertin (Ecole Polytechnique), Leslie Smith (U British Columbia), Matthew Lindsay (U Saskatchewan), David Sego (U Alberta), Mark Nuttall (U Alberta), Gord MacDonald (Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.), Ed Sudicky (U Waterloo), Gordon Southam (University of Queensland), Brenda Parlee (U Alberta), Andrew Leach (U Alberta), and John Fedy (U Waterloo).
The TERRE CREATE program has a training focus which is designed to provide a diverse breadth of knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to enhance their ability to transition into high-caliber positions within the resource extraction industry. Participants will be exposed to subject material concerning many different aspects of resource extraction through a series of workshops and short courses, as well as by funding month-long and semester-long exchanges for students to train in specialized laboratory facilities at participating institutions or industry sites. Short courses and workshops will cover a range of topics from leading-edge scientific techniques applicable to the characterization of mine wastes (e.g. synchrotron radiation-based techniques, techniques applicable to the quantification of non-traditional stable isotopes, etc.), as well as topics such as mine site safety, communications, intellectual property, leadership, and socioeconomic issues related to mining. The end goal of the TERRE CREATE program is to produce highly qualified personnel who are equipped to make an immediate professional impact when transferring into the resource extraction industry.