FALL 2019
THE HES NEWSLETTER
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IN THIS ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS
2018-2019 SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
CAREER & RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
RESEARCH UPDATES
STUDENT HIGHLIGHTS
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Another great year ahead!
Welcome back to our students, researchers, faculty and staff, and a warm welcome to those who just joined the Harquail School of Earth Sciences!
Already this semester our students & researchers have been busy with 4 field schools, a public field trip to showcase Metal Earth recent findings, two student club field trips to Bancroft and Manitoulin Island, and conference attendance in Spain, Chile, Arizona and Timmins, Ontario.
Over the 2018-2019 academic school year, we celebrated over $143,000 in student scholarships and awards! We look forward to another rewarding year and keep encouraging our students to apply for scholarships for recognition of their hard work.
In this issue we welcome new faces, highlight student successes & research updates at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences including career and research opportunities available in 2020.
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Left to right: Marius Etienne (PhD), Chaneil Jermaine Wallace (PhD), Klaus Kuster (PhD), Henning Seibel (PhD), Dustin Peters (PhD), Sandra Baurier Aymat (PhD). Missing from group shot, Christa Ntabana (MSc).
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WELCOME INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENTS
Graduate students join the Harquail School from across seas! 1 MSc and 6 PhD candidates arrived in Sudbury earlier this summer under supervision of Dr. Michael Lesher, Dr. Elizabeth Turner, Dr. Bruno Lafrance and Dr. Graeme Spiers. Candidates traveled from various locations including Germany, Bahamas, France, Rwanda, Spain, and Brazil to advance research in the geosciences, part of which will contribute to the global research project Metal Earth that is led by the Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC).
Welcome to Sudbury, Ontario, from the Harquail School of Earth Sciences!
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2018- 2019 SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
TOTAL OVER $143,000
Over the 2018-2019 academic school year, Harquail students received over $143,000 in scholarships and awards. Scholarships and awards included: Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral Program (CGS D), Ontario Graduate Scholarship, SEG Undergraduate Thesis Scholarship, SEG Graduate Student Fellowship, SEG Research Grant, CSEG Scholarship Trust Fund, Canadian Mineral Industry Education Foundation (CMIEF) and the Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC) Undergraduate Award.
We look forward to celebrating future successes in the 2019-2020 year!
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Louise Rush, MSc Candidate
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
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Well-Shen Lee, PhD Candidate
Ontario Graduate Scholarship & SEG Research Grant
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RESEARCH AT THE HARQUAIL SCHOOL & MERC
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Career & Research Opportunities
- Tier I Canada Research Chair in Metallogeny
- MSc candidate, Gold Fingerprinting Project, Metal Earth (May 2020)
- Harquail PhD Scholarship 2020
- PhD candidate, Physical properties of mineral endowment. Metal Earth (U Laval)
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Microanalytical Centre (MAC) Updates
The Microanalytical Centre (MAC) has been busy this past summer adding, creating, innovating with instrumentation designed to enhance research capacity at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University.
Some updates include the addition of new SEM software (AZTEC Oxford), enhancement of CL instrumentation, addition of new imaging software for opaque-dominated PTS, and the addition of new(er) X-ray diffractometers (Bruker D8 systems). Prof Andrew McDonald , MAC Director and Rémy Poulin, Research Scientist outline significant updates to keep students and researchers informed.
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MERC Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory
The Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) houses a state-of-the-art isotope geochemistry laboratory specializing in in-situ analyses of rock and mineral specimens. The MERC-IGL is equipped with a new scanning electron microscope, an ArF excimer laser ablation system and two plasma-source mass spectrometers, that combine to offer a wide range of analytical methods and can be optimized for specific research objectives. Learn more about the range of analytical services MERC offers for geoscience research and industrial applications.
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Global Reach
The Harquail School of Earth Sciences & the Mineral Exploration Research Centre (MERC) speak to global audiences this past summer in Spain, Australia and Chile to share updates on Metal Earth!
Look for our booth this winter in British Columbia (RoundUp) and Toronto (PDAC).
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GEOL 2006 Field Geology I: One of three undergraduate field mapping courses taught at the Harquail School of Earth Sciences. Photo taken from Prof Doug Tinkham's field course in late August.
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GEOL 5307: Structure, Tectonics and Mineral Exploration graduate field course taught by Prof Bruno Lafrance in early September.
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The 2019 annual Bancroft field trip group, comprising first-year Earth Science students to PhD candidates and Prof Andy McDonald, overlooking Unimin (Covia) Mine’s Nephton Plant during a mine tour and mineral collecting visit.
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BANCROFT TRIP
SEPT 26-29, 2019
Students of all levels (1st year Earth Science students up to PhD students!) return from the annual field trip to Bancroft area! This geological excursion combines the mineralogy and geology of the Haliburton Highlands where Bancroft is situated. This year’s trip included a visit to the COVIA nepheline-syenite mine which is an industrial mine which produces material used in glass, construction, ceramics, coatings, polymers and foundry markets. The trip also targeted rocks of the Central Metasedimentary Belt for some world class mineral collecting. This trip is led by the Earth Science Club, Robert Meek, as well as Prof Andrew McDonald.
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MANITOULIN ISLAND TRIP
SEPT 14, 2019
Students ranging from 2nd year to PhD recently participated in the first Laurentian University Earth Science Club field trip to Manitoulin Island. Led by Raymond Scott, a fourth year B.Sc. Earth Science student at Laurentian University, this trip educated the participants of the local stratigraphy of the area, while providing an excellent opportunity to collect fossils.
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