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1. June 21, 2007 |
President’s Perspective: Farewell and a Review of an Eventful Year with APGO From Your President
By Maureen Jensen, P. Geo. The AGM marked the end of my 2006–2007 term as APGO President. This has been a year of change and growth for the organization and I would like to take this opportunity to review some of the past year’s accomplishments. The APGO tackled a variety of issues during this past year and we have made significant progress with a specific focus on our core responsibilities and a commitment to “getting it right”. |
| Meet Your Executive Director & Registrar: An Interview with Andrea Waldie Andrea has had an interest in rocks and minerals since she was 10 years old, when her father used to take her rock hounding in the Bancroft, Ontario area. Andrea fondly remembers attending the Bancroft Gemboree on the August long weekend throughout her teenage years where she traded rock samples and stories with attendees from all over North America. Andrea excelled in three areas of study during high school: English, History, and Geology. She decided to pursue her interests in geology and attended the University of Waterloo and graduated with an Honours B.Sc. in Earth Science. |
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| Working in Quebec? You must be licensed! Register for Incidental Practice Are you an APGO member conducting geoscience work in Quebec? No work may be conducted across the border unless you have completed and submitted the Incidental Practice form, or applied for Temporary Practice approval in Quebec. To those of you who have been following this practice, we thank you, but to those who have not been following this practice, we ask that you respect Quebec’s jurisdiction and the Quebec-Ontario Inter Association Mobility Agreement. |
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Professional Access and Integration Enhancement Program (PAIE) APGO partnered with the Professional Access and Integration Enhancement (PAIE) program during 2006 and 2007. This program provides assistance to the internationally trained scientists seeking professional licensure in Ontario and operates under the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA). APGO was involved in interviewing potential students, program development, course delivery and job placement. PAIE students undergo 3 months of classroom training followed by a 9-month job placement that helps them to attain the 12 months of Canadian or Canadian-equivalent work experience required for licensure.
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| PDAC Workshop Introduces Geoscience Students to the Mineral Exploration Industry By Saley E. Lawton, PDAC Director, Communications & Membership On May 23, 2007, geoscience students from across the country gathered in Sudbury, Ontario to get a taste of what it would be like to work in Canada’s mineral exploration industry. The students, most of whom are in third or fourth years of their university geology programs, were selected by their post-secondary institutions to attend the first ever Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW). The workshop, sponsored by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), was designed to introduce these senior students to the various facets of mineral exploration and to gain firsthand experience of the sector from people working in the field. View the complete article |
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| Michael Webb, B.Sc., P.Geo., Geomorphologist – Passed Away December 21, 2006 By Wayne Caston, P.Geo., MCIP, Natural Resource Manager – Canada After a hard-fought battle with cancer, Mike Webb passed away on December 21, 2006 at the age of twenty-seven. Mike was a graduate (2002) of the Honours Earth Surface Science program at the University of Guelph and was employed as a Geomorphologist at Planning & Engineering Initiatives Ltd. in Kitchener. Mike specialized in fluvial geomorphology, natural channel design, and creek remediation. View the complete article |
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Delivery Notice: This newsletter is issued 6 times per year to all APGO members. Non-members may also subscribe and receive the newsletter with access to non-member-only content. For more information, please see www.apgo.net. Field Notes is published by APGO and is edited by Wendy Diaz, P.Geo. If you have comments or wish to contribute material to this newsletter, please contact Wendy Diaz, P.Geo., or Andrea Waldie, Executive Director/Registar. Copyright 2007, Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (APGO) |
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