More great news from the Queen’s Tectonics Research Laboratory – Postdoctoral Research Scientist Dr. Renaud Soucy La Roche, PhD 2018, has received an award from the Canadian Tectonics Group Division of the Geological Association of Canada.
Renaud and co-authors Dr. Laurent Godin...
Congratulations to MSc candidate Alison Martin on receiving two awards. Alison has won research grants from both the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the Mineralogical Association of Canada!
Congratulations to MSc graduate student Mark Ahenda on receiving a distinguished prize from the Geological Association of Canada (GAC).
Mark is the recipient of the Jack Henderson Prize for Best MSc Thesis of 2018 for his thesis “Protolith affiliation and tectonometamorphic evolution of the Gurla Mandhata core complex, NW Nepal Himalaya” in Structural Geology and Tectonics. He will be presented this award at the upcoming GAC-MAC-IAH meeting in Quebec City on Monday, May 13, 2019.
Congratulations Mark!
It is with great sadness we share the passing of third year geology student Stephanie Maunder on Sunday, April 28, 2019.
Stephanie will be deeply missed by the Department of Geological Sciences & Geological Engineering.
Congratulations to PhD graduate student Callum Walter, BSc’16, on receiving a prestigious Student Research Grant awarded by the Society of Economic Geologists Foundation, Inc (SEGF SRG).
Callum is the recipient of the Hugo Dummett Mineral Discovery Fund Grant. This award is granted to those focused on mineralogy exploration and was presented to Callum based on his research on technological innovation in exploration!
Congratulations, Callum!
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It is with great sadness we share the passing of alumna Dr. Mabel Corlett on Sunday, April 14, 2019.
In 1960 Mabel was the first woman to obtain a BSc in Geology at Queen’s University. She earned her MSc and PhD at the University of Chicago, returning to Queen’s in 1969 to teach Mineralogy. She made great strides as the department’s first female professor. She resigned in 1986 to start her own business, the Wool Room.
Mabel will be deeply missed by her former students and colleagues.
A celebration of life will be held at the Kingston Yacht Club on Saturday, May 11, 2019 from 2 – 5 pm.
Congratulations to all Named TA Award Winners, Winter 2019! Named TAship awards recognize a TA that has gone above and beyond in the classroom, lab, or in the field!
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Congratulations to Dr. Heather Jamieson, for being named the 2019 Rick Hutson Mentorship Award winner from Women in Mining Canada.
This award is being presented to Dr. Jamieson in recognition of the role she has played in mentoring, supporting and guiding young women in their studies and in taking their first steps, and then beyond that, in helping them to manoeuvre in the early days of their mining careers...
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Date: Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
Time: 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building - Reception Hall 104B
255 Front St. W
Toronto, ON
Date: Tuesday, January 29th
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Head-frame Room at TECK Resources Ltd.
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