Left to right: JT Ryan chair Gord Winkel presents a John T. Ryan Special Award Certificate to Lafarge General Manager James Wilson, and Managers Travis Biswanger and Wes Markus. In 2017 and 2018, Lafarge Canada Inc. GCA (Greater Calgary Area) Pits and Quarries, Alberta Operations worked a total of 457,000 hours with no recordable injuries …
These photos were shared with us by Gina Kopac, who has been with Barrick Gold Corporation since 2013 and was Executive Assistant to the late Peter Munk. Gina says, “We recently renovated the Toronto office and had to clear out a lot of old items in storage, as well as all the desk spaces and …
Darshan (third from the left) and his fellow participants at the 2023 Canadian Mining Games, where he participated in the Health and Safety challenge and win third prize. He also participated in the Project Evaluation as well as in the Crisis Management events. | Courtesy of Darshan Shah As a Mechanical Engineering student participating in …
The May 2016 wildfire in northern Alberta prompted the evacuation of Fort McMurray, a town of about 80,000 inhabitants. Virtually every major oil sands player performed some role in the disaster response, donating millions to the Red Cross, but also sheltering and transporting thousands of evacuees and assisting in firefighting efforts. Read the whole story …
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My father shared this photo with me. He said back in the mid 70s he played on a senior hockey team called the Coppertones whose benefactor was Herman “Spud” Huestis, member of the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame for his discovery of the Highland Valley copper deposit in south central B.C. The team was named …
Starting the 2023 CIM Conference with a get-together with my fellow Haileybury School of Mines alumni (Bayar Baatar, Donald Brough, Pierre Julien, FCIM, MBA, Eric Hinton and Curtis Clarke). – Submitted by Bayar Baatar
It was a wonderful evening at the CIM-Caterpillar Awards gala; a special night for my family as we celebrated my Bedford Award and my mom’s birthday. Thank you to Samantha Espley for the nomination and to those who wrote supporting letters. I’m humbled and grateful for the recognition. – Submitted by Trang Tran-Valade
Carolyn Ren immigrated to Canada to do her PhD at the University of Toronto and is now a professor at the University of Waterloo|Â Courtesy of Carolyn Ren. In Canada, as in other countries, women remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, despite the substantial growth of women’s participation in other professions. …
Photo of a 1971 John T. Ryan award, submitted by Dave Stove, given to him by his father Joe Stovel. The engraving says “John T. Ryan Regional Trophy 1971 Gaspé Copper Mines Ltd.”
Earth sciences students from the University of Quebec (Chicoutimi & Montreal) on the field trip of a lifetime: the little known but still active El Teide–Pico Viejo stratovolcanoes within the Las Cañadas caldera complex on the Canary Islands, organized by Wulf Mueller in October 2007. Many students in the group were working on ancient deformed volcanic …
