THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY GRADUATE THESIS SEMINARS 2020
Progress Report and Thesis Proposal Presented By:

BRITTANY RAMSAY
"Mesoarchean Chemical Sedimentary Rocks of NWO: Implications for Hydrosphere
Composition in Deep Time"

VICTORIA CURRIE
"The Petrology and Geochemistry of the Lac des Iles Dike Suites, Northwestern Ontario"

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 12
2:30 pm
CB 3031

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY GRADUATE THESIS SEMINARS 2020
Progress Reports Presented By:

PATRICK HAMILTON
"The Geochemistry and Alteration of the Pemberton Hills Lithocap"

ANDREW JEDEMANN
"The Geochemistry and Alteration of the Pemberton Hills Green Rock Environment"

Wednesday, JANUARY 29
2:30 pm
CB 3031

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY GRADUATE THESIS SEMINARS 2020
Progress Reports Presented By:

DANA CAMPBELL
"Geochemistry and Glacial Dispersal Patterns of Kimberlite Indicator Minerals in the
Slave Province, NWT"

PAUL BIELSKI
"Evidence of Oxygenation of the Deep-Ocean During the Neoarchean"

Wednesday, FEBRUARY 5
2:30 pm
CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

RAYA PUCHALSKI, P. Geo.
^{Resource Geologist, Alamos Gold}
"Working one kilometer down and gold all around: My career at a gold mine"

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020
at 2:30 pm
in CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

DR. LYNDSAY MOORE
^{Project Geoscientist, Rio Tinto Exploration Canada}
"Archean calderas: do they really exist? Should I pack a lunch?"

MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2020
at 2:30 pm
in CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2019-2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

MATTHEW QUICK
^{DST Consulting Engineers Inc.}
"Environmental Field Work at DST Consulting Engineers"

Thursday, October 31, 2019
at 10:30 am
in CB 3031

THE DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY
GRADUATE THESIS SEMINARS 2019-2020
Proposal and In Progress Reports Presented By:

BAILEY DROVER
"A Structural and Hydrothermal Alteration Geochemistry Study of Granitic Plutons within the Wabigoon Subprovince"

RUTH JOSEPH
"Using Soil Organic Carbon Attributes to Assess the Effect of Wood Ash Addition in Canadian Forest Soils"

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5
10:30 am
CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2019-2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

MARK SMYK
^{Senior Manager, Resident Geologist Program
Ontario Geological Survey, Mines and Minerals Division
Ministry of Energy, Northern Development and Mines}

"Silver Threads and Golden Needles: My Geological Career (So Far)"

Thursday, November 7, 2019
at 10:30 am
in CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2019-2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

DR. KATARINA BJORKMAN
^{Geological Consultant at Bjorkman Prospecting}
"In-situ growth of Earth's largest Archean craton: implications for Archean geodynamics and metallogenesis"

Thursday, November 14, 2019
at 10:30 am
in CB 3031

GEOLOGY DEPARTMENT 2019-2020 SEMINAR SERIES
Presents a seminar by guest speaker:

MICHAEL FOX
^{President of Indigenous Community Engagement (ICE)}
"Indigenous Consultation: Social Licence or Social Enterprise"

Thursday, October 3, 2019
at 10:30 am
in CB 3031

_{Michael is the President of Indigenous Community Engagement (ICE) – a national firm dedicated to building relationships, capacity, and projects by providing strategic services and practical solutions that help Indigenous clients succeed. He brings a wealth of experience in structuring projects, partnership, and financing for both industry proponents and Indigenous communities. In his earlier career, he assisted with northern Ontario First Nations with economic & enterprise development while working for an Aboriginal financial institution. He obtained an honours degree in Political Science with a focus on Aboriginal Law & Resource Development from Lakehead University and has a MBA from the University of Fredericton, specializing in Social Enterprise. He's originally from Weenusk First Nation and has twin sons who played in the OHL and a daughter who is studying Public Relations.}