On Saturday, November 18, 2006, Amy Shute, a graduate student in the Department of Geology, was the first recipient of the Bernie Schnieders Memorial Award. The award was presented by Bernie's wife Joni.

 

The award was created in loving memory of Bernie Schnieders by his family, friends and colleagues to support graduate students.  The Geology Department would like to thank all those who contributed to the fund for their generous support.

In addition to the award a display of samples from local mineral deposits was unveiled as a permanent memorial to Bernie. The collection is located on the second floor of the Centennial Building.

 

 

  

Amy Shute (right) accepting award from Joni Schnieders.

 

 

 

Dr. Stephen Kissin welcoming family, friends and colleagues who attended the event.

 

 

 

The Bernie Schneiders collection - a display of samples from local mineral deposits established to honour Bernie's memory

 

 

In April 2006 second year students from the Geology program participated in a fieldschool intended to teach them the basic skills necessary to produce a geological map. The fieldschool took place in and around Thunder Bay. The course involved mapping along the Current River and logging drill core at the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines core storage facility. Photos from the fieldschool can be viewed here.

As of Friday 7 April 2006 the GeoRef database is now available to staff and students at LU. This database is the electronic version of the Bibliography and Index of Geology and is one of the most comprehensive geological databases available today.

 

GeoRef is accessible from the Journal Indexes/Databases page under "quick access links" on the Library home page or directly via this link. A link to the GeoRef website has also been added to the Student Resources section of the departmental website.

 

When combined with the "Get It" feature that allows direct access to online copies of journal articles this will greatly aid students in their research.

The Geology Department is pleased to announce that our new brochure is now available for download through our website. This brochure is intended for prospective students and high school guidance counselors and is designed to highlight the advantages of the program here in Thunder Bay.

 

The brochure can be viewed and/or downloaded here.  

 

For more information about the program or to request paper copies of the brochure please contact us.

Two members of the Geology Department have been honoured as Research Stars by their peers at Lakehead University. These awards acknowledge faculty members whose consistent and significant research excellence achieved at Lakehead University have been recognized locally, nationally, and internationally.

 

Dr. Graham Borradaile is geologist renowned for an original application of his paleomagnetic measuring techniques to determine the relative ages of stones used in ancient buildings. he applies physics, statistics, and mathematical-computing techniques, and develops new principles and techniques in his research.

 

Dr. Roger Mitchell, Professor Emeritus of Geology, is a world-recognized igneous petrologist. Recipient of many honors for his research on diamond-bearing rocks. Lakehead's only Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest honors given to a scientist in Canada.

 

Abstracts for recently completed Honours and Masters theses are now available online. These abstracts can be accessed through our graduate student web page.