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Michelle DeWolfe wins the first Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award
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Michelle DeWolfe
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The Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award Selection
Committee is pleased to announce that the winner of the first award is
Michelle DeWolfe. Ms. DeWolfe is a doctoral student at Laurentian
University, specializing in geology. Her award-winning thesis is
entitled Volcanic Reconstruction of the Paleoproterozoic Hidden and
Louis Formations, Manitoba, Canada. Ms. DeWolfe will be presented with a
$3,000 cash award and certificate at the PDAC’s annual awards banquet on
Monday, March 7.
The Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award honours the
memory of Mrs. Ward who died in 2004. Mrs. Ward was a passionate
champion of the geosciences and a fervent advocate for preserving
Canada’s geoscience knowledge base. The intent of the award is to
encourage and support a graduate student in Canada whose thesis is
likely to increase our knowledge of the geological history of Canada
through mapping.
The award was created by the many colleagues of
Mary-Claire and organized through a coalition of the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada, the Geological Association of Canada,
the National Geological Surveys Committee, and Watts, Griffis and McOuat
Ltd. Each of these organizations is represented on the selection
committee. The financial administration is provided by the Canadian
Geological Foundation.
In announcing Ms. DeWolfe’s win, Bill Mercer,
chairman of the selection committee, commented on the high calibre of
applications for the award. “The exceptionally high standard of the
submissions made the selection process extremely difficult for the
committee. We were very impressed with the quality of the students’
theses and their understanding of the importance of mapping. Mary-Claire
would have been very pleased.”
February 16, 2005 |
