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student Andrew Parmenter wins the 2007 Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience
Award
 Winner of this year’s Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience
Award is Andrew C. Parmenter, a doctoral student at the University of
New Brunswick.
Andrew’s research project, The structure of the
Cranberry Mountain region of the Thor-Odin dome, Monashee Complex, and
its bearing on the tectonic evolution of the Canadian Cordillera in
southeast British Columbia, won him the $3,000 cash award and
certificate, both of which will be presented at the student-industry
networking luncheon on Tuesday, March 6, during the annual convention of
the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC).
This annual award honours the memory of Mary-Claire
Ward, a geoscientist who held that geological mapping and an up-to-date
geoscience knowledge base are fundamental to this country’s economy and
worked hard to convey this message to Canada’s policy makers.
The award is administered by the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada, the Geological Association of Canada,
the National Geological Surveys Committee, and Watts, Griffis and McOuat
Ltd. The financial administration is provided by the Canadian Geological
Foundation.
Application details are posted at pdac.ca and
gac.ca by October 1 every year and the deadline for applications is
mid-December. Awards winners are announced in mid-February.
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