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Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award Winner •
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Elizabeth Westberg wins the 2009 Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award
Congratulations to Elizabeth Westberg, winner of
this year’s Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award.
Elizabeth is a graduate student at Simon Fraser University, British
Columbia. Her award-winning thesis topic is entitled Constraining the
conditions and timing of deformation and metamorphism of the
Yukon-Tanana terrane in parts of the Mendocina Creek (NTS105F5) and
Livingstone Creek (NTS 105E8) areas of south-central Yukon.
Elizabeth was presented with her award, comprising $3,000 and a framed
certificate, at a student-industry luncheon on Tuesday, March 3 during
the 2009 annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association
of Canada.
This award commemorates Mary-Claire Ward who died in 2004. She devoted
much of her volunteer work to informing governments about the importance
of this nation’s geoscience knowledge base and the need for adequate
funding to maintain it. The intent of the award, which was established
in 2005, is to encourage and support a graduate student in Canada whose
thesis will contribute to knowledge about the country’s geological
history.
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 February.
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