4th Annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop
May 8-22, 2010


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PDAC Introduces Students to Real World of Mineral Exploration
This coming May, some 25 senior earth science students from across Canada will converge on the Greater Sudbury area for the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada's annual Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop.  



The two-week, all expenses-paid gathering, which runs from May 8 to May 22, will give the students, hand-picked from post secondary institutions across the country, an opportunity to experience the many facets of the mineral exploration industry, and to polish their networking skills.

According to Scott Jobin-Bevans, co-chair of the PDAC's human resources development committee, which is organizing the workshop, "We design this event to attract students into the mineral exploration industry and to give them a technical and business perspective of mineral exploration that is not usually found in the classroom. We have run two workshops to date. Both have been very successful and the participating students have been incredibly enthusiastic. While it's still too early to tell, of course, I predict that some of our future industry leaders will come out of these workshops."

Students participate in an intensive agenda of workshop sessions chaired by industry leaders, field activities that include mine site visits, and dinners and networking events with industry members.

Topics covered during the two weeks include career opportunities in the mineral exploration industry, geological mapping, health and safety, sustainability and the public markets.

Students take field trips outside Sudbury to world-class mining and mineral camps (Val d'Or, Rouyn-Noranda, Cobalt), and have exposure to the Sudbury Basin and the numerous mines of the nickel camp.

The program is being developed now. More than ever the organizers are looking to industry to sponsor this event and support the students, this country's future geoscientists. Excellent sponsorship opportunities exist.

Industry members are also invited to participate in the workshop, either by attending the social events to meet the students or by giving an address to the students.

For more information, please contact Barbara Green Parker, PDAC student liaison, telephone 416 362 1969, ext. 323, bgparker@pdac.ca.

2010 SIMEW Winners
       
Mark Aiyo
Barrick Geologist
Papua New Guinea
Greg Ashcroft
University of Manitoba
Anne Belanger
Dalhousie University
Octavia Bath
Memorial University
of Newfoundland
       
   
Katarina Bjorkman
Lakehead University
Sasa Cengija
University of Windsor
Dustin Dahn
University of Victoria
Greg Dobbelsteyn
McGill University
 
Clotilde Duvergier
L'Université du Québec
à Montréal
Bryan Farbridge
British Columbia
Institute of Technology
Kelsey Green
Mount Royal University
John Hirschmiller
Northern Alberta
Institute of Technology
 
Sarah Jackson-Brown
Laurentian University
Michal Kolaj
Carleton University
Adam Larsen
University of Saskatchewan
Maude Lévesque
Michaud

Laval University
     
 
Bryan Maciag
University of Waterloo
Conor McKinley
Queen's University
Hannah Mills
University of Alberta
David Murray
St. Francis Xavier University
 
Pamela Patraskovic
University of Toronto
Kyle Pedersen  
Acadia University
Andrew Smith
University of Regina
Renata Smoke
University of Western
Ontario
 
Irving Tan
University of Ottawa
Mike Warren
St. Mary's University
Derek Woodford
Cambrian College
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Barbara Green Parker
416 362 1969 ext. 323
bgparker@pdac.ca