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Awards • Programs
Page Index
PDAC annual awards
Nominating process
Honorary life members
Student awards available
Mary-Claire
Ward Geoscience Award
2009
winner
2008
winner
2007
winner
2006
winner
2005 winner
Student awards winners
PDAC scholarships
Dennis R. Prince scholarship
Canadian Mining Hall of Fame
Nominating process
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The PDAC’s annual awards
recognize and honour outstanding achievement,
accomplishment, and service of individuals and organizations
in and to the Canadian mineral industry. The awards are
presented at an awards banquet which is held annually during
the PDAC’s convention in March.
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Nominating process
The association’s awards
committee begins its selection process for the annual awards
in the fall. However, nominations can be submitted at any
time.
Selection criteria and how to submit a nomination (PDF).
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Honorary life members are
appointed by the president of the association and recognize
dedicated and outstanding service to the association. Full
list of honorary life members.
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Mary-Claire
Ward Geoscience Award
Awarded annually to a graduate
student at a Canadian university whose thesis
incorporates geoscience mapping as a significant
component.
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Mary-Claire Ward,
1945-2004 |
The Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award honours the
many contributions to the Canadian geoscience community of Mary-Claire
Ward who was president of Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited, a past
president of the Geological Association of Canada and long-serving chair
of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s Geoscience
Committee. Mary-Claire died in April 2004.
The award, which consists of a $3,000 cash award
and certificate, was created by the many colleagues of Mary-Claire and
organized through a coalition of the Prospectors and Developers
Association of Canada (PDAC), Canadian Geological Foundation, Geological
Association of Canada (GAC), National Geological Surveys Committee
(NGSC) and Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited (WGM) with financial
administration provided by the Canadian Geological Foundation.
Mary-Claire was a passionate advocate for the
geoscience mapping of Canada. The objective of the award is to encourage
and support a graduate student in Canada whose thesis embodies the
concept of increasing our knowledge of the geological history of Canada
through mapping. The thesis will meet this requirement by incorporating
mapping as a significant component.
The name of each award winner (see below) and the
year of the award are displayed on a plaque which is permanently located
in the offices of Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited.
The application form for this award is posted on this page at the beginning of October every year. The winner is announced as early as possible in February the following year.
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 will be 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.
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PDAC scholarships
The PDAC donates funds
annually to Canadian colleges for awards to students who
have distinguished themselves in geotechnical courses. Full
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Dennis R. Prince scholarship
This scholarship, awarded annually, was established at Memorial
University of Newfoundland in memory of Dennis Prince who died on
January 4, 1999. At the time of his death, Dennis was first vice
president of the PDAC and director of international exploration for
Falconbridge Ltd. The scholarship is awarded to a student in the honours
program who is entering the final year of Memorial’s undergraduate
program in earth sciences. Scholarship winners, who receive $2,000 and
an engraved Brunton compass, are:
2005 – Chris Buchanan
2004 – Carolina Valverde C.
2003 - Crystal Hoffe
2002 - Joshua Bailey
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The Canadian Mining Hall of
Fame (CMHF) recognizes and honours the legendary mine
finders and builders of the Canadian mineral industry. The
PDAC is one of four major sponsors of the Hall and is
permitted to submit four nominations a year for induction.
Nominating
process
The PDAC’s selection of its
four nominations begins in April every year in preparation
for the nomination deadline of July 31. Inductees are
selected by the CMHF board of directors and their names are
announced in November-December. The induction ceremony takes
place usually in the third week of the following January.
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PDAC awards committee invites nominations for the Canadian
Mining Hall of Fame. Selection criteria and general
requirements for the submission of nominations are at
www.halloffame.mining.ca.
Nominations for submission by the PDAC should be sent to Mr.
Edward G. Thompson, Chairman, Awards Committee, Prospectors
& Developers Association of Canada, 9th Floor, 34 King
Street East, Toronto, Canada M5C 2X8, fax 1 416 362 0101.
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