S-IMEW Alumni
Since its inception in 2007, 362 students have participated in S-IMEW. Participants have used the knowledge, experiences, and networking opportunities gained from S-IMEW to help them take on an array of diverse career paths.
Check out our S-IMEW Alumni: Where Are They Now? gallery to see how their
participants experiences helped shape their careers.
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Marina Schofield
S-IMEW 2014
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ph.D. Candidate, Laurentian University
Marina Schofield
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ph.D. Candidate, Laurentian University
I have S-IMEW to thank for sparking my interest in Mineral Exploration. The connections I made and opportunities presented as a result of this workshop have led to an exciting and rewarding career path. After S-IMEW I worked for the Geological Survey of NL for a year and then went on to complete my MSc at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. My MSc research integrated structural controls on mineralization and geochemical footprints as vectors to ore-grade Au at the Karangahake epithermal Au-deposit, New Zealand, utilizing 3D modeling software (Leapfrog® and 3D stress®). Currently, I am back in Sudbury where it all started, in the second year of my PhD at Laurentian University, working with other S-IMEW alumni. My research project is funded through Metal Earth, focused on the Metallogeny of the Powell Block, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. This is an area I was first exposed to years ago during the S-IMEW Abitibi field trip.
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Matthew Moss
S-IMEW 2009
Mine Engineer, JDS Energy & Mining
Matthew Moss
Mine Engineer, JDS Energy & Mining
S-IMEW allowed for the mingling of geoscience students from various institutions while visiting sites in various forms of development - from greenfields, to production, and reclamation. We found that although specific interests varied we all had one common interest. Rocks! Some liked to lick them, others to blow them up. My interests are on the latter.
Mill tours and trips to underground operations were among fondest memories on the S-IMEW trip, and helped guide me to a fulltime career in underground mine engineering.
Friendships were made on this trip that will last long into the future. Having a nationwide network of friends in the geoscience community is not something to take for granted in our line of work. You never know who you might be sharing a helicopter with on your next project.
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Meg Engelbert
S-IMEW 2011
Ph.D. Candidate, Laurentian University
Meg Engelbert
Ph.D. Candidate, Laurentian University
My fondest memory of S-IMEW is meeting amazing people from all over Canada with a shared passion for the earth sciences and the mining industry. I also met my current Ph.D. supervisor, Dr. Harold Gibson.
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Melissa Anderson
S-IMEW 2009
Brandon University
Assistant Professor, Economic Geology, University of Toronto
Melissa Anderson
Brandon University
Assistant Professor, Economic Geology, University of Toronto
I made lifelong friends that shaped my life in many different ways.
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Mervin McDonald
S-IMEW 2013
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mine Geologist, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Rio Tinto
Mervin McDonald
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Mine Geologist, Iron Ore Company of Canada, Rio Tinto
S-IMEW offered great workshops and talks focused on a wide variety of topics (Exploration geology, mining, geophysics, career development, etc.) that have helped me develop into a more well rounded professional in the mining industry. However, I think the biggest gift we all took from our experience was the number of lifelong friends we made and continue to keep in touch with.
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Michael Tucker
S-IMEW 2009
Exploration Manager, Balmoral Resources Ltd.
Michael Tucker
Exploration Manager, Balmoral Resources Ltd.
Best part of S-IMEW was spending extended time with other passionate, young geologists who would become by peers in a changing industry.
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Michal Kolaj
S-IMEW 2010
Carleton University
Research Geophysicist, Lamontagne Geophysics Ltd.
Michal Kolaj
Carleton University
Research Geophysicist, Lamontagne Geophysics Ltd.
S-IMEW not only provided me with a practical view of the mineral exploration industry but introduced me to a fundamental element of working in the mining community, the ‘art’ of networking. The organizers encouraged students like myself to speak with industry members and to develop the career connections required to be successful. Five years later, I continue to stay in contact with several of the industry professionals and other students that I met during this valuable student program.
