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COMPUTING IN GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
From the GS Board
logic processes related to forestry har-
vesting and other land use activities.
While in the Yukon, Glynnis was very
active with the Association of Profes-
sional Engineers of Yukon Territory
(APEY). In fact, she was the first
female President of that association
and served two terms between 1987
and 1991. Upon moving back to Brit-
ish Columbia in 1992, she became
very active with the Association of
Professional Engineers and Geosci-
entists of British Columbia (formally
APEGBC, now EGBC) serving on
several committees, task forces and
joint practice boards. She was the
founding chair of EGBC’s Division
of Engineers and Geoscientists in the
Forest Sector.
Glynnis has received numerous
awards, including the BC Watershed
Restoration Award (1998), BC Forest
Engineering Award of Excellence
(1999), EGBC Professional Service
Award (2007), Fellow of Engineers
Canada (in both 2008 and 2010),
and an Honorary Forest Professional
(2012).
To be continued…
Part 3, the last of the series, will pro-
file
Dr. Jean Hutchinson
,
Dr. Angela
Küpper
,
Dr. Catherine Mulligan
,
and
Anne Poschmann
.
Acknowledgements
Several individuals have worked on
the Women in Canadian Geotech-
nique initiative by interviewing the
profiled women, creating the posters
and assisting with French translations.
These individuals are acknowledged
in Part 1 of the series published in the
September 2018 issue of Geotechnical
News.
Andrea Lougheed,
M.Sc.(Eng.), P.Eng. (BC)
BGC Engineering Inc.
Suite 500-980 Howe Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 0C8
T: 604 684 5900, ext 41378
6
th
Symposium on Mines and the Environment in
Rouyn-Noranda, QC
Thomas Pabst
This contribution is from the CGS Committee on Mining Geotechnique, Chair Dr. Thomas Pabst.
Introduction
The 6th Symposium on Mines and the
Environment took place last summer
in Rouyn-Noranda, QC. Since the first
symposium in 2002, the objective has
been to exchange knowledge between
industry and academia on the responsi-
ble development of natural resources.
This symposium was organized by the
Research Institute on Mines and the
Environment (RIME) UQAT-Poly-
technique and the Canadian Institute
of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum.
The symposium has become more suc-
cessful over the years and this year it
attracted 420 delegates from all across
Canada, and abroad. In 2018, women
and their significant contribution to the
advancements in the field were high-
lighted, and 45% of the presentations
were given by women.
High caliber technical program
The technical program consisted of
four sessions, presented both in Eng-
lish and French thanks to simultaneous
translation:
1. Conventional and innovative mine
waste management approaches,
the importance of integrating mine
waste management and consider-
ing all geotechnical and environ-
mental aspects before and during
the operations.
2. Prediction of mine water quality
and its treatment, including geo-
environmental characterization and
the development of stable isotope
analyses.
3. Reclamation of mining sites includ-
ing the difficulty of reclaiming
heavily oxidized mine sites and
impact of vegetation on the long-
term performance of reclaimed
sites.
4. Responsible development and
innovation of the mining sector,
technoeconomic approaches for
the development of mine waste
valorization, and the integration
of climate change in reclamation
methods.
Each session concluded with a
3-minute presentation of a project by
selected PhD students.
A plenary session involved several
experts who discussed mine closure
and long-term responsibility. Top-
ics included: the design for closure
approach, integrated mine waste
management and long-term stability
issues, both physical and chemical.
It was clearly stated that the life span
of mining structures greatly exceeds
those of people and the companies
that built them, and it is important to
keep our responsibility towards future
generations in mind.
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In addition to the technical program,
three half-day workshops and short
courses were presented on applied
mineralogy, mine water treatment and
