Shannon Carla King is a Canadian painter who, after 30 years in the energy industry is now a full-time artist focused on capturing the raw, natural beauty of reclamation, preservation, and conservation success stories in acrylic paintings.
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Behnaz Bahroudi is an M.Sc. Student at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and a Campaigns Committee representative at the TRU Students’ Union. Currently, Behnaz is studying the reclamation of a closed tailings storage facility at New Afton Mine. The primary goal of her research is to provide recommendations for the return of a sustainable ecosystem by determining appropriate soil cover depths and amendments.
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Canada is home to a significant proportion (27 percent) of the world's peatlands. In their natural state, peatlands provide a specific habitat for many species of flora and fauna, and they provide many ecosystem services useful to human populations, especially the sequestration of carbon as accumulated peat.
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Dr. Clinton Smyth (Clint) has spent a long and accomplished career working in the land reclamation field. He first worked in the ecological sciences doing forestry-related research with the British Columbia Ministry of Forests in the late 1970s. He began to work in land reclamation in mining as a student in the early 1980s, receiving a scholarship from the B.C. Ministry of Mines as a graduate student (at the University of Victoria) in 1984, and has worked steadily and tirelessly on land-reclamation-related issues ever since.
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Through her career as a researcher, instructor, and consultant, Kelly Ostermann has taught, mentored, and collaborated with many students and professionals. She has contributed behind the scenes in her volunteer work with NGOs, and her relationships with regulators, her professional organization, and the public. Through this collaboration and mentorship, Kelly’s contribution isn’t just what she has done, but how she has influenced others in their work in reclamation. This is represented by the number of graduate students she worked with and researchers at the U of A, and the associated acknowledgments that are listed in her résumé. Her consulting career has allowed her to collaborate with diverse discipline experts and with people of all experience levels. This has created opportunities to share her knowledge base with many practitioners.
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The CLRA National Newsletter is now available! 2023 membership renewals are now open, check your inbox for a renewal reminder or log in today to update your information. Make sure to save the date for the upcoming CLRA National 2023 AGM and the Alberta Chapter 2023 AGM and Conference. Also, this is the last call to submit an Award nomination to all of our distinguished awards, nominations are due by December 31st.
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Save the date for the CLRA Alberta Chapter AGM & Conference on Feb 22 to 24, 2023. We are excited to host the 2023 conference in a new location in downtown Edmonton.
The deadline for nominations for the Edward M Watkin Award, IN-TECH Reclamation Awards, The Dr. Jack Winch Early Career Award, and the Linda Jones Memorial Award have been extended to December 31st, 2022.
Are you on the lookout for an exciting career in Reclamation? Be sure to check out several new job postings available with some of our member organizations, including @SUMMIT, An Earth Services Company and @North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc..
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The Scientific Committee of the RE3 Conference is still accepting new proposals for symposia, workshops, and training courses, until October 3, 2022.
The CLRA has almost met our goal of raising $5000 for the Andrea McEachern Memorial Scholarship. The CLRA and Preston McEachern will match the donation amounts (up to 5K) collected. We are now accepting donations until October 17, 2022.
The deadline for nominations for the Edward M Watkin Award, IN-TECH Reclamation Awards, The Dr. Jack Winch Early Career Award and the Linda Jones Memorial Award have been extended to December 31st, 2022.
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We are proud of the CLRA Alberta Chapter’s 2022 Conference program in Red Deer and encourage you to check out the presentations and proceedings. Also, check out some photos from the event!
Two Linda Jones Memorial awards are presented annually to students in a reclamation related program at a Canadian institution in recognition of excellence in academic studies which advance the theory, knowledge, or practice of land reclamation. One award will be for a poster presentation and one for an oral presentation. Each award will be for $1000 and a one-year membership in the CLRA.
Please login to update your contact information by September 15th for inclusion in the published CLRA National Membership Directory. The Corporate Member Directory is publicly available on the website and published in the Fall/Winter 2022 Canadian Reclamation Magazine annually.
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This is a call for abstracts to present at the 2022 Atlantic Reclamation Conference, to be held at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro, NS from November 8-10, 2022. Abstracts are due September 8, 2022.
CLRA Alberta is now accepting abstracts for our Lunch & Learn Series! The series will be hosted in person in both Calgary & Edmonton and will run from October 2022 through to April 2023.
The Dr. Edward M. Watkin Award is one of three prestigious awards and is named after a founding member of the CLRA/ACRSD in recognition of his significant service to furthering land reclamation in Canada. The award is presented in recognition of major contributions of the nominee to land reclamation, especially through service to foster advances in regulation, reclamation success or development of personnel or students.
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