Michelle DeWolfe, a PhD student specializing in geology at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., is the inaugural winner of the Marie-Claire Geoscience Award.
The award was created to support a graduate student in Canada whose thesis is likely to increase knowledge of the geological history of Canada through mapping. DeWolfe will be presented with a certificate and $3,000 at the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC’s) annual awards banquet on March 7.
“The exceptionally high standard of the submissions made the selection process extremely difficult for the committee,” says William Mercer, chairman of the selection committee. “We were impressed with the quality of the students’ theses and their understanding of the importance of mapping.”
DeWolfe’s thesis is titled Volcanic Reconstruction of the Paleoproterozoic Hidden and Louis Formations in Manitoba.
She is a past winner of the Julian Boldy Award, offered by the Geological Association of Canada for the best paper presented at the association’s annual meeting. She also received the GAC’s Leopold Gelinas Medal for the best honours bachelor of science thesis.
“My research interests focus on volcanology and igneous petrology and their application to exploration for hydrothermal ore deposits,” says DeWolfe, who graduated in 2001 from St. Mary’s University with an honours bachelor of science degree. For her master’s thesis, she travelled to Timmins, Ont., to examine the stratigraphy and structure of the north rhyolite at the Kidd Creek mine.
Marie-Claire Ward, who died in 2004, was an advocate for the preservation and expansion of geoscientific data in Canada.
The award was created and organized through a coalition of the PDAC, the GAC, the National Geological Surveys Committee, and Watts Griffis & McOuat. Each of these organizations is represented on the selection committee. The financial administration is provided by the Canadian Geological Foundation.
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