Ten Students to Receive 2024 Geoscience BC Scholarships

Vancouver, BC – July 11, 2024 – Geoscience BC has announced ten 2024 Scholarship Program recipients, providing an important financial boost to post-graduate geoscience students working on valuable earth science research in British Columbia.

Each student receives a $5,000 scholarship to support them as they conduct applied geoscience research focussing on British Columbia. The scholarships are awarded annually to up to ten students who are registered and have started in a Masters (MSc) or Doctorate (PhD) program in earth science. This brings Geoscience BC Scholarship Program investment to $820,000 since inception in 2007.

For 2024, the Geoscience BC Scholarship Program is sponsored by Teck Resources Limited (Teck). Teck Vice President, Exploration Stuart McCracken said: “Teck is pleased to support the next generation of bright geoscientists who will help drive society’s transition to a low carbon economy and position Canada as a global leader in responsible critical minerals production.”

Geoscience BC President & CEO Gavin C. Dirom added: “This year’s cohort of Geoscience BC Scholarship Program recipients and the research they are conducting helps British Columbia in the search and development of critical minerals and metals opportunities and cleaner energy development. Congratulations to our 2024 recipients! We are proud to support you.”

Geoscience BC 2024 Scholarship Recipients:

Cansu Karatas Ahmadli, M.Sc. Student, University of British Columbia

• Platinum Group Elements Deportment in the Kwanika Cu-Au±Mo Porphyry System, British Columbia

Catriona Breasley, Ph.D. Student, University of British Columbia

• The Geochemistry, Petrology and Mineralogy of the Prof Pegmatite, Revelstoke, BC

Huan Yu, Ph.D. Student, University of Northern British Columbia

• Influence of Mineralogical Characteristics and Microstructure on Mechanical Properties and Creep Behaviors of Tight Formations in Western Canada

Jake Bhakta, M.SC. Student, University of Manitoba

• The Nature and Distribution of REE Mineralization in the Eastern Part of the Ice River Complex, British Columbia

Kiera Broda, Ph.D. Student, McGill University

• Magmatic or Hydrothermal? Processes Controlling Base Metal Sulphide Mineralization in the Alaskan-type Ultramafic-mafic Turnagain Complex, British Columbia

Lindsey Abdale, Ph.D. Student, University of British Columbia

• Carbonatites in the Monashee Complex, Southern Canadian Cordillera: Mantle Source, Tectonic Setting, and Metallogeny

Maxwell Porter, M.Sc. Student, University of British Columbia

• The Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of the Calc-Alkalic Cu-Au-Ag-Mo Camp Creek Porphyry Deposit, Northern British Columbia

Sarah Bowie, Ph.D. Student, University of Portsmouth

• Directly Dating Fault-controlled Porphyry-epithermal-CRD Mineralization in Northwestern British Columbia, Canada

Taís Pinto, Ph.D. Student, University of Calgary

• Thermal History of the Liard Basin: From Geothermal Potential to Hydrocarbon Exploration

Zina Boileau, M.SC. Student, Simon Fraser University

• Volcanostratigraphic Mapping and Geochemistry of Toolstone-Grade Lithologies: An Intersection of Geoscience and Indigenous Knowledge in the Territory of the Sts’ailes First Nation.

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To learn about their projects, visit Geoscience BC’s Scholarships Program page.

About Geoscience BC

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Our critical minerals and metals, cleaner energy, water and geological carbon capture and storage research is funded by industry, government, trusts and others. It informs evidence-based decisions by industry, governments, Indigenous groups and communities.

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Geoscience BC
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