Download PDAC Mining For Diversity 2017 Event

“In our industry, competency is what matters.”
PDAC Mining For Diversity Reception
Awards Ceremony for 2017 Trailblazer Award, the Rick Hutson
Memorial Award and the Student Trailblazer Award
TORONTO – February 28, 2017 – Women in Mining Canada (“WIMC”) wish to extend an
invitation to all its members to attend the 2017 “Mining for Diversity” Reception. The
Reception and the 2017 Trailblazer and Mentorship award ceremony will take place at the
PDAC ‘Mining For Diversity’ Reception, held at the Metro Convention Centre, Room 70,
South Building on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 from 5h00 to 6h00pm.
The Mining for Diversity Event is presented by Women in Mining (WIM) Canada, WIM British
Columbia, WIM Montreal, WIM Toronto, WIM International, Women Who Rock, Mujeres
Roco (Peru), Covergalls, Mining Industry Human Resources Council and the CIM Diversity
and Inclusion Committee.
The 2017 Mining for Diversity reception will bring together the industry to celebrate
inclusion, and the progress made in the mining industry to ensure that everyone has an
opportunity to contribute to their full potential, including women, men, indigenous people,
visible minorities, persons with physical and mental disabilities, and the LGBTQ community.
WIMC and its "Trailblazer Award Selection Committee" (“TSC”) will also be awarding the
2017 Women in Mining Canada Trailblazer Award to the winner, Susan Craig. The 2017
Trailblazer award is particularly poignant in the light of the roll out of WIMC’s National
Action Plan, which tenor and objectives has been embraced by Susan Craig in her
independent adoption of the many goals WIM Canada aspire achieve in the National
Action Plan.
WIMC will also be awarding the 2017 winner of the Rick Hutson Memorial Award to Patrick
McAandless and the winner of the 2017 Student Trailblazer Award to Sydney Miller.
Women in Mining Canada at their annual PDAC WIMC awards ceremony recognize those
nominees who have mentored women along their journey, either in school or in their
careers in Mining, and those female students who have played a pivotal role in their
studies at their school, highlighting the role of women in the industry.
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About Women in Mining Canada
Women in Mining Canada is a national not-for-profit organization formed in 2009 focused
on advancing the interests of women in the minerals exploration and mining sector.
In collaboration with Canadian WIMC branches we support grassroots initiatives in the
realm of personal and professional development, while providing a national voice within
the global minerals and mining community.
Our membership is composed of passionate men and women who actively support the
minerals and mining industry and represent a variety of occupational trades and
professions.
For more information
www.wimcanada.org.
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For more details contact: [email protected]
WIM Canada
157 Adelaide St West,
Suite 511 Toronto, ON Canada
M5H 4E7
Women in Mining
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