Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research
Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences,
The University of British Columbia

Dominique Weis awarded the CFES Mentorship Medal

February 22, 2020

Dominique has received the 2020 Mentorship Medal from the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences. The award is made in recognition of her passion for helping students to achieve their potential and her transformative vision for enriching student training. Throughout her career, she has kept an exceptional track record of mentoring over 60 students and many more early career researchers. The award was created by the CFES in 2008 to recognize the sustained and inspirational mentorship of colleagues and employees including peers, graduate students, undergraduate students and technicians.

Details of the medal are here.

Rhy McMillan Receives AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award

January 2020

PhD Candidate Rhy McMillan received the AGU Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA) for his poster, “Identifying long-distance transport of obsidian across the North American landscape in antiquity based on Indigenous-led research initiatives,” presented at AGU’s Fall meeting in December 2019.

Rhy and his winning poster at the AGU Fall Meeting, December 2019.
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