6 G EO L OG Vol ume 48 N umbe r N umer o 2 S umm er Et e 2 0 19 H o w e v er t h e o c ean is call i n g agai n and ho p eful ly I w il l b e o n m y w a y ag ai n in a fe w y ears L ast b u t no t leas t I w o u ld li ke t o t h an k m y gra d u at e stud ents especiall y Ale x Za g o re v ski and Neil R o g ers b o th no w s cient sts at th e GS C and hence had to suf e r m e f o r m u ch l o n g er than u sua l w h o k ep t m e h o n est an d t au g h t m e m u ch J W i l l i s A m b r os e M e d a l Ca r ol y n A n g l i n Th e A m b ros e m ed al n am ed a f er t h e f rst GA C P resid en t J W il li s Am b r o se is aw ard ed t o an in d ividu al fo r sustai n ed ded icat ed serv ic e t o the Can ad ian e arth science co m m u n ity The m edal is aw ard ed to D r C a r o l y n A n g l i n fo r her o u ts tand in g co n trib u t o n s to the scient f c m an ag e m ent o f pu b li c an d p rivate sec t o r g eo sci ent f c r ese ar ch an d d ev el o p m ent and f o r h er lo n g te r m v o lu n t ee r c o n tri b u tons t o Canad ian g eo sci ent f c o rg an iz at o n s incl u d in g t h e Ge o lo g i cal Asso ciat o n o f Cana d a Ci t a t o n D r C a r o l y n L y n A n g l i n c o m p l e t e d a B S c Ho n s fr o m Q u ee n s Uni v e rsity M S c fr o m Me m o ria l Un ive rsit y and a P h D fro m Carl et o n Uni v ersit y and h as h ad a di st n g u ish ed car eer at the Ge o logi cal Su rve y o f Cana d a GS C G eo scienc e BC and n o w w ith I m p eri al M et als C o rp o rat o n D r An g li n s c areer at the Geo l o g ical Su r v ey o f Canad a resulted in b o th rese arch o n go ld d epo sit s and re s ea rch m an ag e m ent Her lead ershi p o f t h e h ig h ly suc ces sfu l E XT ECH II Ye ll o w kni fe G o ld Be lt pro j ect re su lted in t h e lan d m ar k GA C M D D Sp ecial P u b li cat o n 3 o f w h ich she w as a c o edi to r t h at r epres ents a cri tcal c u rat o n o f g eo scient f c kno w led g e o n the histo rical l y i m p o r tant g o ld b elt Her r o le as CE O o f Ge o scienc e BC re sul t ed in 4 8 m il li o n o f di r ect ed geo scie n tfc res earch sp end in g in Bri tsh Co lu m b ia that re sul t ed in t ran sf o rm at v e in te g rated ge o s cient f c dat aset s that ans we red an d an swers crit cal ec o n o m ic an d fu n d amental ge o scient f c p r o b le m s and e n h an ced BC as a l o cale f o r reso u rc e e xpl o rat o n and d ev el o p m ent M o re r ece n tl y h er w o rk with I m p erial M e tals C o rp o rat o n has r esult ed in t h e u tl iz at o n o f ge o sci e n tfc in fo r m at o n in the da y to d ay res earch cha ll eng es in t h e Can ad ian m in in g in d u stry H er p ro f essio n al re c o rd is m irr o red b y a l o n g te r m co m m i tm ent to v o lu n te er s erv ic e in t h e Canad ian g eo sci ence co m m u n ity acr o ss a v ari et y o f se c to r s in clu d in g NS ERC AMEBC P D AC and nu m er o u s o ther in d u stry non p rof t an d c o m m u n ity o rg an iz at o n s Sh e h as 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