NEWS & EVENTS
Prof. Paul Young appointed to Royal Society of Canada
CivMin Prof. Paul Young has recently been appointed to the position of International (Foreign) Secretary of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and a member of Council. “I felt very honoured and humbled to be asked,” said Young of the appointment. “I’m very happy to take on the role.” The RSC, founded in 1882, is also known as the Academies… Read more »
Prof. Gisele Azimi explains the value of recycling rare-earth elements in the National Post
Gisele Azimi’s lab has developed a way to extract rare earths from devices. It uses carbon dioxide to dissolve them, while other processes use acids that generate a lot of nasty waste products. However, the process has yet not been scaled up, though she hopes that see that within a decade. In the meantime, it’s… Read more »
Prof. Gisele Azimi receives 2020 CSChE Innovation Award
Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) is the 2020 recipient of the CSChE Innovation Award presented by the Chemical Institute of Canada. This award recognizes Azimi’s distinguished contribution as an early career researcher to the field of chemical engineering while working in Canada. Azimi is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair joint-appointed between the Departments of Chemical… Read more »
Professors Gisele Azimi and Arthur Chan awarded new Canada Research Chair positions
Story by Tyler Irving, U of T Engineering News Two U of T Engineering professors have been awarded new Canada Research Chairs. Professor Gisele Azimi (ChemE, MSE) now holds the Canada Research Chair in Urban Mining Innovation, while Professor Arthur Chan (ChemE) is the new Canada Research Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry and Health. Azimi’s research focuses on innovative ways to… Read more »
Meeting a critical need in a supercritical way
Story by Tim Lougheed, Chemical Institute of Canada “”It has been almost a decade since Gisele Azimi was pursuing post-doctoral work at MIT, where she realized just how dependent our technology was becoming on rare earth elements, which pose significant environmental and economic challenges as they are being processed into components for everything from cell… Read more »
International Women’s Day 2020
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Lassonde Institute at #PDAC2020
Thank you to everyone that met with our team over #PDAC2020 to discuss the great mining research being done Lassonde Institute at the University of Toronto. We look forward to continued conversations and translating to real-world solutions, results and #talent! Special thanks to: BHP Rio Tinto Vale SRK Consulting CIM Chrysalix Venture Capital Unearthed Lundin Mining Corporation Deloitte Stantec… Read more »
Mining Matters & Lassonde Institute Partners to Ignite Canadian Kids’ Curiosity
A new partnership between University of Toronto’ Lassonde Institute and Mining Matters (PDAC) launched early this year. The educational outreach initiative created hands-on learning workshops illustrating the interconnection between water, environment and mining activities to Grades 7/8 students across the GTA. Highlighting the importance of water quality and sustainable efforts in mining, the workshops showcase… Read more »
