Notes from the field

By Annaliese Snodgrass

The way to Rukungiri, Uganda lies in a single, mostly unpaved road stretching from the country’s south central region deep into its southwest corner. In its many unpaved patches, the passing vehicles kick up the vibrantly red earth beneath them, leaving a dusty maroon veneer on the surrounding vegetation. As I watched the little mud huts and the patchy tin roofs covering one-room concrete houses flick past an incredibly lush green backdrop, a feeling unlike anything I had experienced began to well up inside me.

By Sean Grogan

One of the more exciting developments in the last few decades in the mining industry has been the use of mathematical models, geo-statistics and other management science and statistical methods to create tools to be used in the decision making process for engineers, managers and shareholders.

By Lorenzo Daïeff

“Order!” The shout hails across the room. “Order!”

An elderly, black-robed man is trying to get some attention. “Oooorder!” All too little avail: as his voice echoes around the country, life in Accra, Ghana goes on like it always has: people walk through the streets, navigating narrowly between taxis and open gutters; the wind, carrying an Atlantic breeze, sweeps over the city; and I, sitting at my desk, type away at my keyboard.

By Saleh Ewan

Mining Engineering Co-op term… to many it conjures up a job in the middle of nowhere, working underground in the dark; away from civilization. However, for me that was far from the case as I found myself literally on top of the world.

In summer 2013, I was hired by Teck Coal Ltd. for a Mining Engineering co-op term in British Columbia. I worked as a Mining Engineering Co-op student in their Survey, Geology and Geotechnical Departments. I worked at an open-pit coal mine on top of the Rocky Mountains.

Par Annabelle Chuinard

Par Mariève Isabel

By Carolyne Ménard

The Hot Cities party poses with a clown outside Moscow's famous GUM department store. / Photo: Charmaine Linsley

By Allison Lickley

By Elizabeth Dvergsten-Beauce

[Editor’s note: Identifiable information has been changed in the following article to respect the anonymity of clients at Chabad Lifeline.]

By Eléonore Buchet-Deàk