Pictures of our trainees

	David Camacho, a PhD. Student from McMaster University and his collegue Tara Colenbrander-Nelson sampling sulfur species of the water in Sulfur Springs, Hamilton ON for his project: Background natural sulfur levels for comparison against mine wastewater systems, eg. Glencore in Sudbury.
	Ikbel Mouehden, a PhD student at INRS and her internship supervisor Mr. Vincent Taillard from Tecosol (Métox). Ikbel’s project is based on the use of mineral processing methods to treat soil contaminated with heavy metals. In the photos, Mr. Taillard explains how the Jig and the shaking table work to Ikbel. These two devices exploit the gravimetric properties of the particles to ensure the separation of contaminants.
	Rodolfo Frazao performing a Pure strain geochemical and microbial analyses on A.thiooxidans (flasks of the culture growing in shakers) in Dr. Lesley Warren microbial lab at McMaster University in Hamilton ON. Rodolfo and David Camacho, a PhD student at McMaster are working on a Collaborative project between Université de Montréal and McMaster looking at geochemistry and gene expression analysis in A. thiooxidans for a comprehensive, better constrained understanding of the sulfur metabolism. Picture by David Camacho.
	Jonathan Oliver a Master student at Queen’s University collecting a soil sample and recording site information on the east side of Kam Lake in Yellowknife, NWT, for his project; Regional distribution of arsenic in near-surface soils in the Yellowknife area.
	Jonathan Oliver, a Master student at Queen’s University collecting a soil sample on top of an outcrop along the Yellowknife River, north of the City of Yellowknife for his project; Regional distribution of arsenic in near-surface soils in the Yellowknife area.
	From left to right, Danielle Fortin, Lori Manikouan a Master degree student from Queen’s University and Heather Jamieson her supervisor at Pierina closed mine in Peru. The picture was taken during Lori’s field work. They went to South America for 4-5 weeks for sample collection and site visits. During this trip they also went to El Indio closed mine in Chile, and Lagunas Norte operating mine in Peru.
	Pierina open pit mine, in Peru, that is now closed. Picture by Lori Manikouan.
	Florent Risacher a Master degree student in Dr. Lesley Warren team at McMaster University collecting a winter sample from Base Mine Lake at Syncrude’s Fort McMurray mine.
	Gwyneth Anne MacMillan, a PhD. Student in Dr. Marc Amyot’s lab at UdeM in Kuujjuarapik-Whapmagoostui, Nunavik, teaching youth from the community about zooplankton and lichens.
	In George River, near Kangiqsualujjuaq, in Nunavik, sampling the water quality of the George River for a community-based monitoring project. On the picture: Justine-Anne Rowell, Henry Ittulak and Mark Annanack. Picture by Gwyneth Anne MacMillan.
	Dominic Ponton, a postdoctoral fellow in Marc Amyot's laboratory at the Université de Montréal, installs a piezometer to check mercury concentrations in water between natural forest ecosystems, burned forest and cut forest. Wemontaci, Haute-Mauricie, Québec.
	Caroline Baillargeon, a master's student in the laboratory of Marc Amyot at the University of Montreal who harvests invertebrates with a net in Wemotaci. These invertebrates have been identified and mercury measurements will be made to see the differences between trophic levels and address a global view of mercury in the food chain. She harvested plankton, invertebrates, minnows and other fish.
	This photo is by Jim Ghoshdastidar, a PhD student from McGill University in Parisa Ariya’s laboratory. On the picture a TSI Nanoscan Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS) and Optical Particle Sizer (OPS) measuring nano-sized and micron-sized aerosol distributions at a Daycare in the Cree Nation of Waswanipi. Jim’s project is: Atmospheric Metal Speciation Techniques for Mining Aerosol Characterization.
	Sign welcoming drivers to the Cree Nation of Waswanipi located 45 km west of a new Geomega Montviel Rare Earths Elements / Niobium project. Jim Ghoshdastidar and his colleagues were sampling aerosol distributions inside and outside of residential and community buildings to have background or baseline aerosol levels before the start of mining operations for his project: Atmospheric Metal Speciation Techniques for Mining Aerosol Characterization.
	Marc Lerquet, a master student at INRS in the laboratory of Patrice Couture, in Manitoba in 2016. Sampling of fish, here a northern pike or Esox lucius, for the analysis of metals and the measurement of biomarkers of effects in different organs (livers, gonads, etc.) in order to study the effects and fate of metals from mining effluents at the subcellular level in aquatic organisms. Project: Development of subcellular distribution methods and direct or indirect identification of the effects of metals on aquatic organisms, University INRS.
	Nastassia Urien, postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Patrice Couture at the INRS, in Manitoba in 2016. Sampling perch (Perca flavescens) at the shore seine for the study of the subcellular distribution of metals in various organs to better evaluate the effects of metals on aquatic organisms. Project: Development of subcellular distribution methods and direct or indirect identification of the effects of metals on aquatic organisms, University INRS.
	Sampling contaminated soil with diesel at the ABH research site in Whitehorse, Yukon by Kawina Robichaud, PhD student in Marc Amyot's laboratory at the Université de Montréal
	Experimental set-up at the ABH research site for the bioremediation of diesel-contaminated soil with an ecosystem approach. Photo by Kawina Robichaud.