Women in Mining Canada is excited to announce the recipients of the 2021 Trailblazer Awards. Please join us in congratulating:
Trailblazer Award: Monica Moretto (Vice President, Social Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, Pan American Silver Corp.)
Indigenous Trailblazer: Leona Aglukkaq (Director, TMAC Resources Inc.)
Indigenous Student Trailblazer Award: Taryn Cutler (Community Liaison and Office Manager, Seabridge Gold Inc.)
Student Trailblazer Award: Lori Manoukian (PhD Candidate, P. Geo, McGill University)
Rick Hutson Mentorship Award: Dr. Jeanne Paquette (Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University)
Student Trailblazer Lori Manoukian
PhD Candidate, P.Geo McGill University
Lori Manoukian is a proud Canadian of Armenian origin who is passionate about sciences, languages and the outdoors. Lori holds a BSc Hons in Earth Sciences from Dalhousie University, a MSc in Environmental Geochemistry from Queen’s University and is a second year PhD student in Mining and Materials Engineering at McGill University. She is currently the VP Finance on the Mining and Materials Graduate Student Association and the graduate student representative for Materials engineering in the graduate committee. She was an NSERC CREATE recipient and student representative during her MSc. Throughout her graduate work, she has been a teaching assistant for multiple courses and has co-supervised students. In terms of research, the focus of her PhD is on nutrient recovery from water treatment processes using microorganisms, as well as material characterization. Her master’s thesis allowed for a comprehensive characterization of waters and co-existing minerals at gold mines El Indio, Lagunas Norte and Pierina. Furthermore, Lori has over 4 years of industry experience having worked as a geochemist at Golder Associates Ltd. and as an environmental metallurgist at AuTec Innovative Extractive Solutions. She is passionate about environmental management during the mining process, water treatment and water management.
“Encouraging diversity brings new ideas and new ways of solving problems while inspiring an inclusive and ever-improving environment in the mining world.”
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On behalf of Tekeyan Armenian Cultural Association of Montreal we offer our heartfelt congratulations to Miss Lori Manoukian on her impressive accomplishment and a well-deserved success and wish her the best in her new next adventure and every aspect of her life.
We are proud to have an inspiring young woman like you in our community.
