Stephen Piercey

March 10, 2016

The Geological Association of Canada will award Dr. Stephen Piercey, a Department of Earth Sciences professor and NSERC-Altius Industrial Research Chair in the Metallogeny of Ores in Volcanic and Sedimentary Basins, with their W.W. Hutchison Medal.

The medal is awarded to a young individual for recent exceptional advances in Canadian earth science research, particularly in the area of the lithostratigraphy, volcanology and sedimentary evolution of mineral deposits. The award will be presented in Whitehorse on June 1 at the Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada annual conference.