Mining
Making artisanal mining safer and more sustainable
Detecting mining's toxic leftovers
CFI grants lay foundation for discovery
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Graduates Keri Graumann and Dheeraj Alamchandani are using the tools and techniques of engineering as a way to advance social justice and global sustainability in artisanal
mining.
Even decades after a mine closes, people in surrounding communities can face serious health risks from drinking contaminated water. Communities in BC’s North are particularly at
risk of arsenic poisoning due to the legacy of gold and uranium mines, says University of Victoria civil engineer Heather Buckley.
From a cheap and easy way for mining- impacted communities to test their drinking water to a powerful microscope able to observe the tiniest “workhorses” of our cellular system,
UVic researchers are putting Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) grants to work to address some of the world’s most daunting problems.