MetSoc Awards
THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR IS OPEN for 2025. The deadline has been extended to February 20, 2025.
MetSoc Awards
These awards are administered by MetSoc head office administrators and by MetSoc technical sections.
Special Awards
These awards are not open to general nominations.
These awards are administered by MetSoc head office administrators and/or by a technical section.
MetSoc Light Metals Best Paper Award
MetSoc Pyrometallurgy Best Paper Award
Named Symposium Award (In honor of)
Scholarships
MetSoc and its technical sections provide over $30,000 in scholarships and student awards.
2025 Awards Committee
2025 Awards Chair

Lukas Bichler
The University of British Columbia
Committee
- Niels Verbaan, SGS
- Mike Dry, Arithmetek
- Mihaiela Isac, McGill University
- Ben Yu, National Research Council Canada
- Ron Schonewille, Glencore Nickel
- Elvi Dalgaard, Pratt & Whitney Canada
- Wenying Liu, The University of British Columbia
- Ibrahim Ogunsanya, University of Toronto
- James Brown, SGS
Voting Process
After ensuring that all conditions of the award have been satisfied and that the procedures were followed, the Awards Chair forwards the nomination and its supporting documentation to the MetSoc Awards Committee.
Steps
1. The awards committee will review the submissions and prepare a short list of candidates for each award.
2. A teleconference will be held and, if required, prepare a list of questions to be sent back to the original nominators via the selected person from the secretariat. Ie. a person must fill out further endorsements or letters attached.
3. Before voting takes place the awards committee discusses the various short-listed nominees and answers to any questions.
4. The nominations are then put to a vote by ballot will of the committee. The ballot must include a “no award” option.