MetSoc Awards
The call for nominations is closed for 2024.
THE CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR IS OPEN for 2024. The deadline has been extended to February 29, 2024
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.
Metsoc 2024 Awards Committee
2024 Awards Chair
Julie Lévesque
Centre de métallurgie du Québec
Committee
- Lukas Bichler, The University of British Columbia
- Chris Pickles, Queen’s University
- Mike Dry, Arithmetek
- Mihaiela Isac, McGill University
- Ben Yu, National Research Council Canada
- Ron Schonewille, Glencore Nickel
- Clodualdo Aranas Jr., University of New Brunswick
- Jean-François Boulanger, Université du Québec (UQAT)
- Wenying Liu, The University of British Columbia
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.
