G. Gordon Suffel Fellowship Award Winner 2023-2024

The Earth Sciences Department at Western annually awards the G. Gordon Suffel Fellowship for Graduate Studies in Applied Economic Geology. This fellowship is awarded to graduate students in a Master's or PhD program in Geology who have selected a thesis topic in applied economic geology, based on academic achievement and research merit. The recipient may receive this fellowship for up to three years, dependent upon performance and satisfactory progress. The student(s) selected will give a lecture to the Earth Sciences Department during the second term of the award, describing their research, is required to assist in curating the Suffel Collection, and asked to create a display to showcase their work to the public. 

The G. Gordon Suffel Fellowship award winner for the 2023-2024 school year is Tavis Enno. Tavis is a Master's student, supervised by Dr. Nigel Blamey and Dr. Neil Banerjee, and his research focuses on developing a revised genetic model for the Troilus deposit in Quebec. The Troilus Mine operated from 1996-2010, and during this time produced over 2 million ounces of gold, 70,000 tonnes of copper and minor amounts of other metals between two open pits. 

Tavis' research is summarized on the poster below.  

Poster describing Tavis' research.