Awards History

The APEGS Gold Medal Award for Geoscience is awarded to a geoscience student annually at the University of Regina. The following list includes recent APEGS Gold Medal Winners, and we are working to expand this list to include APEGS Gold Medal winners from further back in our history.

APEGS Gold Medal Recipients

APEGS Gold Medal Awardee Biographies

"I have wanted to be a geologist for as long as I can remember. As a child, I was obsessed with my rock collection and thought earthquakes, volcanoes and mountains were fascinating. In 2015 I began my Honours degree in Geology at the University of Regina and found my niche in third year after taking Dr. Bethune’s structural geology course. That summer, I was fortunate to find employment with the Saskatchewan Geological Survey as a senior assistant for a bedrock mapping project in the Glennie Domain of northern Saskatchewan. I used this data and produced a structural analysis for my B.Sc. thesis – a project that blended field work with research – a combination I thoroughly enjoy and which led me to embark upon a Master’s project also within the Dept. of Geology, University of Regina, that began in January of this year. During my time as a student of Geology, I have gained a variety of experiences that have instilled leadership qualities from voluntary roles and interaction with the broader Geoscience community. While I am just at the beginning of my career in Geology and I am eager to see where this amazing field leads me."

2020 APEGS Gold Metal Award for Geoscience recipient

Jamie Schmidt graduated from the UofR with a Bachelor of Science Honours Degree in Geology with a minor in Physical Geography in the fall of 2018. As a child, her father (also a geologist) taught her how to identify rocks and minerals, which ignited a life-long passion in geology and geoscience. In 2017, she was a part of a research team that travelled to central Madagascar to provide a preliminary study on the origins of the volcanic fields in the Ampefy area, leading to B.Sc. Honours thesis which was presented at both the Western Inter-University Geoscience Conference 2019 and the Saskatchewan Geological Society Open house. In Saskatchewan, Jamie has taught and done research at the UofR and worked for the Saskatchewan Geological Survey, SaskEnergy and the U of R Geology Department. Jamie is currently working towards distinguishing herself as a dedicated and professional Geoscientist in Saskatchewan.

2019 APEGS Gold Metal Award for Geoscience recipient