Diamond Exploration Research and Training School

自20世纪90年代初以来，钻石一直是加拿大北部经济发展的主要推动力。目前，加拿大的钻石生产主要集中在西北地区，是世界第三大钻石生产国。自1998年开始开采以来，钻石行业已为西北地区的经济投资了130亿美元，其中包括向土著公司投资的40亿美元和进一步的社会投资1亿美元。NWT的三个矿场中有两个已进入生产的最后阶段，如果没有发现新的矿藏，加拿大在钻石生产中的作用将会减弱，这将给北方的经济带来巨大的影响。新矿床的发现将在技术上具有挑战性，需要新一代的地球科学家，他们具有多学科背景和批判性，在现场地球科学，运营物流和在加拿大北极地区工作所涉及的社会经济因素方面具有良好的基础。这个培训项目将培养出能够成为钻石勘探和采矿行业下一届领导者的地球科学家，他们将为迎接这一挑战做好充分准备。它将培养具有更多行业背景的人才，他们也具有学术资格，可以指导和应用最新的研究方法，为金伯利岩钻石勘探项目提供信息。

Diamonds have provided the vast majority of the economic development of the Canada's**North since the early 1990s. With production currently focused on the NWT, Canada is the world's 3rd**largest diamond producer. Since mining began in 1998, the diamond industry has invested $13 billion in**the NWT economy including > $4 billion with Aboriginal companies and > $100 million in further**social investments. Two of the three NWT mines are in the final phase of production and if no new**deposits are found Canada's role in diamond production will diminish, with dramatic consequences for**the economy of the North. The discovery of new deposits will be technologically challenging, requiring**a new generation of geoscientists who have a multi-disciplinary background and critically, an excellent**grounding in field geosciences, operational logistics and the socio-economic factors involved in working**in Canada's Arctic regions. This training program will produce geoscientists who can become the next**leaders in the diamond exploration and mining industry, well equipped to take on this challenge. It will**produce personnel with greater industry-ready backgrounds, who are also academically qualified to**direct and apply the latest research methods to inform kimberlite-based diamond exploration programs.