Innovation Anthology #531:

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Scientists recently gathered in Edmonton to discuss their latest research on oil sands reclamation.

Known as the Environmental and Reclamation Research Group, they are an arm of CONRAD, the Canadian Oil Sands Network for Research and Development.

Michele Young coordinates environmental research with Imperial Oil and is chair of this year’s CONRAD Symposium.

MICHELE YOUNG: A key focus is reclamation. So vegetation research is really important, soil science, wetlands,over the years. And we have a wildlife component as well.
There’s great information coming out on nutrient cycling and landform design. I think for the ERRG its really important that work doesn’t sit in thesis I think the group has been really good about saying, let’s make sure the results are transferred to operations.

Since 2004, CONRAD”S environmental and Reclamation Research Group has received over $23 million dollars in funding from oil sands companies like Syncrude and Suncor.

Also more than 70 principal investigators and over 200 graduate students participated in the scientific consortium, and they have produced over 600 peer reviewed publications and presentations.

Thanks today to Syncrude.

I’M CHERYL CROUCHER

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Program Date: 2013-02-05