News: Cnim

Rob Yeomans of Parsons Corporation has been appointed chair of Yukon University’s Centre for Northern Innovation in Mining (CNIM) Governing Council. Yeomans replaces longstanding Chair, Paul West-Sells, of Western Copper and Gold’s Casino Mining Corporation, who served the Council from 2012 until his retirement in 2024.

“We congratulate Rob for assuming this important position, and look forward to leveraging his wealth of knowledge of the mining sector, including the challenges and opportunities,” said YukonU Provost Shelagh Rowles. “I also want to thank Paul for his dedication to education over these past 12 years. His contributions helped build up our training programs to meet the needs of Yukon’s mining sector and workforce at large.”

Yukon’s geological wonders can now be experienced virtually thanks to YukonU instructors and $398,450 of funding from Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) GEM-GeoNorth program. Yukon Virtual Geology is a newly launched website that is making geology accessible to the public with 3D interactive tours that include engaging technology.