Spring Update It’s spring and that means Tara Baker and Graham Hay are off to Fort McMurray for work on oil sands mine tailings dewatering!

International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP) Philippe Garneau and Jared Robertson are in Brisbane, Australia, meeting with members of the International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP). Jared is presenting Okane’s latest work on the INAP project in collaboration with Earth Systems.

Tailings Remediation Plan Travis Polkinghorne joins the Saskatoon office as a junior engineer and this summer, he will be working on rotation at Gunnar Mine to conduct the QA/QC program for the Tailings Remediation Plan construction project. Travis has his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, and has worked at SNC Lavalin as a geotechnical engineering assistant … Read More

Professional Development Okane’s Oceania team held their 2019 Professional Development seminar in Noosa, Australia, sharing technical presentations and knowledge transfer from teams across the Oceania region and Canada – and visiting the beach, of course!

Revegetated Cover Systems Program Okane is excited to be leading the Revegetated Cover Systems Program (RCSP), a five-year collaboration between Okane, Kings Park Science (KPS) of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA), the University of Western Australia (UWA), and Industry. The program aims to quantify actual plant water use (transpiration) on cover systems, optimize species biodiversity to ameliorate … Read More