At the June 5, 2020 Geoscientists Canada Board of Directors meeting, Dr. Kevin Ansdell was elected as the President-Elect of Geoscientists Canada, the national organization of the provincial and territorial licensing bodies that regulate the practice of geoscience in Canada.
Kevin grew up in Sheffield, England and obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Geology from Oxford University in 1982 and later his Master of Science from University of Alberta in 1984.
After working in the gold mining industry in South Africa and Australia, he obtained a Ph.D. from University of Saskatchewan in 1992.
He is a currently the Professor of Mineral Deposits and Precambrian Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan. He has been a professor since completing a post-doctoral fellowship with the Geological Survey of Canada in 1993, including a stint as department head from 2003-10.
He has been actively involved in the teaching and supervision of undergraduate and graduate students in the subject areas of Precambrian geology, petrology, tectonics, isotope geology and mineral deposits including gold, uranium, rare earth elements, lithium and base metals. He is particularly proud of the many students that have graduated from the geology program at the University of Saskatchewan that he continues to mentor.
Kevin has been a professional geoscientist with APEGS since 1998, with permission to consult and has been active with the association having served on the Student Development Committee, Academic Review Committee, Nominations Committee and the Professional Practice Examination Subcommittee, as well as the recently formed Geoscience Advisory Committee.
He was the Saskatchewan representative on the Canadian Geoscience Standards Council for 11 years, before becoming a director on the Board of Geoscientists Canada in 2017 and now as President-Elect. In addition, he has volunteered for the geoscience community in Canada, having served as an active member on the Canadian Geological Foundation (he is the current president), the Geological Association of Canada and the CIM Saskatchewan Geology Division. He was also an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences from 1998-2006 and has been involved in more than 150 expert and external reviews of university programs, reports, manuscript and theses.