News & Awards
Awards
Finalist for 2018 BC Premier’s Award
The Bralorne-Takla Mine site was a finalist for this award to BC government projects, to recognize important contributions. Azimuth supported BC’s Crown Contaminated Sites Program (now in BC Ministry of Forests) in risk assessment and management of this remote orphaned mercury mine site.
2017 Brownie Award Canadian Brownsfield Network
The BC Hydro Rock Bay project was awarded the Brownie Award in Category 2: Remediate – Sustainable Remediation and Technological Innovation. Rock Bay is a complex and urban contaminated site in Victoria, BC. As Risk Assessment Lead, Beth Power of Azimuth supported SNC-Lavalin (prime contractor) to navigate the data needs and regulatory requirements, resulting in parcel-by-parcel risk assessments that secured a number of Certificates of Compliance.
2014 Robert E Leckie Award for Excellence in Environmental Stewardship – Quartz Mining
The Sä Dena Hes Mine was the first mine to be voluntarily closed in the Yukon and this project received the 2014 award for excellence in environmental stewardship from the Yukon Territory government (Yukon Energy Mines and Resource). Azimuth played a key role in this project by evaluating ecological and human health risks to contribute to remediation planning and mine closure.
2012 Jake McDonald Reclamation Award
The Pinchi Mine reclamation received this award in 2012, which is awarded by the BC Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation to recognize outstanding achievement in mine reclamation in BC. Azimuth contributed by evaluating post-reclamation risks to ecological receptors and advising on risk management and monitoring. As well, the project was awarded the 2014 Tony Milligan Book Award at the BC Technical & Research Committee on Reclamation Symposium.
Presentations
Meara Crawford – “Compilation and Evaluation of Fish specific Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs)“
For the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP)
Alena Fikart – “30 Years of Risk Assessment in BC. Looking Forward, Looking Backward.”
Azimuth Staff Publish in BC’s College of Applied Biologist ‘College Matters’ Newsletter
Practice of Biology Applied to Ecological Risk Assessment of Chemical Stressors.
Select Publications from Our Scientists
Allard P, Fairbrother A, Hope BK, Hull RN, Johnson MS, Kapustka L, Mann G, McDonald B, Sample BE. 2010. Recommendations for the development and application of wildlife toxicity reference values. Integr Environ Assess Manag 6: 28– 37.
Healey, N. 2009. Lead toxicity, vulnerable subpopulations and emergency preparedness. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 134(3-4): 143-151.
Hill, R.A., B.J. Pyper, G.S. Lawrence, G.S. Mann, P. Allard, C. Mackintosh, N. Healey, J. Dwyer and J. Trowell. 2013. Using sparse dose-response data for wildlife risk assessment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 10(1): 3-11.
Hill, R.A. 2005. Conceptualizing risk assessment methodology for genetically modified organisms. Environmental Biosafety Research 4(2): 67-70.
Hill, R.A., and C. Sendashonga. 2003. General Principles for Risk Assessment of Living Modified Organisms: Lessons from Chemical Risk Assessment. Environmental Biosafety Research 2: 81-88.
Mackintosh, C.E., J. Maldonado, J. Hongwu, N. Hoover, A. Chong, M. G. Ikonomou, and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2004. The Distribution of Phthalate Esters in a Marine Aquatic Food Web: Comparison to PCBs. Environmental Science and Technology 38(7): 2011-2020.
Mackintosh, C.E., J.A. Maldonado, M.G. Ikonomou, and F.A.P.C. Gobas. 2006. Sorption of Phthalate Esters and PCBs in a Marine Ecosystem. Environmental Science and Technology 40(11): 3481-3488.
Power, E.A. and R.S. Boumphrey. 2004. International trends in bioassay use for effluent management. Ecotoxicology 13:377-398.
Power, B.A., M.J. Tinholt, R.A. Hill, A. Fikart, R.M. Wilson, G.G. Stewart, G.D. Sinnett, and J.L. Runnells. 2010. A risk-ranking methodology for prioritizing historic, potentially contaminated mine sites in British Columbia. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 6(1): 1-10.
Sample B, Johnson MS, Hull RN, Kaputska L, Landis G, Murphy CA, Sorensen M, Mann G, Gust KA, Mayfield DB, Ludwigs J, Munns WR. 2022. Key challenges and developments in wildlife ecological risk assessment: Problem formulation. Integr Environ Assess Manag 0: 1-16.
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The Azimuth team was at AME Roundup 2023
The Azimuth team was at AME Roundup 2023 in Vancouver on January 25-26, 2023. Thanks to all of our colleagues and clients that stopped by our booth to discuss our environmental services across a mine’s life cycle!
Meara Crawford, Presentation
Compilation and Evaluation of Fish specific Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs)