The Canadian Mining Hall of Fame selects and inducts individuals from all facets of the mining industry. They have two things in common: their significant and lasting impact on Canada’s mining industry, and through their achievements, their contribution to the high standard of living shared by all Canadians.
2006
John Convey (1910 – 2006)
John Convey made ground-breaking contributions to metallurgy, atomic physics and minerals research, but is best known for guiding several ...
2006
Nathanael V. Davis (1915 – 2005)
For almost forty years, Nathanael Davis was the driving force behind Alcan as it grew into a progressive Canadian multinational and global...
2006
Bruce J. Grierson (b. 1939)
Bruce Grierson made lasting contributions to the mining industry in Canada and abroad during his 40-year career with Rio Tinto Iron & Tita...
2006
James J. McDougall (1925 – 2011)
During a career that has spanned more than half a century, James McDougall has earned a reputation for boldly going where few geologists h...
2006
Richard W. Hutchinson (1928 – 2016)
Richard Hutchinson has made enduring contributions to mineral exploration during his career as an economic geologist and educator. He was ...
2006
Seymour Schulich (b. 1940)
As a financier, company-builder and philanthropist, Seymour Schulich has few peers among his generation. He transformed the Canadian minin...
2005
J. Tuzo Wilson (1908 – 1993)
An internationally renowned earth scientist, J. Tuzo Wilson made significant contributions to the understanding of the dynamic earth, part...
2005
W. Austin McVeigh (1882 – 1975)
W. Austin McVeigh was one of ten children born to farmers working the land on Grand Calumet Island, Quebec, near Ottawa. It was here he de...
