Natural Resources Canada - Lands & Minerals Sector - Geological Survey of Canada - GSC-Central
Ottawa (Ontario)
This MSc Bursary will start September 1, 2025 and end on March 31, 2027.
Scholarship of approximately $25,000 in year 1 and $16,000 in year 2 ($41,000 total) divided into 5 semester installments. It is expected that the student will work approximately 10 to 15 hours per week for the RAP period.
For further information on the organization, please visit Natural Resources Canada
Video: The application process step by step!
CLOSING DATE: 27 JUNE 2025 - 23:59, PACIFIC TIMEWho can apply: Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad.
To be considered for RAP opportunities, students must be:
1. Recognized as having full-time student status by the post-secondary academic institution at which they are presently enrolled OR be a part-time student who is recognized by their academic institution as a having a disability;
2. The minimum age to work in the province or territory where the job is located; and
3. Enrolled in an academic program that requires research as part of their curriculum.

IN ORDER TO BE CONSIDERED, YOUR APPLICATION MUST CLEARLY EXPLAIN HOW YOU MEET THE FOLLOWING (ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS)

Essential Education:

• Students who are currently enrolled or eligible to enroll in a MSc program at a Canadian University, with specialization in Earth Science, Geographic Information Systems or other relevant specialization. Proof will be required before the start date.
• Graduation with a Bachelor of Science from a recognized post-secondary institution with specialization in Geology, Earth Sciences, Geosciences or other specialization relevant to the duties of the position, are invited to submit their applications for this program. Proof will be required before the start date.

Degree equivalency
Essential Experience:

In the context of student recruitment in the federal public service, experience can be acquired through studies, work experience or volunteer activities. The successful candidates are expected to have experience in:

• Experience identifying geological structures.
• Experience describing geological deformation.
• Experience working individually and in teams.

This M.Sc. project “National Geological Fault Inventory of Canada” will focus on developing a geospatial database of Canada’s most significant bedrock faults, shear zones and deformation corridors. This will provide an essential evidence layer for critical mineral potential studies, and to act as a guide for focused 3D structural and stratigraphic modelling in zones identified as having high critical mineral occurrence and/or potential. The research will include an extensive literature search for structurally controlled or associated critical mineral systems examples along with a review of other national scale fault data set integration standards. The aim of the study is to increase our understanding of the tectonic relationships to mineralization from a structural geology and tectonics perspective. The fault compilation will be used as a framework for querying national scale relationships between critical mineral occurrences, related structures, and structural attributes.