FOR COUNCIL Timothy Joseph, P.Eng., PhD, FCIM
I believe the key to good governance of a not-for- profit, membership-driven organization comes from five key elements: transparency, knowledge, ethical honesty, empathy (listening), and the courage to change. In my time with the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, a not-for- profit institution with 10,000+ members, I have spent 15 years of experience on
leading to professional M.Eng. programs, and research relationships. As such, the Faculty of Engineering has been named as Principal Counsel to the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Government of Peru, establishing a new Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Extractive Industries. This will engage researchers with Peru’s five principal research institutions focusing on energy, processing technology, mining technology, community engagement, and sustainable environmental practices. During my time, I have been honoured to be a recipient of the: • 2003 University of Alberta undergraduate teaching award in mining engineering • 2004 Surface Mining Association for Research and Technology (SMART) Award for contributions to furthering safety and education in the global surface mining industry • 2009 CIM Past President’s Medal for early achievements in education • 2009 CIM Fellowship • 2011 CIM Distinguished Service Medal for contributions to the global mining industry and mining engineering education Becoming well-known as a mining equipment performance researcher and innovator, I have been frequently sought for counsel on mining equipment operational issues, which has led to a number of international keynote speaker invitations. This has, in turn, led to personally chairing three further international conferences and 12 SMART learning seminars, and acting as honorary chair for an additional three international conferences. My mining equipment and ground interactions research interests have trained more than three dozen highly qualified PhD, M.Sc., and M.Eng. professionals, who have gone on to roles in academia, government, industry, and consulting practices worldwide. As a mining engineering consultant (president and responsible engineer for James Progithin International Ltd.) for more than 15 years, specializing in oil sands mining equipment performance evaluations, I have delivered industry short courses, expert witness testimony, and mine equipment performance solutions, and provided advice and training to the global resource industry and mine equipment manufacturers. These services and courses include, most recently, community engagement, designed for closure and sustainable governance practice consultation to the United Nations. My teaching over the past decade has focused on establishing sustainable planning and practice for resource operations, hybrid minimal material movement mining methods, and responsible equipment operational and maintenance practices. Research work on reducing mine equipment emissions, novel use of mine waste in mine development, and targeting community-focused and sustainable mine closure states have become the underlying theme of a dozen academic and short courses, using workshop-style, scenario- based learning approaches.
Council: as vice-president, technical societies chair, and four-time national conference chair and ambassador. More recently, I have served as President of the University of Alberta Faculty Club. Throughout my career, I have been active in restructuring governance, financial oversight, and membership processes that have seen the wheel turn multiple times. As an Alberta resource industry educator and researcher, I have worked as a: • secondary school council chair • coordinator of geological, mining and environmental outreach activities to 100+ Edmonton region schools • member to a provincial OH&S mining examining board • APEGA mining engineering focus examiner I am a graduate of the University of Kent (chemistry; B.Sc. 1985) and of the University of Alberta (mining engineering; B.Sc. 1996 and PhD 2000); and have received multiple mining industry scholarships, institutional awards, and the APEGA Gold Medal, all providing the foundation for what has been a successful academic career. I am currently the Associate Dean, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta; with specific responsibility for student services including directing cooperative education and employment programs, student admissions, promotions and discipline decisions for 6,000+ engineering students. I remain an Associate Professor of mining engineering, and director of the Alberta Equipment — Ground Interactions Syndicate (AEGIS), a mining research consortium of researchers, industry, government, and manufacturers investigating sustainable mining practices, focusing on both remediating and avoiding adverse impacts from and to mining technology. I also sit on the Faculty of Engineering, Mining Industry Advisory Committee (MIAC), negotiating industry opportunities for students and other collaborative activities, as well as many other University of Alberta administrative and advisory committees. Most recently, my University of Alberta role has extended to the international establishment of new program delivery relationships. This will occur particularly in South America where agreements with engineering faculties in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia will potentially lead to accredited double degrees at the undergraduate level, short courses
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