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role in founding the Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST). A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Dow Baker studied mining engineering at McGill University. After 20 years in Canada’s oil and gas sector, she decided to apply her engineering knowledge and skill to improving sanitation and drinking water in developing countries. She enrolled in environmental design at the University of Calgary, where she met David Manz, P.Eng. Dr. Manz is the inventor of innovative biosand filter technology, which removes pathogens and suspended solids from contaminated drinking water. Together, he and Ms. Dow Baker founded CAWST with the goal of sharing this technology with the developing world. Ms. Dow Baker was CEO of CAWST from 2001 to 2011 and now serves on its board of directors. Since its founding, the non-profit has helped provide consulting services in water, sanitation, and hygiene to nearly 10 million people in 68 countries. CAWST focuses on delivering interactive training programs, free resources, and education materials to local organizations and individuals. Ms. Dow Baker is also a recipient of the Alberta Centennial Medal, the Global Woman of Vision Award, and the National Griot Award for science and technology.
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In the early 1940s, before continental drift theory, Charles Stelck, OC, P.Geol., FGC, FEC (Hon.), suspected coral reefs had once existed in what is now the Arctic. But his hypothesis needed evidence. So, he did what any geologist would do — he got himself a dog team and set off into the snow-covered mountains of Norman Wells. Dr. Stelck did, indeed, find reef material to support this hypothesis, which led to further inquiry into reefs in Alberta. If there were reefs, there would be oil, and this groundbreaking work would lead to some of Alberta’s most important discoveries.
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