Laurentian University gets $500K to fund mine waste management, forensic research

Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont., will be receiving $500,000 offederal money to contribute to its research into mine waste management and forensics.

The money comes from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund.

The university said that one of the projects to be funded will be a new field and lab analysis facility aiming to explore alternative methods of mine waste management.

The other project will be an advanced mass spectrometry facility that will help identify selected chemical compounds, such as toxins and their metabolic byproducts in decomposed remains and animal tissues.

51 universities across the country received money from the fund, including Nipissing University in North Bay which received $350,000 for two projects, and Lakehead University in Thunder Baywhich received $200,000.