# Eric Prosh

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**Eric Charles Prosh**, (December 17, 1957 – September 3, 2013) was a Canadian paleontologist, geologist, and civil servant who worked in [Nunavut](/source/Nunavut).

## Early life

Prosh grew up in [Roxboro, Quebec](/source/Roxboro,_Quebec). His parents Eric and Marie had immigrated from Europe to Montreal in the early 1950s. He attended [Riverdale High School](/source/Riverdale_High_School_(Quebec)), where he was valedictorian, [Vanier College](/source/Vanier_College), and [Queen's University](/source/Queen's_University_at_Kingston). He earned a doctorate in paleontology at the [University of Western Ontario](/source/University_of_Western_Ontario) in 1989, after years of research on fossils in the [Disappointment Bay Formation](/source/Disappointment_Bay_Formation).[1] He was a post-doctoral student at [McGill University](/source/McGill_University) prior to employment in industry, eventually at Spectral International, a Colorado-based company specializing in remote sensing and spectroscopy.

## Legacy

Prosh joined Nunavut's Department of Economic Development and Transportation in 2006, and became the Director of Minerals and Petroleum Resources.[2] He was a key player on the Nunavut Mining Symposium organizing committees, during a period of strong growth in the regional economy, driven by the mining sector.[3][4] He died suddenly on September 3, 2013 en route back to [Iqaluit](/source/Iqaluit) after a holiday.

One of the annual Nunavut Mining Awards sponsored by [Canadian North](/source/Canadian_North) Airlines is named after him. The Eric Prosh Government/Organization Award is in recognition of the contribution of a government department or organization to the advancement of the mining industry in Nunavut.[5]

## External links

- [Legislative Assembly of Nunavut, Hansard, page 4860](http://www.assembly.nu.ca/sites/default/files/Hansard_20130911.pdf)
- [Northern Mining News, Aug 2013 - page 13](http://www.miningnorth.com/_rsc/site-content/news/Chamber-of-Mines-August-2013-Newsletter-final.pdf)
- [A Mining "Whopper" - Winnipeg Free Press](http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/a-mining-whopper-171903071.html)

## References

1. Prosh, Eric (January 1989). ["A Lower Devonian Reef Sequence and Fauna, Disappointment Bay Formation, Canadian Arctic Islands"](http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/digitizedtheses/1795/). *Digitized Theses*

1. ["NunatsiaqOnline 2010-07-19: NEWS: A flicker of hope for Nunavut's mothballed diamond mine"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071131/http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/190710a_flicker_of_hope_for_nunavuts_mothballed_diamond_mine/%26action%3Dedit). Archived from [the original](http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/190710a_flicker_of_hope_for_nunavuts_mothballed_diamond_mine/%26action%3Dedit) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

1. ["Chamber Congratulates Mining Award Winners at Nunavut Mining Symposium"](http://www.miningnorth.com/_rsc/site-content/Chamber-news-releases/ChamberCongratulatesNMSMiningAwardWinnersApril2014.pdf). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240608221416/https://www.miningnorth.com/_rsc/site-content/Chamber-news-releases/ChamberCongratulatesNMSMiningAwardWinnersApril2014.pdf) 2024-06-08 at the Wayback Machine.

1. ["Mining expected to drive continued economic growth across North | CBC News"](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/mining-expected-to-drive-continued-economic-growth-across-north-1.1218510)

1. ["Awards"](http://www.nunavutminingsymposium.ca/awards/)

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