Armed with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Earth sciences from the University of Guelph, Lesley has built an extensive career in Earth science and education. Now a surficial Earth science and mineral resources specialist, Lesley has worked in the stone, sand, and gravel industry; as a policy analyst and lead for the Environment and Education and Outreach Committees for the Ontario Mining Association; in post-secondary education in the scholarship of teaching and learning, instructional development, and course design; and as a sessional lecturer. She is an active member of the EdGEO Regional Committee, a director for both the Ontario and national chapters of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association, and serves as past president of the Canadian Geoscience Education Network. Lesley joined Mining Matters as a team member in September 2016.

Email: lhymers [at] miningmatters.ca (lhymers[at]miningmatters[dot]ca)