The University of Toronto team brought home six awards from the 2025 Canadian Mining Games. Represented by undergraduate students from the Lassonde Mineral Engineering program in CivMin and one from Engineering Science, the team of 16 students trekked to Quebec City, Que. for the 35th iteration of the games held March 6-8.
This year’s team, led by co-captains Feroz Shah and Aarnav Deenapanray, realized six podium finishes from an impressive two first places, three second places and a solo third place:
First place – Rock Mechanics: Raymond Bhushan (Min 2T4) and Evan Kiriakou (Min 2T5)
Fist place – Data Analytics: Raymond Bhushan (Min 2T4) and Alyssa Dimoglou (EngSci 2T4)
Second place – Mineral Economics: Alyssa Dimoglou (EngSci 2T4) and Evan Kiriakou (Min 2T5)
Second place – Mine Trivia: Feroz Shah (Min 2T5)
Second place – Crisis Management: Alyssa Dimoglou (EngSci 2T4) and Thomas Golle (Min 2T5)
Third place – Mechanical Competition: Aarnav Deenapanray (Min 2T4), Adam Dimalanta (Min 2T6), Thomas Golle (Min 2T5), and Jamil Shalabi (Min 2T4).
Additionally, beyond podium finishes, two scholarships from Women in Mining (WIM) were handed to team members Dimoglou and Shah. Dimoglou won an award as an outstanding woman in the mining field, and Shah won for being a supportive ally of women in mining. These were separate from the awards for the actual Mining Games events and did not count for points.
“I’m so happy with our results, which exceed last year’s showing, and really look forward to seeing how we do next year too,” expresses Min Club President Raymond Bhushan.
