Robert Stevens

Elected Director, AME BC
British Columbia Institute of Technology

Rob is a professional geologist with a range of experience in industry, at post-secondary institutions and with government. He is well known for his involvement in the mineral exploration community in Vancouver and for delivering dynamic and enlightening courses on the mineral exploration and mining industry to various industry participants and stakeholders in western North America. Dr. Stevens is the Associate Dean of Natural Resources at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), prior to which he was a faculty member and head of the Mining and Mineral Exploration Technology department at BCIT for 10 years. He received his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Alberta with a focus on structural geology and tectonics, and an Honours B.Sc. in geology from the University of Waterloo. He has worked across Canada for a number of exploration companies and for provincial and federal geological surveys.

In 2005, while on sabbatical from BCIT, he was the Executive Director of Geoscience BC; a position that involved initiating and directing Geoscience BC’s programs and development in its inaugural year. Rob is passionate about the mineral exploration and mining industry and enjoys the mix of science, engineering, business, discovery and entrepreneurialism that are integral to the industry. He has been a director of AME BC for the past 10 years, was the Vice Chairman from 2005-2007 and was Chairman from 2008-2009.