b'CAREER PROFILEDEPARTMENTDiscovering provincial gemsErica Rumbolt gets to travel all across the province as a project coordinator with TOARCQ: What is your position and what are your responsibilities?I have been with The Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation (TOARC)fornineyearsandhavehadvariousroles,whichall have been unique and rewarding. TOARC is the trustee to the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA) and is responsible for the mandates as set by the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). Currently, as the northern client and project coordinator, I help fulfil some of the mandates by working directly with MNRF and clients to help ensure reporting and fee compliance, coordinate revoked rehabilitation projects, provide analytical reports, and co-manage the surrender database.Prior to that, I worked with TOARCs Management of AbandonedAswell,Ivehadtheopportunitytomeetsomeofthemost AggregateProperties(MAAP)programforsevenyears.Iwaspassionate individuals and mentors by participating on various a part of a team that facilitates the rehabilitation of legacy pitsenvironmental committees, attending conferences and workshops, and quarries across Ontario and gathers land end-use data for aand enrolling in continuing education courses that are applicable province-wide research study on surrendered aggregate sites. to my work. As a young professional, these opportunities were paramount to have so early in my career.Q:What is it about your job that other people wish they got to do? Q: What do you find most challenging in your work?ThebestpartofthisworkistravellingacrossOntarioandTOARC manages a lot of data! We have files on approximately experiencing all the hidden gems it has to offer. Growing up in3,500activepitsandquarries,8,200legacysitesand8,400 asuburbofToronto,Ihadminimalexposuretothefarmingsurrenders. We are all responsible for creating our own schedules, community. Some of my favourite memories are working directlysetting priorities, and ensuring that we take advantage of the field with farmers while rehabilitating their site and learning about theirseason in the most efficient and cost-effective way.As we are a daily routines, agricultural and livestock processes, and returningvery small team, sometimes it is hard to manage the daily tasks the next year to follow up and see how rehabilitation is going.simultaneously with the expectations of clients and landowners. Another perk is that I have been able to sample many goodies at allEach year we reflect and all the work gets done, but there are the small-town bakeries! some long-haul days.CONTINUED ON PAGE 3230 AVENUESFALL 2022'