Getting Closure
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
HOW TO FIX A HOLE IN THE GROUND
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of the third season of Getting Closure, host Mike O’Kane explores some of the less conventional options for putting a worked-ou...
RESTORING LIFE THROUGH MINE CLOSURE
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Much of the work involved in mine closure and reclamation might seem to be invested in handling earth, water, and waste. But as guest Christine Daly t...
FINDING CHAMPIONS FOR RESPONSIBLE MINE CLOSURE
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
For those listeners well versed in the mandate of the LDI, many of the ideas expressed in the latest episode of Getting Closure will sound familiar. G...
BE READY TO PIVOT
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the fall of 2019, as the Landform Design Institute was starting up in Vancouver, Canada, Priscilla Nelson was organizing a likeminded organizatio...
LANDFORM DESIGN PRINCIPLES 9–12
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Mike O’Kane explores principles 9, 10, 11, and 12 with Institute Founder Gord McKenna, concluding the three-episode discussion of all 12 landfo...
LANDFORM DESIGN PRINCIPLES 5–8
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Mike O’Kane once again welcomes LDI founder and chair, Gord McKenna to the show. O’Kane, co-chair of the Institute’s technical advisors, di...
THE PRINCIPLES OF LANDFORM DESIGN 1–4
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Season 3 of Getting Closure,” host Mike O’Kane sits down with LDI founder and chair, Gord McKenna, to characterize the fir...
Season 3 Preview
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In a preview of Season 3 of Getting Closure, host Mike O’Kane, Co-Chair of the LDI's Technical Advisors and a member of the Board, sits down wi...
DOWN TO EARTH
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We all know how gravity works … inherently, we know which way is up. We are also all well versed in our world’s push for renewable energy — so-c...
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX with LOIS BOXILL
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lois Boxill is a member of the LDI's Board of Directors for good reason, not the least of which is a unique perspective on how to approach a wide vari...
ANDY ROBERTSON'S LEGACY
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 of Getting Closure continues to explore the principles and people behind responsible mine closure and reclamation, beginning with an int...
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE FUTURE
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Getting Closure heads to the Elk Valley in southeastern British Columbia for its first video episode to explore a mine that's already embraced the bas...
LEARNING AND LEADING FROM THE LAND
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The first principle of landform design is mine with the end in mind and create a shared vision among the mine, local communities, and Indigenous peopl...
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3, Mike O'Kane interviews Corinne Unger, an Australia-based specialist in mine rehabilitation and closure planning who has undertaken resea...
FROM GEOCHEMISTRY TO HOCKEY … AND BACK
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2, Mike O'Kane interviews Mark Logsdon for the second episode of Getting Closure. Mark specializes in geochemistry and mineralogy, and has ...
THE BEAVER
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the inaugural episode of "Getting Closure," Landform Design Institute founder Gord McKenna and Mike O’Kane, Chair of the LDI's Technical Advisor...