Background
Prosh grew up in Roxboro, Quebec.
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Eric Prosh
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He attended Riverdale High School, where he was valedictorian, Vanier College, and Queen"s University.
Career
He earned a doctorate in paleontology at the University of Western Ontario in 1989, after years of research on fossils in the Disappointment Bay Formation. He was a post-doctoral student at McGill University prior to employment in industry, eventually at a Colorado-based company specializing in remote sensing and spectroscopy. Prosh joined Nunavut"s Department of Economic Development and Transportation in 2006, and became the Director of Minerals and Petroleum Resources.
He was a key player on the Nunavut Mining Symposium organizing committees, during a period of strong growth in the regional economy, driven by the mining sector.
He died suddenly on September 3, 2013 en route back to Iqaluit after a holiday. One of the annual Nunavut Mining Awards sponsored by Canadian North Airlines is named after him.
The Eric Prosh Government/Organization Award is in recognition of the contribution of a government department or organization to the advancement of the mining industry in Nunavut.
