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Earth and Environmental Science at Acadia offers programs leading to B.Sc. degrees in Environmental Science, Geology and Environmental Geoscience, and M.Sc. degrees in Geology, Environmental Science and Applied Geomatics.


Departmental News

The Earth and Environmental Science Department welcomes our newest faculty member Dr. Deanne van Rooyen. Dr. van Rooyen comes to us from Cape Breton University where she co-founded the Bachelor of Arts and Science in Environment degree program. Dr. van Rooyen’s research focusses on metamorphic petrology, structural geology, tectonics, and geochronology in Archean and Proterozoic orogens. Although she begins July 1, she isn’t wasting any time; Dr. van Rooyen will be co-teaching advanced field school in August. As soon as she returns, she will jump right into the classroom teaching Mineralogy in the fall and Metamorphic Petrology in the winter.

Welcome Deanne, we are happy to have you at Acadia!

Thursday June 23 was a full day of retirement-themed fun for Dr. Raeside; he chaired his final department meeting at 9:30 am, was a guest of honour at lunch, and sat down to a beautiful dinner at the Blomidon Inn in the evening. As Dr. Raeside is retiring July 1 we have to cram in as much as is possible.

The 2022 newsletter was sent out to over 800 alumni/ae. In it you can read about our department, some new faces, highlights of the year, upgrades to our facilities, and of course news of the alumni/ae from all corners of the globe.