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Departmental News

On January 17 the department hosted Dr. Ted Matheson from CBU for the Science Atlantic – Atlantic Geoscience Society Speaker Tour. Dr. Matheson gave a great talk titled “The Sedimentary Record of Oxygen and the Evolution of Animals: Revising the Phanerozoic Paradigm using Ironstones and More!”  Dr. Matheson also visited UNB and Dalhousie University on this tour, and did an extra talk at CBU. As always we had a great turnout, thanks to everyone for coming out and thanks to Dr. Matheson for an excellent visit!

On Tuesday January 16th, the Fletcher Geology Club hosted an open house in the Kirkconnell Room at the Acadia Archives. It was well attended and everyone had a great time with books, maps and cross sections going all the way back to 1827! The Fletcher Club material was a particular hit with old photographs of club activities, and hand-made programs for AUGC conferences going back to the 1950s.

Thank you to Ciaran Purdome from the Archives Department for putting this all together and to Keaton Markham for getting it all started. We hope to make this a yearly event. Thank you to everyone who came out!

Department members listening to archivist Ciaran Purdome.

Fletchers from the Fifties!

Students intently reading through old textbooks...

Hand-drawn landscape in book of geological maps from the late 1800s.

Yes, we still ask those exact questions in classes!

 

 

On January 12 four co-op students presented their public reports on their placements completed in the summer of 2023. It was great hearing about their varied work experience and everything they learned. Thank you to Beth MacKenzie for organizing and being a great support to the students!

Brady MacLean worked as a freshwater research assistant with Parks Canada, Kejimkujik National Park, Maitland Bridge, Nova Scotia. Ulric Mortimer IV spent the summer with Nova Agri Inc., Vital Berry Farms, Centreville, Nova Scotia as a horticultural and hydroponic research assistant. Leah Mymin worked at Teck Coal Limited, Sparwood, British Columbia in a geology co-op student position. Abbey Smith worked as an assistant field technician at Environment and Climate Change Canada, Moncton, New Brunswick.

Co-op students with coordinator Beth MacKenzie.