Acadia well represented at the 2023 AUGC in St. John's
The AUGC is hosted each year by one of the six universities in Atlantic Canada with geoscience programs. It is organized and attended by mainly undergraduate students, and provides them with the opportunity to present their current work, learn about local geology, meet members of the broader Atlantic geoscience community, and enjoy the company of like-minded students from across the region.
This year AUGC was held at Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The event included a meet-and-greet and scavenger hunt on Thursday, field trips and the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Challenge Bowl on Friday, and presentations and a banquet on Saturday. Thank you to the Alexander Murray Geological Society at Memorial University for hosting a great weekend.
On Friday, participants chose to attend a field trip to the Eastern Avalon High Alumina Belt to search for gold or to Upper Island Cove to hunt for Ediacaran fossils (above)
Above: Acadia students eager and ready to support their peers during the Saturday talk session
Above: Tilda Hughes came all the way from the UK to present on sinkholes
Above: Keaton Markham (winner of the CSEG Challenge Bowl on Friday and the scavenger hunt on Thursday)
Above: Hayley Newell, winner of the Imperial Oil Best Poster Award
Above: Jack Carnochan (winner of the Thursday scavenger hunt)
Above: Jonathan Koulouras (winner of the CSEG Challenge Bowl on Friday)
The entire Acadia contingent
Top row: Émilie Snow, Tilda Hughes, Tess Gates-Flaherty, Jesse Demaries-Smith, Rowan Kennedy, Sully Harnum, Keaton Markham, Jack Carnochan, Jonathan Koulouras, Carly McKinnon. Bottom row: Hayley Newell, Mo Snyder, Deanne van Rooyen, Gabriel Santos