AGS COLLOQUIUM 2015 Mt. Allison University, Sackville, NB  30-31 January 2015

Conference page Program and Abstracts volume Some photos from the colloquium Gesner Medal winner Laing Ferguson Distinguished Service award Awards "Banquet speaker" Kitchen party open mic Documents pertaining to the AGM

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Gesner Medal winner

The Gesner Medal winner in 2015 was Dr. Marcos Zentilli, Dalhousie University

Laing Ferguson Distinguished Service award

The Laing Ferguson Distinguished Service award in 2015 was to Dr. Jim Walker, New Brunswick Department of Energy and Mines, Bathurst. Heavy snow prohibited Jim from attending, so here Reg Wilson is receiving the award from citation reader Mike Parkhill.

Student Awards

Students take note!  Awards are made for the best oral paper and poster in both undergraduate and graduate classes. Preparing a paper or a poster and presenting it at an academic conference is a great experience for students, and AGS is pleased to recognise your effort with the following awards:

Rupert MacNeill Award for the best undergraduate student paper

Emmaline Atherton, Dalhousie University Title of paper: Seismic strain and the state of stress in the crust of the Himalaya (Emmaline Atherton & Djordje Grujic)

Sandra Barr Award for the best graduate student paper

Sharane Simon, Dalhousie University Title of paper: Sedimentology and taphonomy of the plantbearing beds of the Colwell Creek Pond site in the Early Permian Clear Fork Group of north-central Texas (Sharane Simon & Martin Gibling)

Rob Raeside Award for the best undergraduate student poster

Kriselle Dias, Memorial University Title of poster: Laboratory modelling of magma mingling (Kriselle Dias & Alison Leitch)

Graham Williams Award for the best graduate student poster

Dewey Dunnington, Acadia University Title of paper: A 10,000 year record of environmental change at Long Lake, Cumberland Marshes Region, Nova Scotia-New Brunswick border region, Canada (Dewey Dunnington, Chris White, Ian Spooner, Hilary White, Nelson O'Driscoll & Nic McLellan)

"Banquet Speaker"

Our banquet speaker, Jenna Boon, Executive Director, Joggins Fossil Centre, was unable to arrive, as roads to Nova Scotia were closed by snow. In place, Jeff Ollerhead, Dean of Science at Mt. Allison University, provided an ad lib interpretation and explanation of the mural by Alex Colville in the Tweedie Hall.

Kitchen Party

	After dinner till midnight: AGS Kitchen Party Open Mic:  Bring your Instrument (any instrument!) to the 2015 AGS Kitchen Party.  Join us for music and libations after the AGS Banquet. This open mic will be open to any and all. See you there!

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