Welcome to EES!

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

Award for EES professor!

Dr. Deanne van Rooyen’s (EES) work has been recently recognized in an international award run jointly by the Geological Society of America, the Geological Association of Canada, and the Geological Society of Mexico. She is one of the inaugural group of recipients of the Fifty under Fifty Award for 2026.

This award honors mid-career geoscientists whose leadership, scientific excellence, impactful research, service to the global geoscience community, and mentorship of students, colleagues, and peers are making a lasting impact on the geoscience community across North America.

Co-op Showcase 2026

On September 22^nd EES hosted seven co-op presentations from students who did summer co-ops in 2026.

Award-winning wasp!

Rain Newport-Shillington is a 3^rd year student in the BSc ENVS program. Read on about her summer work and her award-winning wasp!

Upcoming Events

Oct

2026

AUGC at UNB Fredericton October 22-25

This years AUGC is October 22 – October 25 at University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Campus.

This is Canada's oldest undergraduate geology student conference, allowing students to present research, network, and learn about local geology.

Honours students are strongly encouraged to present their research, and the conference is open to any student to attend. For 2nd and 3rd year students this is a great chance to explore the research landscape in the Atlantic Provinces and see what students at geoscience departments are doing. There is support for attendance from the conference, and from the department.

Contact Tessa with the Fletcher Club for more details.

Oct

2026

CSEG Distinguished Speaker 4pm HSH336

Dr. Allison Malcolm, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

Geophysics: Combining Technology and Fundamental Science to Improve our World

Many key problems in the world are fundamentally geoscience problems. We will play a vital role in locating critical minerals, sequestering CO₂ underground, finding energy resources, selecting sites for wind farms, and continuing to develop systems that warn populations of natural disasters. These contributions require an understanding of topics from geoscience to computer science and all are affected by and contribute to how technology changes. Drawing on contributions from my team and others, I will highlight a series of examples in which we use and develop technology tailored to specific geoscience problems. We will discuss ‘right-sizing’ computations for CO₂ sequestration, adapting machine-learning techniques to improve our understanding of geological structures like faults and mineral deposits, and even how we can use Minecraft to teach geoscience to others. My goal is for geoscience students to see some new applications and the technologies underlying them, for other science and engineering students to see exciting applications of their studies, and for experienced geophysicists to see some new applications and share toolkits to promote the breadth and excitement of geophysics.

Nov

2026

PDAC S-IMEW talk 12:30pm HSH336

Come and find out about the Student-Industry Mineral Exploration Workshop (S-IMEW) hosted by PDAC each year. Zailynne Durant will talk about her experiences in the 2026 Workshop. You will be able to ask questions and learn about the application procedures. Complete applications will be due in the Department around November 20th for submission to PDAC in early December.

There will be pizza!

Nov

2026

ECO Canada Accreditation Presentation 5-6pm HSH336

There will be pizza and an ECO Canada representative with a presentation on accreditation and be able to answer any questions you may have.

Nov

2026

Geohazards talk, Dr. Maureen Matthew, 12pm, HSH336

Jan

2027

SA-AGS speaker Dr. Donnelly Archibald 11:30am HSH336