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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 and Applied Geomatics.

Departmental News

AGS Colloquium in Truro

Thirty faculty and students from Acadia participated in the annual Atlantic Geoscience Society colloquium in Truro on 2-3 February. Congratulations to Max Chipman on winning the Rupert MacNeill award for best undergraduate student presentation!

Deanne van Rooyen, adjunct professor, receives federal funding for work in Nunatsiavut

Deanne will conduct structural geological research in Labrador and northern Quebec on the Archean blocks of the Nain Province.

Brent Murphy wins Industry Award for KSM Sustainable Development Program

Seabridge Gold announced on 7th December that its Environmental Team, headed up by Acadia alumnus Brent Murphy won the 2017 Robert R. Hedley Award presented annually by the Association for Mineral Exploration in BC to a member company for significant contributions or advances in environmental management and/or social responsibility.

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