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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, Environmental Science and Applied Geomatics.

Departmental News

Helicopter work in the Cape Breton Highlands

Acadia MSc student Caleb Grant was able to collect rock samples from the most remote parts of his thesis area in the Cape Breton Highlands by helicopter on July 4th.

Jeff Parks, Acadia Geology graduate, takes office as President of Geoscientists Canada

On June 15, 2019, at the 59th Meeting of the Board of Directors of Geoscientists Canada in Toronto, ON, Jeff Parks, P.Geo, FGC, took office as President for 2019-2020, after serving a year as President-Elect. Jeff was a graduate of Acadia in 1987.

Ian Spooner awarded Faculty of Science Teaching Award

At the end-of-term Faculty Council meeting Ian Spooner was awarded the Faculty of Science Teaching Award.