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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

New equipment in the Petrographic Lab

New thin sectioning equipment was installed in the Acadia Petrographic Lab earlier this year. We had hoped to have a "ribbon-cutting event", although that will now have to wait.

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Ian Spooner earns Acadia Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching

The Acadia Alumni Association announced that Dr. Ian Spooner is the recipient of the 2020 Acadia Alumni Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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Chris White, P.Geo., receives the 2019 Excellence in Geoscience Award

Geoscientists Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2019 Excellence in Geoscience Award – Christopher E White, Ph.D, P.Geo. of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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