Welcome to EES!

*Note* The departmental office will be closed from December 19th 2025 at 4pm until January 5th 2026 at 8am for the holiday break.

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

EES Newsletter released

The 2020 newsletter was sent out to over 800 alumni/ae. In it you can read about our department, some new faces, highlights of the year, upgrades to our facilities, and of course news of the alumni/ae from all corners of the globe.

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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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