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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

Gabriel Santos wins Léopold Gélinas Silver Medal

Recent graduate student, Gabriel Santos, was announced as the 2019 Recipient of the Léopold Gélinas Silver Medal.

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South Shore Field Trip 2019

The annual departmental field trip around the periphery of the Meguma terrane of southern Nova Scotia took place on April 22-23.  Acadia students and professor Sandra Barr were joined by Atlantic Gold Corporation geologists and Chris White of the NS Department of Energy and Mines.

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Report from the field - Alex Squires in NWT

Recent graduate Alex Squires is working in the Indin Lake area of NWT, conducting structural geological assessment of the Colomac gold deposit. 

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