AUGC held at Dalhousie University October 24–27, 2024

Well done EES students!

It was wonderful to see how well the students supported each other at the conference. All five presenters did an amazing job.

Above: Morning smiles from the student presenters Abbey Smith, Tiernan Davies, Bella MacQuarrie, Hayley Newell, and Tess Gates-Flaherty

 

Acadia students won 4 of the possible 6 awards given at the conference!

 

Tess Gates-Flaherty, who works with Dr. Snyder, won the Canadian Energy Geoscience Award for their talk, titled "The taxa world sure can be taxing: Creating an open source Windsor Group fossil database".

 

Abbey Smith, who works with Drs Spooner and Snyder, won the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists Award for their talk, titled: "Get off my lawn: Coastal erosion in Hantsport, NS".

 

Tiernan Davies, who works with Dr. Barr, won the Frank S. Shae Memorial Award for their talk, titled: "Geology and economic mineral potential of the central Jeffers block, Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia, Canada".

 

Hayley Newell, who works with Drs O'Driscoll and van Rooyen, won the Atlantic Geoscience Society Environmental Geoscience Award for their talk, titled: "Mercury in soil horizons from southwestern Nova Scotia: Relationships with vegetative bioindicators and mineralogy".

 

The students represented Acadia well but deserved to let off some steam once the banquet ended!

 

 

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