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Earth Science Division

The Earth Science Division co-ordinates educational activities and conferences for students in the Earth and Geology Departments in the Atlantic Universities. 

AUGC

The 74th Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) will be held at Dalhousie University, between October 24 to October 26, 2024.

The registration period is open from September 1, 2024 until October 15, 2024 at 5:00pm AST.

Undergraduate students who wish to submit an abstract have until October 18, 2024 at 5:00pm. Submissions are editable so you can make changes until October 21.

More information can be found on the AUGC 2024 conference website.

Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference logo

Every year the AUGC hosts a conference where undergraduate students have the opportunity to present their current work, learn about local geology, meet members of the Atlantic geologic community and enjoy the company of like-minded students.”

SA-AGS Speaker Tour

Atlantic Geoscience Society logo

Science Atlantic is a co-sponsor of an annual speaker tour with the Atlantic Geoscience Society (AGS).

2024-2025 SA-AGS Speaker Tour

News and Events

Awards

Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference 2010
Thanks to the support of our generous conference sponsors, each year AUGC recognizes the achievements of some of Atlantic Canada’s top undergraduate and graduate geoscience students through a variety of awards. There have been over 60 AUGC conferences hosted since 1962.

About

Science Atlantic was originally established in 1962 and through the decades has seen growth across scientific and provincial boundaries. Science Atlantic’s Earth Science Division was created in the early 1990’s.

The Earth Science Division coordinates educational activities for students in the Earth Science and Geology departments in the Atlantic universities, often involving provincial and federal geoscience organizations. It assists with the organization of the Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) and coordinates a speaker tour for the member universities.

Division

Deanne van Rooyen Headshot

Division Chair

Deanne van Rooyen
Acadia University

View all Earth Science division members.

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