Science Atlantic News

News from Atlantic Canada’s science and research community.

Workshops Supporting Post-Secondary Educators Interested Teaching Climate Change

November 26 2019

The second in a series of workshops supporting inter-disciplinary professional development of post-secondary educators interested teaching climate change will take place at Mount Allison University on: Friday, January 17, 2020, 7-9pm Saturday, January 18, 2020, 9-4pm [back-up Storm Dates: January 24-25] The initiative, funded by the federal Climate Action Fund, through the New

AUGC 2019 Award Winners

November 19 2019

AUGC 2019 was held October 24-26, 2019 at St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish NS. Six students were recognized for their excellent presentations. Miguel Vaccaro (Acadia): Science Atlantic Best Paper Award Andrew Wagner (SMU): Imperial Oil Best Poster Award John Mishael Dooma (SMU): Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG) Award Natalie McNeil (SMU):

MSCS 2019 Award Winners

November 19 2019

MSCS 2019 was held October 25-27, 2019, Dalhousie University, Halifax. There was a great turnout this year with over 200 attendees. Please take a look at the long list of award winners below! Mathematics and Statistics Award Winners Best Oral Presentation Mathematics Jeremy Peters (Dal): First Place Samantha Bardwell (StFX):

2019 Annual Members Meeting

November 15 2019

Details: The 2019 Science Atlantic Annual Members Meeting is being held Friday, November 15th from 4:00-5:30 pm at Acadia University. For those unable to attend in person, you can watch the AMM and Gordon Deveau’s presentation online today at 4:00 pm. (We will be muting the microphones of all virtual attendees,

Teaching and Learning Workshop at the 2019 Annual Science Atlantic Leadership Meetings

November 4 2019

Workshop: High Impact Practices (HIPs) – how might we better adapt and integrate these in the sciences? November 16, 2019, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS Led by Anne Marie Ryan, Dalhousie University Teaching Fellow in Earth and Environmental Sciences, 3M National Teaching Fellow, and Faculty Associate, Dalhousie Centre for Learning and

2019 Inaugural Nutrition and Food Conference Video

October 11 2019

Kaitlin Roke, Flora Wang and Shannan Grant facilitated a Knowledge Mobilization Upskilling Workshop at the 2019 Inaugural Nutrition and Foods Conference at MSVU. Kaitlin, lead the workshop with the objective of educating conference attendees on designing effective education materials. Attendees were guided through the process of creating their own infographic from start to finish, leaving

Register for MSCS and AUGC 2019!

October 1 2019

Registration closed. Please visit our conference page to see when the next event is happening. AUGC 2019 Register, complete a payment and submit your abstracts here: https://sciatl.org/AUGC2019-register Conference website: https://sciatl.org/AUGC2019 Important deadlines: October 4th: Early Bird Registration Ends October 10th: Registration with Guaranteed T-Shirt Ends October 11th: Abstract Submission closes October 17th:

The Easy Lab Team Takes on the Tough Questions

September 25 2019

If you’re going to make it in the Easy Lab, you can’t be afraid to get your feet wet – or muddy or slimy for that matter. Dr. Russell Easy of Acadia University has put together a lab of outstanding undergraduate and graduate scientists studying how a variety of organisms

QAtCan STEM Colloquium

September 25 2019

The first ever Queer Atlantic Canadian STEM Colloquium is set for January 17th-18th, 2020 in Halifax, NS! “Queer Atlantic Canadian STEM (QAtCanSTEM) is a visibility and community building project aiming to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion for Queer folks in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics across the Atlantic Provinces (and