News from Atlantic Canada’s science and research community.
Welcome to Another Year With Science Atlantic! Another academic year is at our doorstep! One of our main goals this year at Science Atlantic is to further enhance the engagement of our members which include students, staff and faculty, as well as senior leadership at our member institutions. I encourage
Building Bridges Between Science, Policy and Society The 11th annual Canadian Sciences Policy Conference will be their largest event to date! Boasting 40 panel sessions, over 200 panelists and 800 attendants, this is an amazing opportunity to engage with your scientific community. Conference Themes Science and Policy Science and Society
Inside Rourke Lab at Mount Allison University It is fair to say that most people’s idea of summer vacation doesn’t include microscopes and data points, but these five university biochemistry students wouldn’t want it any other way. This summer The Rourke Lab, lead by Dr. Jillian Rourke at Mount Allison
Conference Season Wrap-Up What did Conference Season look like this year?We sent out a survey and got 237 responses.
Updated June 8, 2021 Science Atlantic is founded on the values of inclusion, connection and promotion. This is why we are proud to support the entire LGBTQIA2S STEM community in Atlantic Canada. In accordance with these values Science Atlantic created a Statement of Inclusivity to help ensure all our conferences
The Art and Science of Blueberries Adele Corkum presented research on Postprandial Effects of Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) Consumption on Glucose Metabolism, Gastrointestinal Hormone Response, and Perceived Appetite in Healthy Adults at this year’s inaugural Nutrition and Foods Conference held at Mount Saint Vincent University. Adele traveled from the University
The 43rd annual Science Atlantic Psychology Conference boasted some of the best undergraduate psychological research to be found in the Atlantic provinces. Congratulations and recognition are due to Mount Allison University, conference organizers, volunteers and of course the over 100 faculty and students who made the conference possible. We are
Exploring the unknown Sarah Stewart makes significant discoveries on the feeding habits of Anadromous Alewife fish Acadia environmental science student Sarah Stewart’s love of the ocean has been a lifelong relationship. In fact, she loves it so much she’s made it her education, research and future career. Sarah attended her
A True Atlantic Academic Melbourne Schriver and the UNB Chem-Biochem Society on way to ChemCon 1982 at UPEI. In 1982, Melbourne Schriver was an undergraduate chemistry student travelling from New Brunswick to P.E.I. to attend his first Science Atlantic Chemistry Conference, commonly known as ChemCon. Fast forward 38 years and