News from Atlantic Canada’s science and research community.
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 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):
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,
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
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
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:
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
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
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