Science Atlantic News

News from Atlantic Canada’s science and research community.

Register for AFB2020 and SANFC2020!

Registration closed. Please visit our conference page to see when the next event is happening. — The 2020 Aquaculture and Fisheries and Biology Conference is being held March 14-15th at Cape Breton University. Important deadlines: February 21: Abstract submission deadline February 28: Registration deadline The Second Annual Science Atlantic Nutrition

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Science Communication Award Winners Have Articles Published with ASRJ

Two of our Science Communication Award winners took the opportunity to work collaboratively with the Atlantic Student Research Journal (ASRJ) to publish an article about their research. Learn more about Elizabeth Dreise and Devon McGrath below and stay tuned for more articles written by young scientists in the Atlantic region!

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Register for AUPAC2020!

Registration closed. Please visit our conference page to see when the next event is happening. — Important deadlines: January 11: Abstract submission deadline January 11: Registration deadline

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Climate change workshop

Workshops Supporting Post-Secondary Educators Interested Teaching Climate Change

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

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AUGC 2019 Award Winners

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):

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MSCS 2019 Award Winners

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):

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2019 Annual Members Meeting

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,

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2019 Inaugural Nutrition and Food Conference Video

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

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