News from Atlantic Canada’s science and research community.
(This is the second in a series of articles about the values of Atlantic Canadian science faculty) Hands-on, real world experience is crucial for students in geology to understand Earth’s various materials and how they evolved. That experience had to be offered this fall too when post secondary courses were
Please join us Nov. 27, 2020 at 3:30 pm AST for guest speaker Cynthia Sweeney, founder of Simply Good Form the consultancy for beyond binary thinking. About Cynthia: Human rights and global citizenship are the founding principles of Simply Good Form, and Cynthia’s passion for communication and navigational expertise are
(This is the first in a series of articles about the values of Atlantic Canadian science faculty) Support, mentorship, networking. A few of the ingredients for success. In 2012, Alyssa Doue (then Jaeschke) was one of three recipients of the Science Atlantic 50th Anniversary Undergraduate Travel Scholarship. Thanks to that
We are happy to share that our first virtual conference was a success! The 2020 Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Conference (MSCS) was hosted virtually by SMU on October 31 and November 1. There was a great turnout with 156 attendees, 25 Math contestants, 43 Programming contestants, 19 undergraduate and 6
Registration and abstract submission is now open! The Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference (AUGC) 2020 will be hosted by UNB-Fredericton, virtually, on Saturday, Nov. 21. Registration will be open until Friday, Nov. 20 at 11:00 pm. The registration fee is $20, this fee includes all conference events and an AUGC T-shirt. The abstract submission deadlines
Registration and abstract submission is now open! The Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Conference (MSCS) 2020 will be hosted by SMU, virtually, Saturday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 1. All events will be held via Zoom. The event will feature: The Blundon, Field, and Sedgewick plenary lectures – Time: TBD The
Welcome to Another Year With Science Atlantic! Dear colleagues, The upcoming academic year is turning out to be one of the most unique for science education in recent times. Many of us have been busily making plans to deliver our courses and mentor our students under fairly restrictive conditions. Despite
Update: September 17, 2020 Thanks to the generosity of IMPART, AFRED.ca will be available for the next several months while we continue to investigate options for its continuation. Please let me know if you are interested in being part of this discussion. Lois August 12, 2020 Almost ten years ago, Science Atlantic decided
Science Atlantic welcomed several students over the summer and fall semesters. Read on to learn more about them, and some of the ongoing projects at Science Atlantic. Ben Dornan Communications and Membership Engagement Assistant Ben, a fourth year business student at Dalhousie University, recently completed his third co-op term at
