GEOLOG
Volume 33, Number 2
Summer 2004
The Newsmagazine of the Geological Association of Canada
We’re going online-only
Geological
Association of
Canada
c/o Department of
Earth Sciences
Memorial
University of
Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL
Canada A1B 3X5
Tel: 709 737-7660
Fax: 709 737-2532
www.gac.ca
A
growing trend amongst many associations is to deliver their newsletters as digital copies. This is a
trend that some of us love but others hate. Paper versions delivered by mail have the obvious advantage of being read anywhere at any time including airplanes and bathrooms, but with them comes
an associated cost to print and distribute. Digital versions cost less to produce and distribute. They also
offer advantages previously limited by financial constraints, such as full colour and supplementary content via weblinks. The down side for some is these newsletters need to be read on a computer screen or
printed ‘locally’ for armchair reading.
GAC Council has been debating for several months the merits of converting Geolog to an online product and recently in the context of its overall financial situation. As many of you know, GAC has been battling a deficit in recent years and is looking at all means of reducing its expenses. The present cost of producing and distributing Geolog is about $15,000 each year. At its recent meeting in St. Catharines, Council
decided this cost could no longer be supported and voted to “go online” with future editions of Geolog.
This, therefore, will be the last hardcopy, snail-mail delivered version of Geolog. Doubtless, there will
be some who see this as an inconvenience.
However, our Mineral Deposits Division some
time ago went online with its newsletter, The
Gangue, and evidently with minimal adverse
comment. The concept and style of Geolog
will not change. The digital delivery mechanism will likely be an email containing a web
address that will link you to a downloadable
pdf file.
With this new delivery system, it is
Getting down to business at GAC-MAC 2004
imperative that we have your correct e-mail
address. Please, ensure the GAC Publications
office has your current email address. You can
t. Catharines played host to the latest joint annual check (and change) your email address by
meeting of the Geological Association of Canada accessing the GAC site at www.gac.ca and
and Mineralogical Association of Canada. Due to signing in with your membership number and
the location of the meeting, Ontario’s wine country, it password. Click on Member Services, and
then on Change Address.
was bound to be a good one.
If you have any questions about your
This year some 600 delegates gathered at Brock
password,
please call GAC at 709-737-7660 or
University, to attend technical presentations, poster sessions and a trade show. The Field House was a good email publications@esd.mun.ca. We would
choice for facilitating the poster display as it allowed also appreciate hearing from you if you have
posters to be viewed for the full duration of the meeting. concerns about this decision.
Dick Wardle, Outgoing Publications Chair
GAC-MAC annual meetings have developed a repJennifer Bates, Incoming Publications Chair
utation for being able to offer a varied program appealing to its diverse membership. This year was no exception as over 450 papers were presented in 4 symposia,
20 special sessions, and 12 general sessions. Eight field
Inside This Issue:
trips and 2 workshops, as well as a number of social
Money & Membership . . . . . 6
events helped complete the event. Abstracts are available in printed and CD-ROM formats.
Privacy Alert . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Thanks go out to the organizing committee. We
like the fact that wine and geology are linked. I of
Award Winners . . . . . . . . . 11
course liked the fact that it requires some taste testing,
Student Affairs. . . . . . . . . . 18
and it is better than licking rocks any day.
I look forward to the meeting next year in Halifax.
Annual Meeting of Minds
S
gac@esd.mun.ca
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GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
GAC Corporate Members 2004
The MISSION of the Geological Association of Canada is to facilitate the
scientific well-being and professional development of its members, the learned
discussion of geoscience in Canada, and the advancement, dissemination and
wise use of geoscience in public, professional and academic life.
Patrons
The VISION of the Geological Association of Canada is a geoscience community that is knowledgeable, professionally competent and respected, whose
input and advice is relevant, widely sought and utilized, and whose vital contribution to the economic prosperity and social well-being of the nation is widely
acknowledged.
GAC Executive 2004-2005
President
Sandra Barr, Wolfville, NS
sandra.barr@acadiau.ca
Vice-President
David Piper, Dartmouth, NS
dpiper@nrcan.gc.ca
Secretary/Treasurer
Richard Wardle, St. John’s, NL
rjw@zeppo.geosurv.gov.nf.ca
Past-President
Harvey Thorleifson, St. Paul, MN
thorleif@umn.edu
Finance Chair
Robert Marquis, Val-d’Or, QC
robert.marquis@mrnfp.gouv.qc.ca
Science Program Chair
Kevin Ansdell, Saskatoon, SK
kevin.ansdell@usask.ca
Publications Chair
Jennifer Bates, Dartmouth, NS
bates@agc.bio.ns.ca
Communications Chair
Graham Young, Winnipeg, MB
gyoung@cc.umanitoba.ca
Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd.
De Beers Canada Exploration Inc.
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Noranda Inc./Falconbridge Limited
Sponsors
Alberta Energy & Utilities Board
C.S. Lord Northern Geoscience Centre
Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
Goldcorp Inc.
Husky Energy
INCO Technical Services (Copper Cliff)
Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines
Newfoundland and Labrador Department of
Natural Resources
Ontario Ministry of Northern Development
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Saskatchewan Industry & Resources
Yukon Geological Survey
Members
GAC Councillors
Carolyn (‘Lyn) Anglin, Vancouver, BC
anglin@nrcan.gc.ca
Mark Fenton, AB
mark.fenton@gov.ab.ca
Simon Hanmer, Ottawa, ON
shanmer@nrcan.gc.ca
Brent Murphy, Yellowknife, NT
bmurphy@eba.ca
Peter Mustard, Burnaby, BC
pmustard@sfu.ca
Jeremy Richards, Edmonton, AB
Jeremy.Richards@ualberta.ca
James Ryan, Vancouver, BC
jryan@nrcan.gc.ca
John Waldron, Edmonton, AB
john.waldron@ualberta.ca
Reg Wilson, Bathurst, NB
reg.wilson@gnb.ca
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Acadia University
Activation Laboratories Ltd.
ALS Chemex
Aur Resources Inc.
Barrick Gold Corporation
Cogema Resources Inc.
Golder Associates Ltd.
IBK Capital Corp
INCO Technical Services (Mississauga)
Johnson Geo Centre
Juneau - John Rishel Mineral Information Center
Scintrex Ltd.
SRK Consulting
Strathcona Mineral Services Limited
Suncor Energy
Teck Cominco Limited
University of Calgary
University of New Brunswick
University of Toronto
Utah State University
Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Limited
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GEOLOG
Summer 2004
Publisher
GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA
c/o Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NL A1B 3X5
Tel: 709 737-7660
Fax: 709 737-2532
E-mail: publications@esd.mun.ca
Web: www.gac.ca
Editor
KAREN E. MacFARLANE
c/o C.S. Lord Northern Geoscience Centre
Box 1500
Yellowknife, NT
X1A 2R3
Tel: 867 669-2645
E-mail: karen_macfarlane@gov.nt.ca
Associate Editors
SEAN FLEMING
Vancouver, BC
Contents
Features
AGMs of the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cordilleran News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Edmonton Geological Society News . . . . . . . . . . 21
GAC-MAC in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Geolog Goes Online-only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Jérôme Remick Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
National Medallists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Secretary’s Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Service Awards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Departments
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Campus News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Editor’s Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Presidential Preamble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
LUCY WILSON
St. John, NB
GEOLOG (ISSN 0227-3713) is the quarterly newsmagazine of the Geological
Association of Canada, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. GEOLOG is published
for the benefit of GAC members and its content reflects the diversity of the organization.
News items and short articles on topics of potential interest to the membership including
public geoscience awareness are encouraged. Also encouraged are communications
promoting interaction among academic, industry and government sectors. GEOLOG
accepts and publishes contributions in both of Canada’s official languages. Opinions
expressed herein are those of the writers and do not necessarily represent the official
positions of the GAC. GEOLOG is one of several forums provided by the GAC for scientists worldwide.
SUBSCRIPTIONS: GEOLOG is one of the privileges of GAC membership. To become
a member, application forms are available by mail or fax from the Geological Association
of Canada, or can be printed from the website. GEOLOG subscriptions to non-member
institutions are available, see the website for details.
ADVERTISING: Paid advertising is accepted. Digital copy is preferred. Contact the
Editor for more information or go to the GAC website and click on Publications then
Geolog and look for the Rate Card.
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Geological Association of Canada. Veuillez faire parvenir les changements
d’adresse à l’Association Géologique du Canada.
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GAC Publications
c/o Department of Earth Sciences
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E-mail: publications@esd.mun.ca
GEOLOG (ISSN 0227-3713) est le bulletin trimestriel de l’Association Géologique du
Canada, à St. Jean, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. GEOLOG s’adresse aux members de
l’AGC et son contenu reflète le caractère polyvalent de cette organisation. Nous invitons
la soumission de nouvelles et articles courts pouvant intéresser les membres, incluant
les thèmes de sensibilisation du public aux sciences de la Terre. Les articles suscitant
des échanges d’opinions et d’informations entre les secteurs académique, industriel et
gouvernementaux sont également la bienvenue. GEOLOG accepte et publie les articles
dans les deux langues officielles du Canada. Les idées sont celles des auteurs et ne
représentent pas nécessairement la position officielle de l’AGC. GEOLOG n’est qu’un
des nombreux forums offerts par l’AGC aux scientifiques à travers le monde.
ABONNEMENT: L’abonnement à GEOLOG est un des privilèges dont bénéficient les
membres de l’AGC. On peut se procurer un formulaire d’adhésion par courrier ou par fax
en communiquant avec l’Association Géologique du Canada. Une copie de ce formulaire
peut aussi être imprimée à partir de notre site Internet. Le coût de l’abonnement pour
non-membres.
PUBLICITÉ: Nous acceptons la publicité rémunérée. Une copie prête pour la reproduction est préférable. Veuillez communiquer avec le Rédacteur en chef pour des renseignements additionnels à ce sujet.
Volume 33 Part 2
The annual GAC-MAC is an opportunity to display new
books and CDs and to catch up on news. At the May
meeting in St. Catharines,Outgoing President Harvey
Thorleifson takes a moment from his busy schedule to say
hello to Finance and Administration Manager Karen
Johnston (seated) and Publications Director Karen Dawe.
This GEOLOG benefits from the contributions and assistance of
Harvey Thorleifson, Sandra Barr, Doug Boyce, Kevin Ansdell,
Richard Wardle, Jennifer Bates, Graham Young, Craig Hart,
Jurgen Kraus, John Clague, Shoufa Lin, Ian McIlreath, Stewart
Blusson, Peter Russell, Karen Dawe, Sean Fleming, Karen
Johnston, Mark Fenton, and Sonya Dehler. Apologies to any I
have missed. A special thank you to Karen Dawe at GAC HQ
who has taken over the layout of GEOLOG. This GEOLOG
was produced with support from the C.S. Lord Northern
Geoscience Centre in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Your
contributions for future editions are welcome.
KEM
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Canada’s Geoscience Societies
C
anada has a well-coordinated spectrum of geoscience and
geoscience-related societies. The Canadian Geoscience
Council (CGC) is the meeting place for three sectors that
vary in the way that they measure their success. The first group
consists of business associations who measure success in the form
of profit. The second group consists of those whose quest is professional registration. The third group facilitates the progress of
knowledge through activities such as research, mapping, and monitoring, which commonly is measured by funding, although on a
day to day basis, these groups often find themselves focused on
their own financial viability.
The
Canadian
Geoscience
Council
(CGC)
(www.geoscience.ca) facilitates coordination of this continuum of
business, professional, and scientific societies. CGC appoints
expert panels, comments on legislation, promotes awareness and
education of geoscience, encourages talented young Canadians to
consider careers in the earth sciences, and facilitates outreach. In
addition to these activities that serve needs shared by business,
profession, and science, CGC also has joined with the Geological
Association of Canada (GAC) in leading activities that are purely
science-based, including facilitation of science initiatives, organizing Canada’s participation in global research programs, and acting
as the international voice of Canadian geoscience.
Business-based groups such as the Prospectors and
Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), Canadian Association
of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines
(BCYCM), the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), and to
some extent the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and
Petroleum (CIM) speak for geoscience-related business sectors.
PDAC represents the mineral exploration industry, CAPP is the
voice of Canada’s oil and natural gas industry, the Mining
Association promotes Canada’s mining and mineral-processing
industry, CIM is the leading technical society in the Canadian minerals, metals, materials and energy industries, while BCYCM is
Canada’s oldest mining association.
Parties who seek to optimize professional registration include
provincial licensing associations and their coordinating body, the
THE CANADIAN QUATERNARY ASSOCIATION
CANQUA MEETING WILL BE HELD
JUNE 5-9, 2005
IN BOTH WINNIPEG (June 5-6) & REGINA (June 8-9)
WITH A 1½-DAY-LONG MID-MEETING FIELDTRIP
LINKING THESE TWO CITIES
There also will be
• a pre-meeting fieldtrip in the Lake Agassiz basin
• a post-meeting fieldtrip across the western Canadian Prairies
THREE SPECIAL SESSIONS ARE PLANNED
(1) “Paleoenvironmental change in glaciated North America:
a special session in honor of Vic Prest”
(2) “Lakes in transition”
(3) “Climate at the edge”
For more details see the CANQUA web site
(www.mun.ca/canqua/index.html)
or contact co-chair Jim Teller (tellerjt@ms.umanitoba.ca)
or Dave Sauchyn (sauchyn@leroy.cc.uregina.ca)
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HARVEY
THORLIEFSON
Presidential Preamble
Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists (CCPG), which
speaks for the regulated geoscience profession in eleven of the
thirteen provinces and territories. More than 7,600 geoscientists
are licensed in Canada, and CCPG expects this number to reach
10,000 within two to three years. An essential role for CCPG is
promotion of professional development, and much of this activity
is best delivered by scientific and technical societies, due to their
role in encouraging research and disseminating new information.
Specialist societies who facilitate the progress of geoscience
knowledge in Canada include groups such as Association of
Exploration Geochemists, Canadian Association of Geographers,
Canadian Exploration Geophysicists Society, Canadian
Geophysical Union, Canadian Geotechnical Society, Canadian
Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, Canadian National
Chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists,
Canadian Quaternary Association, Canadian Society of
Exploration Geophysicists, Canadian Society of Petroleum
Geologists, Canadian Well Logging Society, Mineralogical
Association of Canada, Society of Economic Geologists. Sectors
that play a leading role in this activity are represented by
Committee of Provincial Geologists, Council of Chairs of
Canadian Earth Science Departments, and Geological Survey of
Canada.
The challenge for GAC is to serve this full range of sciencebased specialist groups. GAC does so through three business lines,
a Communications Committee sustained by membership sales, a
Program Committee that runs competitive, financially self-supporting conferences, and a Publications Committee that facilitates
books and periodicals sufficiently compelling and attractive to our
scientific community to be profitable. The Finance Committee
tends to GAC governance in an efficient and effective manner that
is supported by corporate membership sales and fundraising.
The GAC Communications Committee, for example, facilitates our role in outreach. In advocacy, GAC is active on
Parliament Hill through the Partnership Group for Science and
Engineering, we coordinate with specialist groups and CGC, we
speak for Canadian earth science at times of active public debate,
and we work to optimize the long-term well-being of Canadian
earth science. GAC Awards define and promote models for members of our profession to aspire to. Our lecture tours facilitate
communication, and our e-communications minimize paper mail
by optimizing our web site, bulletins and email list. GAC Sections
& Divisions support the needs of specialist and regional groups,
while we equally recognize corresponding independent groups.
And our Student Chapters and Student Prize provide a constructive
GAC role on campuses
The GAC Program Committee facilitates conferences and
short courses that are a key factor in the progress of our science
and interaction in our community. Our broad membership and
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partnerships ensure that our annual meeting attracts the widest
cross-section of the Canadian earth science community. And our
Nuna meetings play a key role in specialized fields. We strongly
support our volunteer local organizing committees, whose good
will and hard work are the keys to success. We increasingly partner with Canadian specialist societies to maximize the scope and
attractiveness of our annual conference, we are working with international partners such as GSA, and we are promoting major
events, such as the planned GeoCanada 2010.
The GAC Publications Committee plays a critical role in the
progress of Canadian earth science by ensuring the publication of
books and periodicals that ensure the free flow of information on
our research and professional community activity. Geoscience
Canada and Geolog are the broadest communication vehicles in
the Canadian earth science community. We strive to promote
awareness of GAC as a key source for Canadian geological books
and related products.
The GAC Finance Committee tends to GAC governance in an
efficient and effective manner that is supported by corporate membership sales and fundraising. We encourage direct donations of
funds to GAC, and we actively support the Canadian Geological
Foundation (CGF), including every effort to maximize donations
and bequests.
GAC can best serve Canada by effectively supporting the
progress of the entire Canadian geoscience knowledge sector. The
measure of our success can be the pace at which knowledge is
acquired, and the degree to which this new knowledge is enhancing the lives of Canadians. We can achieve this by strongly supporting the role of all specialist groups, and by obtaining the support and recognition of the entire Canadian earth science community. Emails are welcome at thorleif@umn.edu.
Teachers dig professional development at
Tyrrell Museum
Drumheller – Palaeo Week for Teachers, the Royal Tyrrell
Museum’s five-day professional development course, has been
acclaimed by participants as “memorable” and “educational”.
The rave reviews from teachers from across Canada stem
from the program’s mix of engaging activities and practical
classroom applications. “Our objective is to offer teachers firsthand experiences in palaeontology and geology, and give them
the resources they need to use their experiences effectively in the
classroom,” says museum director Dr. Bruce Naylor of the program scheduled this year from July 19 to 23.
For more information and details on registration, visit
www.tyrrellmuseum.com or call 310-0000 then (403) 823-7707.
Spring Has Sprung?
I
think across much of this great and vast country
many of us are wondering if summer really is coming. Here in the north the only true indications have
been the pulling of field gear out of storage and an
increased number of days between snow flurries. It also
helps to time the arrival of summer by the conferences
and meetings that you attend, not to mention how and
when budgets are getting spent.
As someone ‘lucky’ enough to have been able to
travel to Toronto for the PDAC, it was busy as usual. I
was also lucky enough to have been able to attend the
GAC-MAC in St. Catharines, a trip that gave me some
insight into the organization and the amount of work it
will take to host the meeting in 2007. The weather was
great in both locals and I hope we can offer much the
same for May 2007, although I won’t make any promises.
It is now time to focus getting ready for busy field
seasons. There seems to be a lot of activity in both government and private sector geosciences. This renewed
interest should be used to our advantage in promoting the
work that we do. By familiarizing the masses with our
pursuits we can show how geoscience influences everyone. Positive messages can then be passed on to the
powers that be, which can further promote our business
and keep the interest alive. It is always important to
remember that a little education goes a long way, so take
the time to explain what you are doing to anyone curious
enough to ask.
For now, I am anxiously
awaiting temperatures that are
constantly above freezing. I
suppose I should take the time
until then to prepare for mosquito and black fly season. Enjoy
the summer issue and I hope that Karen MacFarlane
your field seasons cooperate.
GEOLOG Editor
Information for Contributors/Directives aux Auteurs
Submissions are preferred as digital files sent as e-mail attachments
to karen_macfarlane@gov.nt.ca or on a disc via the post to the Editor.
Discs will be returned if sent with self-addressed mailer. Documents
should be sent as unformatted text (*.doc, *.txt or *.rtf) files.
Graphics should be as CorelDraw (*.cdr), Windows metafiles (*.wmf)
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Additional information on other file formats can be obtained from the
Editor. Hard copy text, graphics and photo images are also welcome.
All contributions may be edited for clarity or brevity.
Submission Deadlines for 2004:
September/Septembre 10 and/et November/Novembre 26.
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Nous préférons que les articles nous soient soumis sous forme de
fichiers numériques, annexés à un courriel, ou sur disquette, par
courrier conventionnel adressé au Rédacteur en Chef. Les disquettes
seront retournées si elles sont accompagnées d’une enveloppe
affranchie avec adresse de retour. Les documents doivent nous parvenir en version texte non formaté (*.doc, *.txt ou *.rtf). Les
graphiques doivent avoir un format CorelDraw (*.cdr), Acrobat (*.pdf)
ou Windows metafiles (*.wmf), et les images doivent avoir ne résolution de 300 dpi dans un format non comprimé (préférablement *.tif).
Les fichiers de dimensions supérieures à 2 Mo doivent être comprimés avant envoi par courriel. Veuillez communiquer avec le
Rédacteur en chef en ce qui concerne la possibilité d’utiliser d’autres
formats. Nous acceptons aussi une copie imprimée sur papier du
texte, graphiques et images. Le Rédacteur en chef se réserve le droit
de modifier l’article à des fins de clarification ou de brièveté.
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GAC Secretary’s Report May 2003 - May 2004
T
he GAC serves its members and the larger geoscientific
community with a range of geoscientific offerings, including the publication of journals, a newsmagazine, special
publications, the Annual Meeting, short courses, NUNA conferences, lecture tours, and the programs of Sections and Divisions.
The year commenced with the 2003 annual meeting in
Vancouver hosted by GAC, MAC and SEG. Approximately 885
registrants participated in a meeting with the theme of “On the
Edge: Earth Science at North America’s Western Margin”. The
program consisted of 6 symposia, 26 special sessions, 9 general
sessions, 2 workshops, 3 short courses, 3 plenary addresses, 12
field trips and a variety of social events.
The highlight of 2004 was the annual meeting in St.
Catharines, hosted by GAC and MAC. Over 458 papers were presented, covering most aspects of the Earth Sciences. The theme of
the meeting was “Lake to Lake” - a reference to the location of the
area between lakes Erie and Ontario. Approximately 600 registrants participated in a program consisting of 6 symposia, 25 special sessions, a number of general sessions, 3 workshops, 2 short
courses, 10 field trips and a variety of social events.
GAC Council and Executive met three times during the year;
in Vancouver May, 2003; Toronto October, 2003, and St.
Catharines May, 2004. A small meeting of the executive and local
councillors was also held in Halifax in February 2004. Between
these meetings, Councillors and committee members have been in
regular communication through e-mail. Most information concerning GAC events and business activities is now available on
the GAC website (http: //www.gac.ca), maintained in St. John’s.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the financial and in-kind support provided to our Councillors by the following organizations.
Without this valuable support it would be impossible for Council
to conduct the business of the GAC.
• University of Minnesota, Minnesota Geological Survey, St.
Paul, MN
• Department of Geology, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
• Department of Earth Sciences, Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL
• Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, BC
• Ministere des Ressources Naturelles, Val-D’Or, QC
• Department of Geological Sciences, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
• Department of Natural Resources, Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL
• The Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, MB
• Geological Survey of Canada, Bedford Institute of
Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS
• FNX Mining Company Inc, Sudbury, ON
• Geological Survey, Alberta Energy & Utilities Board,
Edmonton, AB
• Falconbridge Ltd., Laval, QC
• Wisdomanagement, Calgary, AB
• Commission Géologique Du Canada-Québec, Ste-Foy, QC
• EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Yellowknife, NT
• Department of Earth & Atmospheric Science, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Corporate Support (2003-2004)
With gratitude, the Association acknowledges the following corporations for their financial support in 2003-04:
Patrons
• Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd.
• De Beers Canada Exploration Inc.
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• Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Noranda Inc./Falconbridge Limited
Sponsors
• Alberta Energy & Utilities Board
• Aur Resources Inc.
• C.S. Lord Northern Geoscience Centre
• Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
• Goldcorp Inc.
• Husky Energy
• INCO Technical Services Limited
• Manitoba Industry, Trade and Mines
• Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Natural
Resources
• Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
• Petro-Canada
• Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
• Saskatchewan Industry & Resources
• SRK Consulting
• Yukon Geological Survey
Members
• Acadia University
• Activation Laboratories Ltd.
• ALS Chemex
• Barrick Gold Corporation
• Boston College
• British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines
• Cogema Resources Inc.
• DIAND Mineral Resources – Nunavut
• FNX Mining Company Inc.
• Golder Associates Ltd.
• IBK Capital Corp
• Johnson Geo Centre
• Juneau Mineral Information Center
• Major Drilling International Inc.
• Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited
• Scintrex Ltd.
• Strathcona Mineral Services Limited
• Suncor Energy
• Teck Cominco Limited
• University of Calgary
• University of New Brunswick
• University of Toronto
• Utah State University
• Voisey’s Bay Nickel Company Limited
Publications
One of the goals of the Association is to produce timely and economically priced volumes on current issues in the earth sciences.
The publications business unit has continued to develop under the
guidance of the Publications Committee and Publications
Director. Five publications were produced in 2003 and at least an
additional five (of which two have already been produced) are
expected in 2004. Check the GAC website to see what is currently available. One of council’s decisions over the past year was to
implement a policy of first-right-of-refusal on publications emerging from GAC-sponsored sessions at annual meetings.
Membership
Since the last business meeting, 82 Fellows have been elected
(includes reinstatements), 7 Associate Members have transferred
to Fellowship, 48 Associates have been elected (includes reinstatements) and 111 new Student Associates have been admitted.
Eleven members formally resigned.
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The following list identifies the new members and transfers approved in the last year:
Christoph Seiler
Richard Norman
Fellow
Tanya Shanoff
Michel Parent (reinstate)
Peter Adamo
Joanne Shwetz
William Patterson
Diana Allen
Matt Skanes
Brigitte Petrie
Douglas Alley (reinstate)
Clinton Smyth (reinstate)
Ian Poyntz (reinstate)
Doreen Ames (reinstate)
Gary Sonichson (reinstate)
Laurence Andriashek (rein- Didik Praesetgo
Chun-Seung Soo
Richard Redfern (reinstate)
state)
Andrée Spence
Paul Robinson (reinstate)
Grayme Anthony (reinstate)
Grenville Thomas
Iain Samson (reinstate)
Emmanuelle Arnaud
David Viljoen
John Shimeld
Rowland Atkins
Christy Vodden
Philip Simony (reinstate)
Mairi Best (reinstate)
Wolfgang Vogel
Iain Sinclair
Christian Bohn (reinstate)
Zafar Yaqub
Eric Standan (reinstate)
Geoffrey Booth (reinstate)
Glen Stockmal (reinstate)
Heather Budney
Student Associate
Jim Teller (reinstate)
Robert Carpenter
Salah Abdalbagi
Steve Traynor
Michael Cathro
Rifaat Abdalla
Sophie Turcotte
Guoxiang Chi
Diop Aissatou
Jaak Viirland (reinstate)
Alexandre Colas
Khaled Ali
Scott
Weekes
Barry Collins
Majid Al-Suwaidi
Grant Young (reinstate)
Jim Crocket (reinstate)
Transfer
Heidi Annell
Alexander Cruden (reinstate)
Dinah Augustine
Kevin Cameron (reinstate)
Tony Donaghy
Barry Banks
Simon
Hanmer
Alejandra Duk-Rodkin
Paul Barker
Pierre Jutras (reinstate)
Bruce Eglington
Nathaniel Barta
Gerry Kilfoil (reinstate)
Dorota El-Rassi
Cameron Bartsch
Carl Pelletier (reinstate)
Michael Enachescu (reinstate)
Dawn Birchard
Serge
Perreault
(reinstate)
Duane Froese
Robin Black
Peter Pufahl (reinstate)
Marten Geertsema
Allison Brand
Associate
Charles Gower (reinstate)
Arjan Brem
Diane Baldwin
Lee Groat (reinstate)
Aaron Brown
Peter
Barker
Darren Grocke
Penelope Burniaux
Nicholas Battye
Warren Hamilton (reinstate)
Aaron Bertram
Natalie Bursztyn
Charles Harper
Alain Blackburn
Andrew Carmichael
Stewart Hattie (reinstate)
Johannes
Boon
(reinstate)
Amber Church
Jim Hendry
Geoffrey Bradshaw (reinstate)
William Clark
Yvon Héroux (reinsate)
Katrin Breitsprecher (reinstate) Christina Clark
Michael Hopley (reinstate)
Frank Brunton (reinstate)
Chris Cockburn
Patrick Hourican (reinstate)
David
Cass
(reinstate)
Shawn Collins
Heather Jamieson (reinstate)
Laura Clinton
Alan D’hulst
Issam Jaoude
John Czechowski (reinstate)
Biplob Das
Susan Johnson
Campbell DeLong
Holly Davidson
Francis Jones
James
Duggan
(reinstate)
Sarah Dean
Heiner Josenhans (reinstate)
Brian Eddy
LonaKate Dekeyser
Wesley Kennedy (reinstate)
Russell Franklin
Jose DeVera
David Keyes (reinstate)
Shawn Duquet
Murray Gingras (reinstate)
Edward King
David
Greenwood
Chris Edwards
Vadim Krauchinsky
Horst Heise
Vanessa Egginton
Michel Lacey
Steven Hunns
Abraham Escalante
Alison Leitch (reinstate)
Maya Kopylova
Christopher Evans
Raymond Lett
Patrick
Lajeunesse
Karin Fecova
Michael Li
David MacDonald (reinstate)
Craig Finnigan
Scott Lundstrom
Mark Malfair
John Foster
Karen MacFarlane
John McKenney
Robert Frazer
Al Majdzadeh
Bruce
McLean
Greg Froude
George Mannard
Patricia Meyer
Kristen Gardiner
John Mason (reinstate)
Gwen Milton (reinstate)
Yong Ge
Dan McCarthy
James Moorehead (reinstate)
Brett Gilley
Jack McCleary
Patrick
Potter
Guillaume Girard
Peter Mills (reinstate)
Marc Jean Poujol
Stephanie Goemans
Kimberley Morrisey
Hazen Russell (reinstate)
Stephen Grant
Charlotte Mougeot
Alison Rust (reinstate)
Joe Guerin
Brendan Murphy (reinstate)
David
Sauchyn
(reinstate)
Kevin Hicks
Guy Narbonne (reinstate)
Oliver Schatz (reinstate)
Sarah Hirschorn
Guillaume Nolet
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Sarah Hooke
Brennen Hosegood
Rebecca Hunter
David Jones
Jennifer Kavalench
Melanie Kelman
Ben Kennedy
Janice Kenney
Justin Kline
Ashley Krakowka
John Latino
Helen Lau
Wang Lei
Lucinda Leonard
Chad Leugner
Cao Li
Robert Lodge
Gloria Lopez
Kelsey MacCormack
Adam MacDonald
Crystal Mann
Joseph Marcoline
James Maxwell
Corina McDonald
Jason McLeod
Jessica McPherson
Todd Middleton
Nadeem Mirza
Patrick Moran
Jeff Morrisey
Sandy Musclow
Melissa Naka
Adrian Newton
David Norris
Chad Pennell
Glen Penney
Franz-Christoph Peters
Gary Petro
Roger Phillips
Shannon Piercey
Stephen Poitras
Raegan Porter
Kyle Prestanski
Melissa Putt
Michael Pyrcz
Jean-Francois Ravenelle
Brad Redden
Lynn Reich
Elaine Ruff
Emily Sheppard
Ronald Skanes
Amanda Solomon
Geoffrey Stephens
Michelle Stone
Ozlem Suleyman
Viktor Terlaky
Jennifer Turner
Jennifer Vickers
Shawn Weir-Murphy
Heather Wolczanski
Wanli Wu
Seth Young
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GAC Council notes, with regret, the passing of the following
members: Walter Kupsch - Hugo Laanela - Denis Shaw Robert Boyle - Mark Tindall - Ken Daughtry - Joseph Sawyer
- Mary-Claire Ward
Council continues to direct significant efforts towards
increasing the membership of the Association. Inasmuch as new
student memberships form our largest area of growth, this is closely followed by our regular members who have transferred to
retired status. The number of paid-up members in April 2004 was
approximately 1950, which is expected to increase to about 2070
by December 2004. This is to be compared with year-end numbers of 2294 in 2002 and 2295 in 2001 and membership levels of
around 2800 for the period 1982 to 1990. In 2003, Council undertook a membership drive through provision of reduced rates for
new members and somewhat less reduced rates for existing members who renewed early. As of May 2004, the drive appears to
have succeeded in arresting the decline in membership that has
been underway since 2001. However, this has come at the
expense of reduced revenues and for 2005 we will have to reinstate the previous membership fees whilst still retaining a oneyear discounted introductory rate for new members.
Council is also striving to streamline the membership application process, the eventual aim being to enable new members to
join via the website with a minimum of verification and paperwork. This will require changes to the head office computing system, a procedure now planned for the summer of 2004.
Membership cards and certificates will now be available on
request only. Council has also been concerned with broadening
the appeal of GAC membership to all earth scientists and to provide equality between membership classes. As a result, the following changes to membership by-law requirements were made at
the 2004 annual business meeting:
• The classes of fellow and associate member have been
merged under the name Member such that all
Members will have full voting rights.
• The requirement for new Members will be a Bachelor’s
degree in an earth-science-related field
• Fellow will become an honorary class of membership
(for which Members will be nominated) but existing fellows retain the right to use the term.
GAC continues to stress the importance of attracting student
membership through discounted memberships and conference
fees. Active Student Chapters have been established at 11 campuses. Students and Faculty should contact GAC Headquarters
(gac@esd.mun.ca) to obtain additional information.
Medals and Awards
GAC awards a number of prestigious medals to Canadian and
international geoscientists. The 2004 medals were awarded at the
GAC Luncheon in St. Catharines to the following individuals:
• Logan Medal: Stewart Blusson, Arcon Minerals Ltd.
Vancouver
• W.W. Hutchison Medal: Shoufa Lin, University of Waterloo
• E.R. Ward Neale Medal: Peter Russell, University of Waterloo
• J. Willis Ambrose Medal: Ian McIlreath, Encana Corporation
(For details, please see pages 12 to 15.)
The Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award was
awarded to Bob Burtt of The Record (Kitchener .Cambridge
Waterloo) for his article “Our buried treasure – Display on hiking
trail explains moraine’s significance”
Jérôme H. Remick Poster Awards. Cash awards and certificates of merit are presented at each annual meeting to the presenters of outstanding posters. The Jérôme H. Remick III Trust Fund
supports these awards. The awards at St. Catharines 2004 were:
GOLD H.J. Corlett and B. Jones. SILVER S.M. Johns, T.K.
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Kyser and H.H. Helmstaedt. BRONZE K.E. MacCormack, V.
Terlaky, A. Bertram, J. Maclachlan, and C.H. Eyles. (See page
17 for details.)
Distinguished Service Award. The Distinguished Service
Award is awarded to recognize an outstanding contribution to
GAC through volunteer work. The award consists of a plaque, the
name of the winner and the particular contribution being recognized. The 2004 awards were presented to: Alexander
McCracken and Steven McCutcheon. (Details on page 11.)
Volunteer Award. The award recognizes those members and
non-members who have made a significant contribution through
voluntary service to the Association. The award consists of a certificate of achievement and this year was presented to: The 2003
Vancouver LOC and Gary Wells. (Details on page 11.)
50-Year Members awards were presented to E.R. Ward
Neale and Lionel C. Kilburn in recognition of 50 years of dedicated membership in the GAC.
Divisional Awards
Duncan R. Derry Medal. This is the highest award bestowed by
the Mineral Deposits Division. It is awarded annually to an outstanding economic geologist who has made significant contributions to the science of economic geology. The recipient is Wayne
Goodfellow, Geological Survey of Canada (Ottawa).
William Harvey Gross Award. This is bestowed annually by
the Mineral Deposits Division to a scientist under 40 years of age
who has made a significant contribution to the field of economic
geology in a Canadian context. The recipient is Shoufa Lin,
University of Waterloo.
The Julian Boldy Certificate Awards. Awards for the most
significant and creative papers presented at the Mineral Deposits
Division session at the annual meeting were presented to: P.
Hollings, D.R Cooke and J.L. Walshe, Lakehead University,
University of Tasmania and CSIRO Australia, for their paper,.The
Characteristics, Distribution And Controls Of Giant Porphyry
Copper Deposits. S.E. Kesler, University of Michigan Ann Arbor,
for the paper, Gold In Sulfide Minerals And Ore Deposits.
The Leopold Gélinas Medal. The Volcanology and Igneous
Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada annually presents three medals for the most outstanding theses, written
by Canadians or submitted to Canadian universities, which comprise material at least 50% related to volcanology and igneous
petrology. GOLD: Alison Rust, University of British Columbia,
for her Ph.D. thesis “Viscosity, deformation and permeability of
bubbly magma: Applications to flow and degassing in volcanic
conduits”.SILVER: Crystal Mann, McGill University, for her
M.Sc. thesis “Intracaldera geology of the Ilopango caldera, El
Salvador, Central America” BRONZE: Marc-Antoine Longpré,
McGill University, for his B.Sc. thesis “Ground deformation, seismicity, and pit crater collapse associated with the November 2002
eruption at Piton de la Fournaise volcano, La Réunion Island”.
Michael J. Keen Medal. The medal is normally awarded
annually by the Marine Geosciences Division to a scientist who
has made a significant contribution to the field of marine or lacustrine geoscience. The 2004 recipient is James T. Teller,
University of Manitoba
Pikaia Award. The Pikaia Award of the Paleontology
Division is awarded in recognition of a recent contribution to
research on any aspect of Canadian paleontology, or by an accomplishment in the field. The 2004 recipient is Jonathan Adrain,
University of Iowa.
Jack Henderson Prize. The Jack Henderson Prize of the
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division is awarded for the best
Ph.D. thesis and the best M.Sc. thesis. The 2004 recipients are:
Yvette Kuiper for her Ph.D. thesis “Geochronological, petrolog-
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ical and microstructural studies on the Thor-Odin dome,
Monashee Complex, southern Canadian Cordillera” and Nick
Austin for his M.Sc. thesis “Experimental Investigation of
Textural Controls on the Brittle Deformation of Dolomite”.
J. Ross Mackay Award. This award is presented annually by
the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group in recognition of a
significant achievement by a young geomorphologist within
Canada. The purpose of the award is to foster the development of
geomorphology in Canada and to provide recognition of young
scientists in this field. Matthias Jakob, Bruce Geotechnical
Consultants, Vancouver, is the 2004 recipient.
Olav Slaymaker Awards. These awards are given for the
best student oral paper and best student poster presented at the
Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Annual Meeting.
Daniel Fortier, Université Laval is the 2004 recipient for his
paper (co-authored with M. Allard and O. Piraux) “Thermokarst
rapide de polygons à coins de glace par écoulement souterrain
d’eau dans le pergélisol, Ile Bylot, archipel arctique Canadian”
Chris Hugenholtz, University of Calgary is the 2004 recipient for
his poster (co-authored with D. Lacelle) “Spatio-temporal controls on landslide activity in Champlain Sea clays, Eastern
Ontario, Canada”
Geophysics Division Student Award. The 2004 recipient of
the award is Bogdan Nitescu, University of Toronto, for
“Potential-field and seismic constraints on the structure and tectonic evolution of the Archean high-grade metasedimentary
English River Belt, western Superior Craton”.
Committees
The following standing committees were active in 2003-2004:
Awards Committee (Harvey Thorleifson, Graham Young,
Sandra Barr, John Clague, Jennifer Bates, and Karen Johnston)
accepted nominations and decided on the recipients of the national medals. The next deadline for these and many other medals and
certificates offered by the Association is December 30, 2004.
Information on submitting nominations is included in GEOLOG,
Volume 33, No. 3.
Communications Committee (Graham Young, Jennifer
Bates, Peter Mustard, Mark Fenton, Harvey Thorleifson,
Catharine Farrow, and Michael Michaud) was active in promoting
earth science and science education in Canadian schools (K-12),
public awareness of science issues, reviewing university nominations for student prizes and reviewing applications for GAC
Logan Student Chapter grants.
Finance Committee (Robert Marquis, Roger Mason,
Richard Wardle, Michael Marchand, Brent Murphy, Benoît Dubé,
and Bruce Templeton (ex-officio) oversaw the investments of the
Association and its financial planning.
Distinguished Fellow Committee chaired by Harvey
Thorleifson, was responsible for selecting candidates from sponsored nominations and recommending same to Council for approval.
Science Program Committee (Kevin Ansdell, Catharine
Hickson, Frank Fueten, Scott Swinden, Normand Goulet, Jeremy
Richards, Brent Murphy, and Richard Wardle) carefully attended
to details for annual meetings scheduled until at least 2008.
Nominating Committee (John Clague, Stephen Morison,
and Scott Swinden) sought candidates for positions as Officers
and Councillors of the Association.
Publications Committee (Richard Wardle, Brent Murphy,
Godfrey Nowlan, Craig Hart, Karen MacFarlane, Karen Dawe,
Arlene Power, Cecilia Edwards, Dirk Tempelman-Kluit, Keith
Dewing, Brian Jones, Danielle Giovenazzo, Michael Marchand,
Jennifer Bates, Peter Mustard, Mark Fenton, Roger Mason - exofficio, Robert Marquis - ex-officio) supervised GAC publications
over the past year. Godfrey Nowlan is the editor of Geoscience
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Canada and the Managing Editors are J. Monro Gray and C.
Thompson. Karen MacFarlane has recently taken over from Craig
Hart as the editor of GEOLOG.
Headquarters Operations
GAC Headquarters in St. John’s is operated by a staff of four dedicated employees. Karen Johnston, Associate Secretary-Treasurer
and Office Manager, has overall responsibility for operations and
financial management. Cecilia Edwards, Assistant SecretaryTreasurer and Marketing Co-ordinator, is responsible for membership matters. Eleanor Penney, Headquarters Secretary, administers the on-line conference registration system and assists with
membership. Due to the streamlining of membership services,
head office was able to eliminate the six-month temporary position previously required for the conference registration system.
Karen Dawe is the director of the Publications Unit and is
assisted by Arlene Power, Publications Manager. Together they
look after the production, marketing, sales and distribution of
books from our Headquarters Bookshop and warehouse, and from
our sales network in Canada and abroad.
Financial Reports
2003 Audit
The 2003 audited financial statements were prepared by the
Association’s auditors, Gardner and Coombs, and were delivered
on March 2, 2004. The information was made available to
Fellows with their notice of the Annual Business Meeting. In fiscal year 2003 the Association recorded a deficit of $5,666, reduced
from the 2002 deficit of $75,823.
The unrestricted net assets for the Association stand at
$172,028, down slightly from the 2002 level of $174,111. Other
assets of the national GAC are held in four trust funds: the Yves
O. Fortier Fund ($19,309), the Student Internship Fund ($67,404),
the Jérôme H. Remick III Trust Account ($115,664) and the
Howard Street Robinson Trust Account ($328,522). The Jérôme
Remick fund has increased considerably over its 2002 level due to
a very generous donation from Jérôme Remick III of $60,000.
2004 Budget
Despite the reduced deficit in 2003, the Association will likely
face another deficit in 2004 due to the need to upgrade our head
office computer databases and associated website software. These
databases (membership, publications, conference registration etc.)
were constructed independently over the past two decades. Some
are based on outdated software and all need to be merged in to a
single system that can be used to support purchases of on-line
membership, publications, and conference registrations.
Our main sources of revenue are GAC Publications, Annual
Meetings, and Membership Subscriptions. Annual meeting
expenses have been reduced through greater reliance on webbased, as opposed to paper, information; publications sales are
improving as new books emerge from the editing pipeline, and
membership levels appear to have stabilized.
Council is determined that the deficit budgets of the past few
years do not continue. The computer upgrades will enable us to
become more efficient and it is anticipated that increased publications revenue will enhance our bottom line. Regardless, it is
imperative that Council balances the budget in 2005-06.
Divisions & Sections
Many of the Divisions publish informative newsletters where
detailed reports and topical information can be found. As well,
many of the Sections and Divisions have web sites that can be
accessed from the GAC website at http: //www.gac.ca.
Dick Wardle, Secretary St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador,
May 2004
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Annual General Meeting - planning ahead
fter the completion of the successful Joint Annual Meeting
of the Geological Association of Canada and the
Mineralogical Association of Canada in St. Catharines,
ably hosted by the Department of Earth Sciences at Brock
University, the GAC would like to provide some information on
future annual general meetings so that all members can plan ahead
for the next few years. In particular, the strength of the annual conferences depends on the relevance and merit of the technical
program, and it is vital to involve the whole of the
Canadian Earth Science community in their development. In the past the GAC has not actively advertised
future annual meetings, except for the next one at the
most recent annual meeting. In some cases this may
have led to technical and geographical conflicts with
other Earth Science conferences, which affects the availability of volunteers to plan and organize the technical
aspects of programs and, in some cases, the financial viability
of the meetings. The best approach is to advertise meetings well in
advance, so that there is enough lead time for exciting ideas about
technical programs to be developed, for the development of cooperative links between societies to organize multi-society meetings,
and for potential attendees to plan ahead and choose from the myriad of Earth Science-related conferences.
The organization for the next meeting in 2005, to be held May
15th to 18th at Dalhousie University in Halifax, is well advanced.
It will be held jointly with MAC, CSPG, and, for the first time, the
Canadian Soil Science Society. A strong technical program,
including the MAC 50th Anniversary Symposium, and the North
Atlantic Minerals Symposium, has been developed, which can be
accessed at the website: www.halifax2005.ca. Bookmark this site,
watch for more details, and plan on a wonderful visit to the
Maritimes next year.
The annual meeting in 2006 will be held at the UQAM campus in Montreal between May 15 and 17th. The campus is located in downtown Montreal, and has modern facilities suitable for an
international conference, and within walking distance of numerous
distractions! The development of the technical program has been
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initiated, but the organizing committee is keen to solicit exciting
ideas for symposia, special sessions, short courses and field trips.
The aim is to generate a technical program that highlights significant geoscience issues of national and international concern, particularly with respect to environmental issues, but also to develop
a better understanding of the geological evolution of the highlypopulated north eastern portions of North America. In particular,
the Divisions of the GAC can take a lead role in identifying
the most suitable topics that would be of broad international interest for the technical program. Proposals for
the Montreal meeting should be submitted directly
to the Technical Program Committee consisting of
Michel Jebrak (jebrak.michel@uqam.ca), Michel
Lamothe (lamothe.michel@uqam.ca), and Andrew
Hynes (andrew@eps.mcgill.ca), preferably by
September 30th, 2004.
The annual meeting in 2007 will be an once-in-a-lifetime
event. The geological community in Yellowknife, led by the C.S.
Lord Northern Geoscience Centre, have agreed to host the meeting, and the Geological Association of Canada and the rest of the
Earth Science community should make every effort to make the
meeting an amazing success. The facilities in Yellowknife will
constrain the size of the meeting, and the location means that attendees will need to plan more carefully. However, the aim is to
develop a meeting that will attract geoscientists around the general themes of “Natural Resources and Sustainable Development”
and “The Arctic Environment and Climate Change”. We hope that
this conference will be an integral part of the International Polar
Year 2007-08 research activities, and may attract a significant
number of international geoscientists. The time is right to start
developing ideas for stimulating technical sessions around these
two general themes. Any suggestions should be forwarded to
Carolyn Relf (Carolyn_Relf@gov.nt.ca) or to Kevin Ansdell
(kevin.ansdell@usask.ca).
Quebec City will be the location of the annual meeting in
2008, and the dates have already been set (May 26 to 28th). The
city will be marking its 400th anniversary in that year, and the conference organizing committee has decided on a theme that incorporates this significant historical event, « Québec 2008 : 400
years of discoveries ». GAC and MAC are very hopeful that the
meeting will be organized jointly with the Society of Economic
Geologists (SEG), and the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral
Deposits (SGA). This will obviously give the conference a strong
mineral deposits focus, and will probably make it the premier conference on mineral deposit research in that year. However, as
usual, the annual meeting will also include technical sessions that
encompass the whole of the Earth Science spectrum, and ideas for
symposia, sessions, short courses, and field trips are welcome even
at this early stage. Please contact Donna Kirkwood (donna.kirkwood@ggl.ulaval.ca) with ideas for the Scientific Program, and
Léopold Nadeau (lnadeau@nrcan.gc.ca) for Field trips or Short
Courses.
An exciting possibility for a large multi-society meeting is
also rapidly coming together for 2009. Stay tuned for details! And
to top off the decade, we plan to return to Calgary in 2010 for
another hugely successful GeoCanada! It’s also never too early to
plan for next decade, and so any groups interested in showcasing
their institution and location should contact the GAC to get the ball
rolling!
Any comments with respect to the GAC Science Program
should be sent to Kevin Ansdell at kevin.ansdell@usask.ca.
Kevin Ansdell, GAC Science Program Committee Chair
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2004 Service Awards
Sandy McCracken – Distinguished Service Award
We feel that Gary’s ten years of volunteer service to MDD was
CITATION: He first became a member of GAC and the invaluable and has been extremely beneficial to GAC. We thus
Paleontology Division in 1975. He served as the Secretary- feel that Gary’s contributions should thus be recognized by awardTreasurer of that Division from 1986-1991 and was editor of the ing him a Volunteer Award.
Division newsletter during the same
- Stephen J. Piercey, David R. Lentz,
period. He compiled and edited the first
and Frank Santaguida
edition of the “Directory of Canadian
Paleontologists” for 1989 and subsequently edited the second and third ediMembers of the Vancouver GAC50 years...and going
tions in 1995 and 1997, respectively.
MAC Local Organizing Committee –
strong
From 1991 until present he has chaired
Voluntary Service Awards (Cathie
the
“Joint
Committee
on
Hickson, Greg Dipple, Steve Rowins,
The GAC congratulates our
Paleontological Monographs”, a CSPGRon Britten, Bob Anderson, John
latest members to reach 50GAC cooperative venture that has
Jambor, Dirk Tempelman-Kluit, Dave
year status:
resulted in the “Palaeontographica
Lefebure, Loretta Wong, Fiona Childe,
Canadiana” series, which now numbers
Carl Verley, Bob Turner, Rolando
E.R. Ward Neale
23(?) volumes. He has edited every volHernandez)
Lionel C. Kilburn
ume since No.12. He was chair of the
CITATION: A dedicated team of
Technical Publications Committee for
volunteers, led by Cathie Hickson,
GeoCanada 2000, the GAC Annual
Greg Dipple, and Steve Rowins, organMeeting that was held jointly with a
ized one of the most successful Annual
number of other societies in Calgary. In
Meetings of the GAC and MAC in the
1997, he joined the Publications
history of the two organizations. The
Committee of GAC and served as its chair from 2000-2003, which Vancouver LOC contributed countless hours on behalf of GAC,
was a critical period when GAC was implementing its new busi- MAC, and SEG to produce a high-quality scientific program,
ness plan for publications. As chair, he also served on the GAC excellent field trips and short courses, and a range of social events.
Council where his wisdom and dry sense of humour were much This was done without remuneration. Through their efforts, these
appreciated. For his dedication and long service to GAC, in par- dedicated individuals made a major contribution to earth science
ticular to the Paleontology Division, it is my pleasure to nominate in Canada and have “set the bar” high for future local organizing
Alexander (Sandy) D. McCracken for the Distinguished Service committees of GAC-MAC Annual Meetings. Based on their
Award.
efforts and the award criterion (recognition of individuals “who
- Steven R. McCutcheon have made significant singular contributions through voluntary
service to the Association”), I nominate the Vancouver LOC for a
Steven McCutcheon – Distinguished Service Award
Voluntary Service Award.
CITATION: Dr. Steven McCutcheon has been heavily
- John J. Clague
involved with GAC and MDD for many years. He has run numerous GAC-MDD field trips in various parts of New Brunswick in
association with GAC-MAC meetings and has co-organized sessions related to Bathurst Camp metallogeny. From 1998 to 2001,
Steve co-edited THE GANGUE Newsletter for MDD as well.
Most recently, he was GAC Finance Chair (4 years), and therefore
sat on most GAC committees and invested considerable effort in
making wise financial decisions for GAC during a critical time in
the markets. Presently, Steve is involved as Secretary of the
Atlantic Geology Society, which is an affiliated Society with
GAC.
- David Lentz
Gary Wells - Voluntary Service Award
CITATION: Please accept this letter as a nomination for Dr.
Gary Wells to be considered for the Geological Association of
Canada Volunteer Award. Gary Wells served as Mineral Deposits
Division (MDD) Secretary from 1991 to 2001. During his tenure
as secretary the Division emerged as the largest division within the
GAC, and underwent a period of significant economic growth and
rejuvenation. During his years with MDD Gary always provided
a sober voice of reason, reminded us not to forget our industry
roots, and worked tirelessly to make sure that MDD was a successful organization. In 2001, due to work commitments and
increasing time spent overseas, Gary stepped down from his position as secretary citing that he could not continue to provide the
service that MDD and GAC deserved.
Volume 33 Part 2
Congratulations to this Year’s Winner of the GAC
Geophysics Division Award for Student Presentation in
Geophysics at the Annual Meeting: Bogdan Nitescu (Ph.D.
student at the University of Toronto) for his presentation: B.
Nitescu, A.R. Cruden, and R.C. Bailey Potential-field and
seismic constraints on the structure and tectonic evolution of
the Archean high-grade metasedimentary English River Belt,
western Superior Craton. Shown above: Bogdan Nitescu
(centre) receiving the award certificate from his supervisors,
Dr. Richard Bailey (left) and Dr. Sandy Cruden (right).
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Logan Medallist - Stewart L. Blusson
Citation
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he 2004 Logan Medal is awarded to Stewart Lynn Blusson,
for exemplary achievement in geological mapping and
exploration, for his belief in North American diamonds, for
his persistence in successfully conducting innovative diamond
exploration, for the launch of a new Canadian industry, and for
outstanding generosity to his science.
Stew was born in Vancouver in 1938. He completed his B.Sc.
in geology at UBC in 1960, and he obtained his Ph.D. in 1964 at
the University of California at Berkeley, where his dissertation was
on the geology and origin of tungsten deposits in the Flat River
area along the NWT-Yukon border, including the Cantung Mine.
His Ph.D. work launched a career with the Geological Survey
of Canada from 1966 to 1981. His thorough familiarity with structural and stratigraphic constraints led to superb maps and to greatly enhanced understanding of mineral potential.
Stew’s research played a role in the discovery of many occurrences of gold, copper, zinc, lead and other metals in Canada and
the U.S. And during the 1970s, Stew even learned to fly fixedwing aircraft and helicopters, to better carry out his field work.
But his best-known achievement is his role with Chuck Fipke
in discovering diamonds in Canada’s north – an achievement made
possible by his tremendous foresight, scientific leadership, and
enormous commitment and perseverance.
As early as 1969, Stew believed in the idea of Canadian diamonds. While leader of a GSC crew in the Yukon, Stew reasoned
that diamonds occur on every continent with large Precambrian
shields and that Canada should be no exception. But recent glaciation made exploration difficult. Chuck Fipke was a member of
that crew, and he was deeply impressed by Stew’s arguments.
More than a decade later, Stew and Chuck launched a diamond exploration program in BC, and they continued their search
in 1981 in the NWT. Later that year, they shifted east to
Blackwater Lake, where De Beers was exploring. With insights
into glacial history and the Canadian Shield as the likely source for
indicator minerals in the area, they had the persistence to follow
the indicator mineral trail 700 km east to Lac de Gras over the
ensuring decade.
The property they staked with their partners, precipitating the
largest rush in North American exploration, became the Ekati
Mine whose annual production, along with the new Diavik Mine,
will reach 15 million carats worth about US$1.5B, putting Canada
in 3rd place in world diamond production by 2006.
Stew Blusson’s superb application of sophisticated science to
the search for minerals therefore has provided immense economic
and scientific benefit to Canada. And in 1998, Stew made a very
large donation to UBC in support of research. For these achievements, GAC is pleased to honour Stew Blusson by awarding him
the 2004 GAC Logan Medal.
Acceptance Remarks:
P
resident Thorleifson, Ladies and Gentlemen: Harvey, your
surprise call had me completely overwhelmed. When one is
so personally rewarded by the work itself; the precious field
time; the new discoveries, you can’t imagine any greater reward.
Yet here it is! Just to be mentioned with such distinguished scientists – several of whom are mentors to me. I am honoured to be
here and humbled at the same time.
Many people would say I have had good fortune. True, but
they don’t really understand. It’s not just in the current mining
events, it’s in the career; a career shared with eminent scientists
across the land, including seven past recipients of this prestigious
award.
Though really two careers, the GSC and Exploration, the
appeal of both is the same – pursuit of knowledge and discovery;
particularly rewarding for me, when in the most remote northern
reaches of the country. The north was like home to me – an identity – where field areas became personal.
First, the fire was lit in high school, by the legendary UBC
Professor Harry Warren, who counseled: “if you are going to
prospect nowadays you need all the geology you can get” and the
prize for geology students was a field job with the GSC.
It’s been said that luck favours the prepared mind! Well the
preparation began. What a break to join the GSC as
the Golden Years unfolded. Such a knowledgeable
and enthusiastic group: Jim Roddick, Lew Green, J.
O. Wheeler, Hugh Gabrielse, Bill Hutchison, Bill
Poole, Dirk Tempelman-Kluit, Jim Monger, and
many others. And at Berkeley, the mind-opening
inspiration of Professor Bill Fyfe. Those were heady
times. Discoveries at a rapid pace, over every ridge
something new, and so much geology beginning to fit
together.
Then as the regional phase was winding down,
my next good fortune was to link up with Chuck
Fipke and the late Hugo Dummett. Chuck had just
developed an incredible mineral lab and a powerful
sampling method. Hugo, as most of you know, was
the complete academic, visionary explorationist.
Heady times again. Questions being answered, proprietary knowledge secretly building up. You just
knew something was going to click. What chance did
De Beers have?
But when Hugo’s company had to pull out, our
problem was funding; just when mortgage rates
peaked. It was my wife Marilyn’s steady salary and
unflinching support that somehow got us through.
Stewart Blusson accepts the Logan Medal - GAC’s highest honour Our approach had to change. Each sample had to tell
from President Harvey Thorliefson.
us more, a lot more. After much study, a unique trunk
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W.W. Hutchison Medallist - Shoufa Lin
Citation
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houfa Lin arrived in Canada from China in 1989 to
begin his doctoral work on structural geology in the
Cape Breton Highlands. After working at the
Geological Survey of Canada and the Manitoba Geological
Survey, Shoufa was hired in 1999 as an associate professor
at the University of Waterloo. While his study of the
Canadian Appalachians continued, Shoufa’s interests also
led him to northern Québec, western Ontario, northern
Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and China.
Shoufa Lin’s research focuses on the structural and tectonic evolution of orogenic belts. He is a recognized world
leader in the study of ductile shear zones. In addition,
Shoufa’s application of structural geology to the study of
mineral deposits is highly regarded by the academic and
mining/exploration communities. Over the years, Shoufa
has received numerous honours, including the 1992 Best
Thesis Award and the 1998 Best Paper Award of the
Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the
Geological Association of Canada, a Governor-General’s
Gold Medal and an Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence
Award.
Shoufa Lin is an innovative and prolific researcher
with an international reputation, a dedicated and effective Shoufa Lin accepts the W.W. Hutchison Medal (formerly the
teacher, and involved significantly in the national and inter- Presidents’ Medal) from GAC Past-President John Clague.
national geoscience community.
and sisters, only two of us ever went to school and I was the only
Acceptance Remarks:
feel extremely honoured and pleased to be the first recipient of one who was lucky enough to finish it. My father passed away
the prestigious Hutchison Medal. I wish to thank the when I was 16, the year I went to University, and my brother, who
Geological Association of Canada, the Medal Selection was only 3 years older than I was, took over the responsibility of
Committee and everyone who supported my nomination for this taking care of the rest of the family. I am grateful to my late parhonour, and to thank Past President John Clague for the kind and ents, my late brother and my sisters for the huge sacrifice they
made for me to go to school, to university and beyond.
generous words of citation.
Three individuals have most influence on my scientific career.
I would like to use this opportunity to thank some of the peoProf.
Xue Jiawei at Hefei University of Technology in China was
ple who have helped me on the way; without their support,
my MSc advisor, Dr. Paul Williams at the University of New
patience and advice, I would not be here today.
First and foremost, I would like to thank my family in China. Brunswick was my PhD advisor, and Dr. Cees van Staal was my
When I was a child, my family was very poor. Of the 5 brothers advisor when I was a post-doctoral fellow at the Geological
Survey of Canada. Paul was very supportive, very understanding
and very patient, which eased my transition from China to Canada
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greatly. He provided ample guidance and aspiration, while letting
and tributary esker system proved to be the key. That trunk esker, me do the work at my own pace and learn from my own mistakes,
the longest in Canada, was pointed out to me by my first GSC which was critical for me to gradually build my confidence and
office mate, forty years ago, one of Canada’s great glaciologists, learn how to do independent research. Cees was very enthusiastic
the late Doug Grant. Those next samples certainly did provide and supportive. He was very busy, but he always had time for dismuch more! To think that Chuck and my meager field budgets cussions.
Numerous other collaborators/friends/colleagues have also
back then are equaled today by Canada’s new diamond production
helped me greatly. They include Dazhi Jiang, John Percival, Don
every few seconds.
Berkeley in the sixties – Professor Fyfe so inspired me that I Davis, Sandra Barr, Rob Raeside, Tim Corkery, Al Bailes, Ric
vowed then to some day set up my own institute for research. Syme, and Mario Coniglio, to name a few. My wife, Mandy, has
UBC is now fulfilling that dream, with government support, in a been a source of continuous support and encouragement.
Last, but not least, I would like to thank NSERC, Canada
way far beyond what I could ever have imagined.
Foundation
for Innovation, Canadian Mining Industry Research
I have much to be thankful for. First, to be blessed with good
health, and safe passage through endless field risks. Mothers Organization, Geological Survey of Canada, University of
Waterloo, and especially Manitoba Geological Survey for making
prayers surely had something to do with that.
my research financially possible.
For a loving wife Marilyn, my support and greatest fan.
I believe I am a very fortunate person. I feel fortunate to have
For a proud extended family.
grown up in a very caring family in China. I also feel fortunate to
For friends and colleagues at the GSC and beyond.
For the opportunities afforded through Chuck and Hugo to have come to Canada, met so many wonderful people and worked
with several great organizations. I feel especially fortunate to be
positively impact so many lives.
And finally, Thanks from the heart to my peers in the GAC for chosen to receive this medal.
Thank you all for this fortune.
bestowing such an honour, the Logan Medal.
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E.R.W. Neale Medallist - Peter Ian Russell
Citation
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eter Ian Russell has excelled for over three decades in interactions with the general public, with teachers and particularly with children. It is estimated that he has talked to a minimum of 250,000 children and teachers over 30 years, an equivalent of several ‘Skydomes’ packed to capacity.
His energy has been phenomenal. He has judged at the
Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fairs since 1971:
from the late 1970s he organized and distributed the “Geoscience
Slide Library” kits and notes and boxes of minerals, fossils, and
rocks, to assist teachers in the curriculum for Grades 4 to 6
throughout the Waterloo region. The Waterloo “Junior Naturalists’
Programme” was set up and guided by Peter from 1979 until 1990,
expanding into the Science and Engineering Quest. Innumerable
public and student field trips and EdGEO workshops have been
run for over three decades. In the late 1980s he helped initiate and
co-edit What on Earth, was the illustrator for MAC’s
Encyclopaedia of Mineral Names and has designed an interpretive
logo for every article in Geoscience Canada since it started.
Travelling exhibits designed by Peter have appeared at gem
shows throughout Ontario and the United States. Teaching
exhibits on groundwater have gone to Groundwater Festivals and
Clean Water Fairs in six Ontario counties and are distributed as far
away as Quebec. The “Wally and Deanna” cartoon booklet series
have been wildly successful with children and more than 28,000
copies have been produced in three languages.
After Peter’s “retirement” in 1996 the university formally
named the “Peter Russell Rock Garden” in recognition of his service. Subsequently under his imaginative guidance the Centre for
Environment Innovation and Technology is being transformed,
with Peter persuading the architects to build the five-storey building around a huge (9 m tall) gneissic monolith that is now
ensconced through three floors in the central hallway.
These and many other contributions illustrate Geoscience
Education at its best, and Peter Russell is a most worthy recipient
of an E.R.W. Neale Medal.
One Sentence Citation: Peter Ian Russell has been one of the
most active promoters of Earth Science Education in Canada by
working at the grass-roots level with several hundred thousand
children and thousands of teachers and members of the public over
more than three decades.
Acceptance Remarks:
M
r. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I appreciate the work
of my nominators, the medal committee and the
Geological Association of Canada for bestowing upon
me this honour today. I especially value the encouragement and
interest of Ward Neale in my activities over the years. Ward and I
also are proud owners of one of those rare GAC ties with the yellow stripe.
My father, Herbert, encouraged my interest in nature. I started, following in his footsteps, collecting insects. Unfortunately,
they needed killing and jabbing with a pin, so I happily transferred
to fossils and minerals. I joined the Leeds Geological Association
and took the Workmen’s Education course on geology given by
Bill Gregory at the University of Leeds. Those were the days
without drifting continents! Great wedges of rock appeared, as if
by magic from somewhere to the northwest. The work of similar
enthusiasts encouraged me as a youngster to collect minerals, fossils and geological memories via photography and sketching. Fred
Waller, an amateur geologist, took me on field trips to the
Yorkshire coast and Scotland to read the rocks. We went for winter hikes along the Yorkshire coast in dense fog. Icicles were hung
from the rocks and we needed a nip of whiskey with our sandwich
to keep warm. All my spare money was spent on field trips with
the Geologist’s Association to the French Alps, Italian Volcanoes
and biking to Youth Hostels in Yorkshire, with geological guidebooks in hand.
I moved to The University of Waterloo in 1967 encouraged by
my friend, Peter Fisher. After a few years of rock preparation I
moved on to illustration work, including logos for Geoscience
Canada, and then became Earth Sciences Curator and
Administrative Assistant. Encouraged by Bob Farvolden, Chris
Barnes, Peter Fritz, John Greenhouse, Roger
MacQueen, Bob Gillham, Jim Barker, Alan Morgan,
and my wife Vivian. I continue to share my experiences and enthusiasm with people of all ages. Ten
years ago I had the pleasure of working with Cheryl
Atkinson, architect, as we designed a new space for our
museum. This new space was officially opened on
February 27th 2004. With this project and others it
pays to have the geologist’s perspective of time, where
ten years from first design to moving in is a mere blink
of the eye!
One of the most successful projects I have been
involved with is planting geological rock gardens.
This began with the UW garden in the 1980s, which
now includes 43 rocks. A glacial boulder garden on the
Walter Bean Grand River Trail in Kitchener was planted two years ago. I am continuing to collect rocks for
my UW garden from each province. We are missing a
provincial rock from Saskatchewan, Nunavut, New
Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
Maybe you know of a suitable rock needing a home?
Life is like a rock garden, full of opportunities to
gather gems, which add to my understanding of Earth
Sciences and enrich what I am able to offer to others.
Peter Russell accepts the E.R.W. Neale Medal from incoming GAC
Thank you for the encouragement to continue my
Publications Chair Jennifer Bates.
hobby and vocation.
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J. Willis Ambrose Medallist - Ian A. McIlreath
Citation
T
he 2004 J. Willis Ambrose Medal of the Geological
Association of Canada is awarded to Dr. Ian
Alexander McIlreath. This award is made in recognition of his sustained and dedicated service to the
Canadian earth science community, and in particular for his
outstanding accomplishments in professional and society
affairs. Ian McIlreath represents perhaps the ideal fusion of
researcher, administrator, mentor, and manager. That he
has had a busy and exciting career is demonstrated by the
fact that he has served on 15 different executives of major
earth science organizations, and has chaired or directed 30
major committees, as well as serving as an active member
on more than 50 others. He has been president of 3 major
earth science organizations - the Canadian Society of
Petroleum Geologists (1983), the Geological Association of
Canada (1992), and the Canadian Geological Foundation
(1994-2000), and is the only person to have served as president of both the GAC and CSPG. Through all these activities, he still found time to author over 50 technical talks,
publications, and public presentations, primarily in the
fields of petroleum exploration and carbonate geology in Ian McIlreath accepts the J. Willis Ambrose Medal from GAC Vicewhich he has made significant research contributions. He President Sandra Barr.
is a superb lecturer and an outstanding teacher who has
been a true mentor to the many undergraduate and graduate
students with whom he has come in contact. All of this exemplaThe J. Willis Ambrose Medal has special significance to me
ry professional activity was accomplished in addition to his “real because I knew Professor Ambrose as an undergraduate student at
job” as a senior manager in major petroleum companies in Queen’s in the late 60’s. At that time, his career was concluding
Calgary, currently EnCana Corporation. These endeavours includ- whereas mine hadn’t even begun. In fact, it might not have started extensive field work, and required him to lead exploration proj- ed if Dr. Ambrose hadn’t personally encouraged me to stay in geolects in many parts of Canada, both on land and offshore, as well as ogy. I remember well his Lester Pearson – like bow ties and his
in many international locales including a number of countries in dry humour.
southeast Asia through to the Middle East and in to North Africa.
I really feel privileged to be the next recipient of the Ambrose
Such diverse involvement is extraordinary but Ian has managed to Medal after the late Mary Claire Ward. I highly valued our friendbalance the workload, and the real beneficiaries have been and ship which grew over a number of years of active interaction at,
continue to be the Canadian geologists whom he has served with and after, quite a few GAC Council meetings. I will miss her indesuch vigour. When the time came to celebrate the earth sciences fatigable spirit, Irish humour and her role model example of dediat the millennium, Ian was chosen General Chair of GeoCanada cated service to the Canadian Earth Sciences, and particularly on
2000. Perhaps most importantly, he has done all this with enthu- behalf of the mining industry. This medal will always remind me
siasm, generosity, compassion, and high principles.
of our friendship.
In summary, Ian McIlreath has served the Earth Science
I am truly honoured to receive the recognition the Ambrose
Community with excellence, passion, diligence, and devotion Medal brings from my peers for the contributions which I have
throughout his career. I am honoured to present him with the J. tried to make in my own way to Canadian Earth Sciences.
Willis Ambrose Medal for 2004.
However, the real reward I treasure has been to meet and work
with so many talented and dedicated people, right across Canada,
Acceptance Remarks:
hank You Madam Vice-President for that very generous cita- who are similarly interested in promoting our science, both at the
tion. I will comment on the citation later, but first, I want to national and international levels. I recognize so many faces here
thank the Geological Association of Canada for having the today that I simply would not know if I hadn’t gotten out and parforesight a number of years ago to dedicate such a prestigious ticipated. My life has been absolutely enhanced by these relationmedal to people who serve the Earth Sciences in Canada. As such, ships and the Ambrose Medal will always remind me of those
it is really an unique medal amongst medals awarded by Canadian great associations and friendships.
Coming back to the citation, I would prefer to be known not
Earth Science Societies. Secondly, I wish to thank the members of
for what I may or may not have done, but rather as someone who
the Ambrose Medal Committee for their deliberations.
Of course I am particularly indebted and will be forever grate- genuinely cares about technical excellence, knowledge transfer
ful to those who nominated me. I am quite astounded at just who and especially the future of earth sciences in Canada, and is trying
these people are. I don’t think I would be breaching any rules of to do something about it. That has been my motivation.
With regards to the future, I will continue to be involved and
etiquette to mention that they are some of the most outstanding
geologists in Canada. They come from academia, provincial and based on my experience, I would highly recommend to all young
federal government agencies and the petroleum industry, as well as earth scientists that you get involved, ignore the politics and thorcoming from right across Canada. Again, I sincerely thank each of oughly enjoy the experience and the new friendships. Earth
my nominators for taking the time out of their busy lives to make Science in Canada needs you now more than ever before. Thank
you all.
this effort.
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Jérôme H. Remick III Poster Awards
he Jérôme H. Remick III Trust Fund of the GAC was established in 1994 with a
donation by Jérôme H. Remick III, a long-time member and former chairman of
the GAC Membership Committee. The purpose of the fund is to sponsor awards
for meritorious posters at the GAC-MAC Annual meetings.
These awards recognize that posters are a legitimate presentation medium at conferences, and encourage higher standards by recognizing the best posters in terms of
scientific content, organization and presentation of data, and overall aesthetics. The
judges at the St. Catharines GAC-MAC conference were members of GAC Council:
Kevin Ansdell, Jennifer Bates, and Peter Mustard. There were approximately 115
posters, and the best three posters, which were awarded the Gold ($1000), Silver
($900), and Bronze ($800) prizes, were:
Gold: Hilary Corlett (U. Alberta) and B. Jones - Epiphytes on Thalassia tes- Gold Medal winner Hilary Corlett
tudinum – a major source of carbonate
study: case study from Grand Cayman, British West Indies
Silver: Shannon Johns (Queen’s University), H. Helmstaedt, and K. Kyser Volcanology and geochemistry of the Bravo Lake Formation, Baffin Island, Nunavut
Bronze: Kelsey MacCormack (McMaster University), V. Terlaky, A. Bertram, J.
Maclachlan, and C. Eyles - Investigating the characteristics and three-dimensional distribution of Quaternary sediments infilling parts of the Dundas Valley, Hamilton
Runners-up (in alphabetical order):
C. S. Finnigan (U. Toronto)
Editor wanted
and J. M. Brenan - Experimental
evidence for the formation of
The Geological Association of
Silver Medal winner Shannon Johns
PGE alloy inclusions in chromite
Canada is seeking an Editor or
by local reduction
Editorial Team for Geoscience
N. Garner and D. Rivas Porosity and permeability attribCanada to start January 2005.
utes in specific lithofacies: an
approach in the Trenton Group,
Nominations or expressions of
southwestern Ontario, Canada
L.L. Navarro and R.W. Arnott
interest can be sent to:
- Architecture of two deep-marine
Jennifer Bates
submarine channel complexes in
Chair, Publications Committee
the
Neoproterozoic
Isaac
jbates@nrcan.gc.ca
Formation,
Windermere
Supergroup, Cariboo Mountains,
ph: 902-426-4386
Bronze Medal winner Kelsey
British Columbia, Canada
MacCormack
Howard Street Robinson Fund
The Robinson Fund was established in 1977 by the
Geological Association of Canada, using a bequest from
the estate of Howard Street Robinson. The fund is dedicated to the furtherance of scientific study of
Precambrian Geology and Metal Mining by:
* sponsoring an annual Distinguished Lecturer Tour
whose focus alternates between Precambrian
research and economic geology (lecturer alternately
chosen by the GAC’s Precambrian and Mineral
Deposits divisions);
* supporting Special Projects including publications,
symposia and conferences.
Proposals for special projects on Precambrian
Geology or Metal Mining should be submitted to the
Robinson Fund Committee. Projects should be sponsored
or organized throught the GAC or one of its Divisions or
Sections. Proposals that have a wide appeal or degree of
accessibility to the GAC membership are preferred.
For further information and proposal submissions,
please contact:
Benoit Dubé, Chairman, Robinson Fund
Geological Survey of Canada
880, Chemin Sainte-Foy; Bureau 840
Québec (Québec) G1S 2L2
418 654-2669
bdube@nr can.gc.ca
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Campus Liason report
he Geological Association of Canada
maintains an active presence in university geoscience departments
through two kinds of activities: we support
the activities of student chapters, and we
award a prize to a student at each campus in
Canada having a program in geoscience or
a closely related discipline.
The GAC Student Chapter Program
involves undergraduate and graduate students who are keenly interested in geoscience and want to be active members of
the Canadian geoscience community. The
program works through existing geoscience
student clubs. The program facilitates
interaction between student clubs and the
Geological Association of Canada, supports
student activities in career development,
and fosters exchanges between students and
experienced geoscientists. One of the most
important aspects of the Student Chapter
Program is the awarding of GAC Logan
Student Chapter Grants. Grants of $500 are
awarded to support the activities of student
chapters, including field trips, guest lectures, public awareness of geoscience, and
conference attendance. This year, grants
were awarded to 10 of GAC’s 11 chapters,
supporting a great variety of activities (listed below)
Student Prizes
GAC student prizes are awarded annually
to outstanding students enrolled in B.Sc.
geoscience programs at Canadian universities. The prize consists of recognition that
the student can cite in their resumes and a
one-year membership in GAC, including
subscriptions to Geoscience Canada and
Geolog. Prizewinners are also recognized
through a listing on the GAC web page.
Prizes are based on the recommendation
of each department chair, with academic excellence being the criterion for selection.
In 2004, the following students
received student prizes:
Acadia - Jeffrey Bigelow
Alberta - Erin Doxsey-Whitfield
Brandon - McLean Trott
British Columbia - Lisa Swinnard
Brock - Amy Lynn Smart
Calgary - Heather Campbell
Carleton - Deanne van Rooyen
Dalhousie - Maureen White
Ecole Polytechnique - David Saucier
Guelph - Mitchell Allison
Lakehead - Amy Shute
Laurentian - Geoff Newton
Laval - Émilie Bedard
Manitoba - Soo-Kyung Miong
McGill - Genevieve Robert
McMaster - Mark Radomski
Memorial - Stephen Hinchey
New Brunswick - Jillian Hudgins
Ottawa - Jenrené Martel
UQAM - Eric Rosa
Queens - Shane Warner
Regina - Chelsey Ebel
Saskatchewan - Angela Vangool
Simon Fraser - Dejan Milidragovic
St. Francis Xavier - Peter McChesney
St. Mary’s - Tony Barresi
Toronto - Laurent Roy
Victoria - Hannibal Preto
Waterloo - Matthew Chmilar
Western Ontario - Steve Frey
Windsor - Derek Smyth
2003/2004 GAC Student Chapters
Acadia University, Fletcher Geology Club (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: David Hapgood
Faculty Advisor: Sandra Barr
Community Advisor: Chris White, Nova Scotia
Dept. of Natural Resources
Grant Awarded: Attendance at AGS meeting
University of Manitoba, GeoClub (New)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Norman Aime
Faculty Advisor: Nancy Chow
Community Advisor: Alan Bailes, Manitoba Industry, Trade
and Mines
Grant Awarded: California Field Trip
McGill University, Adam’s Club (New)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Lisa Barazzuol
Faculty Advisor: Mairi Best
Grant Awarded: Graduate student symposium
Memorial University, Alexander Murray Club (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Annie Parrell
Faculty Advisor: Derek Wilton
Community Advisor: Frank Blackwood, Dept. of Natural
Resources
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Grant Awarded: Attendance at AUGC
University of Regina, GAC Student Chapter (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Russell Walz
Faculty Advisor: Kathryn Bethune
Community Advisor: Fran Haidl, Saskatchewan Industry and
Resources
Grant Awarded: Field trip to northwestern Superior Province
Simon Fraser University, GAC Student Chapter (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Lesley Meston
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Faculty Advisor: Diana Allen
Community Advisor: Robbie Dunlop, Simon Fraser
University
Grant Awarded: Field trip to Death Valley
University of Toronto, GAC Student Chapter (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Leslie Rose
Faculty Advisor: Steve Scott
Community Advisor: Andrew Mikitchook
Grant Awarded: Sudbury field trip
University of Waterloo, WATROX Undergraduate Club
(Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Michelle Fraser
Faculty Advisor: Alan Morgan
Community Advisor: John Gartner, Gartner Lee Limited
Grant Awarded: Attendance at GAC-MAC 2004
University of Windsor, GAC Student Chapter (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Cara Donnelly
Faculty Advisor: Ihsan Al-Aasm
Community Advisor: Julie Clarke, Duke Energy
Grant Awarded: Field trip to the Bruce Peninsula
York University, GAC Student Chapter (Renewal)
GAC Student Chapter Representative: Zhijing Wang
Faculty Advisor: Quiming Cheng
Community Advisor: George Zhang, Ontario Ministry of the
Environment
Grant Awarded: Field trip to Québec
St. Mary’s University (New)
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Faculty Advisor: Georgia Pe-Piper
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32nd Cordilleran Tectonics Workshop
The Cordilleran Tectonics Workshop is an annual event that was
established in 1973 by Ray Price, who proposed a “show and tell”
session with professors and graduate students as linkage with the
GSC’s scientific program. The goal was to optimize the exchange
of information between anyone involved. It was held at Queens
University until 1980, then moved to Ottawa when Ray took on the
position of the GSC’s chief geologist, and later to locations all over
Canada.
The 32nd Cordilleran Tectonics Workshop, excellently organized by Larry Lane (GSC Calgary) and Deborah Spratt (University
Group photo of Cordilleran Tectonics Workshop participants.
of Calgary), was held at the Geology and Geophysics Department
of the University of Calgary on the weekend of the 27th to 29th
February 2004.
Fifty-eight (58) officially registered delegates from 10 universities, federal and provincial governments, and a few local energy
companies, as well as numerous volunteers, participated in two
days of talks and poster sessions. The meeting started Friday
evening with a ‘meet and greet’ combined with the poster setup,
where initial discussion was stimulated in a casual atmosphere.
The series of talks started Saturday morning. Each speaker was
allocated a 30-minute period, which included plenty of room for
questions.
Fifteen (15) talks and 19 posters of all aspects of geology and
geophysics were presented.
Tectonic presentations considered the extensional collapse of
the southern Cordillera during Cretaceous uplift, tectonic models
for the Monashee gneiss domes, an extensive review of the terrane
concept, the terminal Neoproterozoic evolution of the Cordilleran
margin, evolution of the Yukon-Tanana terrane, CanadaQuesnellia relations, and the reconstruction of the western margin
of North America.
Structural geology topics included an investigation of a hanging-wall ramp in the Livingstone Range, structural styles and evolution of the Agrio fold-thrust belt in Argentina, and triangle zone
and gravity slide tectonics in the Main Ranges of the Southern
Canadian Rockies.
Geophysical analysis focused on an
1800 km SNORCLE crustal cross section,
and detailed understanding of Snorcle lines
2a & b.
Geochemical and metamorphic themes
comprised retrogressed eclogites and jade in
the Yukon, the correlation of Mississippian
volcanic rocks in northern B.C., U-Pb
SHRIMP ages of Monashee leucosomes,
Eocene extension and Zr geochronology of
Paleozoic sediments in southeastern B.C.,
metamorphism of the Mt. Roberts formation
in southern B.C., aplitic dykes in the N.W.T.,
and K-spar Augen granitoids in the YukonTanana terrane.
The results of recent regional mapping
centered on the Bowser and Sustut basins,
the Yukon-Tanana terrane, the southern termination of the Western Ranges and Main Ranges of the southern
Rockies, a new map for the Thor-Odin dome in the Monashees,
and volcanic rocks of arc to back-arc affinity in the south-central
Yukon.
Experimental studies contained computer-aided kinematic
and petroleum modelling of the Alberta foothills and centrifuge
modelling of fold-thrust structures.
Finally, an economic study reported the petroleum systems
and crude-oil compositions of the Bowser basin.
The extensive and fruitful discussions both between talks and
during the numerous time slots allocated for posters resulted in an
intimate and pleasant workshop character.
On Saturday evening, much of the crowd joined Sharon Carr
in a pub for a spontaneous, unofficial conference dinner.
Next year’s workshop will be held in B.C.
Jürgen Kraus (jkraus@sunwing.com)
Goldschmidt 2005 Symposia call for proposals
P
roposals for symposia/special sessions
for the 2005 Goldschmidt Meeting in
Moscow, Idaho, U.S.A. are now being
solicited.
A number of broad themes for the
meeting have been identified and an
International Program Committee (IPC)
has been appointed (see the website
http://www.uidaho.edu/gold2005
for
details).
The IPC consists of a chairperson
(Peter Larson; plarson@wsu.edu) and at
least two international representatives for
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each theme. The IPC will evaluate each
proposed symposium to minimize overlap
and insure broad coverage of the themes.
To propose a symposium, please contact either the IPC Chair or one of the
appropriate thematic representatives (again,
see the conference website for contact
information).
The proposal can be as simple as
an e-mail giving the title of the proposed symposium, a brief statement of
the relevance and expected interest level,
and the names of potential organizers/ses-
sion chairs of the symposium (who will
solicit papers from appropriate contributors).
We will entertain proposals even if
they do not appear to fit under any of the
highlighted themes.
Proposals for symposia/special sessions will be accepted for consideration up
until September 1, 2004. However, submission of proposals as soon as possible is
advised.
Go online to http://www.uidaho.edu/
gold2005 for further information.
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Edmonton Geological Society’s new logo
T
emerald prospect.
he Edmonton Geological Society wrapped up
Our annual curling bonspiel was a great success,
another successful year and our members conwith competitive teams from the University of
tinue to be very active in many different
Alberta (faculty and student teams), the Alberta
events. The year started off with a successful field
Geological Survey and industry vying for top positrip, “Geology of the Frank Slide and southwestern
tions. All participants enjoyed fun, food and prizes,
Alberta” led Dave Cruden (University of Alberta),
generously donated by several businesses. Although
Willem Langenberg and Roger Paulen (Alberta
Murray Gingras and fellow faculty tried to intimidate
Geological Survey). This year the EGS decided to
the students to gain the upper hand, AGS team
mark the centennial of the Frank Slide by making it
The
new
logo
of
the
‘Coaches
Corner’, wearing their powder blue
the focal point of our annual field trip. Technical
Hockey Night in Canada jerseys, swept their way to
highlights included stops at the “Big Rock” (the Edmonton Geological
victory.
Okotoks Erratic), a historical stop at the Turner Society
The EGS contributed to the production and
Valley Gas Field and Hell’s Half Acre, Lundbreck
release
of
‘Geoscape
Edmonton’ in early January 2004. This poster
Falls, Bellevue Coal Mine, Turtle Mountain Sulphur Spring, the
Crowsnest Volcanics, the Duplex Structure exposed in Crowsnest is a joint product between the Alberta Geological Survey, the
Pass, and a full day around the Frank Slide and the Interpretative Geological Survey of Canada and the Edmonton Geological
Society. This project, led by Dixon Edwards, has been a huge sucCentre.
Throughout the year, several guest speakers gave excellent cess.
The EGS unveiled a new logo this year. Dan Magee (AGS)
luncheon talks with a wide variety of themes. Andy Tomkins
(University of Calgary) gave an excellent lecture on sulfide melt- had drafted several potential logos and the section members voted
ing during metamorphism of ore deposits. The society brought in for their favorite at last years annual general meeting. The selectguest speaker Kevin Krajick, prizewinning journalist and author of ed logo was approved by GAC Council and is now in use. It is a
the book Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North simple, elegant design, yet reflects the great city we live in and
also strengthen our ties to the
American Arctic (Henry Holt &
GAC parent organization.
Co., November 2001; Owl paperThe year ended with our
back, October 2002) and he gave a
annual general meeting/pub night
great overview of the history of
held
at
the
Cloverdale
diamond exploration in North
Community
Hall.
The
guest
America.
John
Pawlowicz
speakers
were
Richard
McCrea
(Alberta Geological Survey) pre(University of Alberta) and Lisa
sented a newer topic gaining interBuckley (South Dakota School of
est in Alberta, “Geological Setting
Mines and Technology). They
for Shallow Gas in Quaternary
presented some of the recent
Sediments of Northern Alberta”.
footprints and dinosaur fossil disMartyn Unsworth (University of
coveries from Tumbler Ridge,
Alberta) gave an insightful presenBritish Columbia. At this yeartation on magnetotelluric studies
end meeting, the new executives
of continental dynamics. Our last
were immediately sworn in and
lecture of 2003-2004 ended on an
are already working hard to proexploration theme, with Lori
vide another fun-filled year in
Walton (Tigerstar Geoscience)
Edmonton.
discussing prospecting for emerRoger C. Paulen
alds, rubies and sapphires, with Field trip participants emerge from the darkness of the Bellevue
special emphasis on the Yukon Coal Mine.
8th Biennial SGA - “Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge”
T
he 8th SGA Biennial Meeting will be
held on August 18-21, 2005 in
Beijing, China. The Chinese economy is rapidly growing which is reflected in
the expanding Chinese and global markets
for minerals. The future mineral resource
need of the global community depends on
the discovery of new and unconventional
resources that must be linked to ore deposit
research. This meeting provides an exceptional opportunity to participate in technical
presentations, workshops, and field trips by
academic, industrial, and students dedicated to the study of ore deposits.
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Beijing provides an exciting venue for
the conference. Modern tourist facilities,
interesting cultural attractions, and unique
historical sites provide a background for the
conference. Considering the tremendous
progress in research and exploration of
Chinese mineral deposits along with the
remarkable economic growth during the
last twenty years, the 8th SGA Biennial
Meeting in Beijing provides opportunities
for exchanging new ideas on research,
exploration and mine development.
Numerous field trips will be offered to
some of the world’s largest ore deposits.
We warmly welcome you to make plans to
participate in the 8th SGA Biennial
Meeting in Beijing.
Meeting Language: English
Deadlines and Key Dates:
June 30, 2004, deadline for response to
First Circular;
September 30, 2004, deadline for
response to Second Circular;
January 31, 2005, deadline for submission of extended abstracts
For more information regarding the 8th
SGA Biennial Meeting please visit their
website at www.sga2005.com.
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From the Geological Society Publishing House
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Geological Society Special Publication 225
200 Years of British Hydrogeology
Edited by J. D. Mather
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The collection of papers in this volume records the development of hydrogeology in
Britain over the last 200 years. Following the application, by William Smith, of
stratigraphic principles to the sinking of wells, Victorian engineers and scientists
established groundwater as a major contributor to public water supplies. In the
twentieth century, the development of groundwater continued rapidly, controlled
by an ever-changing regulatory regime. The 25 papers in this volume review the
progress which has been made, and the lives and work of some of those who
were intimately involved.
Geological Society Special Publication 220
Geochronology: Linking the Isotopic Record with Petrology
and Textures
Edited by D. Vance, W. Müller and I. M. Villa
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•December 2003
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Isotope geochemistry has produced many technical developments in the past decade
or so that have revolutionized the potential information available on the tectonics of
metamorphic belts from geochronology. These include the ability to date minerals
and rocks on small spatial scales, scales that at last approach those from which other
types of information – structural and petrological – are obtained.
However, interpreting the new data, and their integration with the other datasets
available, is not straightforward and requires careful chemical and textural observations
that go hand-in-hand with the geochronology.
Geological Society Special Publication 218
Ophiolites in Earth History
Edited by Y. Dilek and P. T. Robinson
• ISBN 1-86239-145-9
• May 2004
• 728 pages • Hardback
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The 32 research papers in this volume examine the mode and nature of igneous,
metamorphic, tectonic, sedimentological and biological processes associated with the
evolution of ophiolites in Earth’s history. Divided into six sections, the book presents a
wealth of new data and syntheses from ophiolites around the world. Introductory
chapters review the distribution of ophiolites in space and time and present a synoptic
discussion on their importance in Earth history. Papers in the second section present
diverse data from Tethyan ophiolites and provide refined geodynamic models for their
evolution. The following two sections present case studies documenting magmatic,
metamorphic and tectonic processes in ophiolite genesis and hydrothermal and biogenic
alteration of fossil oceanic crust. Mechanisms of ophiolite emplacement are explored
in Section V with a focus on the Semail massif (Oman).
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Calendar
2004
Hydrocarbon Systems of European &
Russian Basins, Prague, CZ
Web: www.aapg.org/meetings/prague04/
* July 11 – 14
October 11 – 15
Watershed 2004, Dearborn, Michigan
XXXIII Congress of IAH—Conference on
Web: www.wef.org/conferences
Groundwater Flow Understanding: From
July 12 – 16
Local to Regional Scale.
BHS International Conference, Hydrology: Joint Conference IAH/ALHSUD, Mexico
st
Science and Practise for the 21 Century, E-mail: aih@igris.igeograf.unam.mx
Imperial College, London, UK
Web: www.igeograf.unam.mx/aih
E-mail: a.butler@ic.ac.uk
* November 2 – 4
Website: www.hydrology.org.uk/index.ht
Hydro4, Galway, Ireland
ml
E-mail: hydro4@hydrographicsociety.org
July 13 – 16
November 7 – 10
Confronting Water Scarcity: Challenges
Geological Society of American Annual
and Choices/CWRA Alberta Branch
Meeting, Denver, CO
Conference, Lethbridge, AB
Web: www.geosociety.org/meetings/2004/
Web: www.confronting-water-scarcity.ca
December 13 – 17
or www.cwra.org
AGU 2004 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
July 26 – 30
Web: www.agu.org/meetings
International Glaciological Society,
International Symposium on Ice-WaterIce: Portland, OR
Web: www.igsoc.org/symposia/2004/port
* January 16 – 20
land/portland1.html
Chapman
Conference:
Science and
August 16 – 20
Technology
of
Carbon
Sequestration, San
2004 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting,
Diego, CA
Honolulu, HI
Web: www.agu.org/meetings
Web: www.agu.org/meetings
* August 16 – 20
World Water Week and Symposium,
Stockholm, Sweden
Web: www.siwi.org
August 23-27
International Glaciological Society,
International Symposium on Arctic
Glaciology, Geilo, Norway
Web: www.igsoc.org/symposia/2004/
geilo/geilo1.html
August 20 - 28
International Union of Geological Sciences
32nd International Geological Congress,
Florence, Italy.
Tel: 39 055 238 2146
E-mail: casaitalia@geo.unifi.it
Web: http://www.32igc.org
September 23 – 27
14th Canadian Paleontology Conference,
Huntsman Marine Science Centre, NB
E-mail: jcaron@rom.on.ca
September 27 – October 1
SEG 2004 Conference, Perth, Australia
E-mail: susanho@geol.uwa.edu.au
Web: www.cgm.uwa.edu.au/geoconference
s/seg2004/
* October 9 – 13
Chapman Conference: Salt Marsh
Geomorphology, Halifax, NS
Web: www.agu.org/meetings/meetings.
html
October 10 – 13
AAPG/GSA Regional Geology and
2005
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* March 14 – 16
GSA Northeastern Section, Saratoga
Springs, NY
Web: www.geosociety.org
* April 29 – May 1
GSA Cordilleran Section, San Jose, CA
Web: www.geosociety.org
* May 19 – 20
GSA North-Central Section, Minneapolis,
MN
Web: www.geosociety.org
* May 23 – 25
GSA Rocky Mountain Section, Grand
Junction, CO
Web: www.geosociety.org
* May 15 – 18
GAC/MAC Annual Meeting,
Halifax, NS
Web: www.gac.ca/ANNMEET/annmeet.html
August 8 – 11
GSA/GAC Earth System
Processes 2, Calgary, AB
Web:
www.geosociety.org/esp2/
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