At the recent Geological Survey of America Conference, Brian Hebert was awarded the Harrell L. Strimple Award from the Paleontological Society of America for his outstanding contributions to paleontology. Full details can be found here.
You can be part of a global community supporting students and early career professionals. The Geological Society of America (GSA) and Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) are looking for photos of women geoscientists as part of their Pardee Keynote Symposia “P2. Spotlight on Positive and Diverse Female Role Models”. Click here for more details.
AGS will have a booth at the upcoming Nova Scotia Gem and Mineral Show in Parrsboro from August 18-20th. The Society will be selling AGS items, providing a rock and mineral ID booth, and sharing geoscience with the many visitors to the event. See you there!
AGS will have a vendor booth at Maritime Mega V, major geocaching event in Fredericton – registration is available at https://www.maritimemegav.com/. The main event is on Saturday, July 8, at the Journey Wesleyan Centre, 131 Duncan Lane, Fredericton, NB.
In addition to the booth, AGS members Martha Hickman-Hild and Sandra Barr will be participating in a workshop from 11:30-13:00 on Demystifying EarthCaches, including information on how Earthcachers find, create, and write an EarthCache including tips on answering the questions. The objective is to make the Geocacher more comfortable with the process of answering and creating EarthCaches. Sherry Fillmore, along with her partners in Nova Riddlers, are the top EarthCache publishers in Canada, with over 200 EarthCaches published.
The Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES) describes what CFES is, what it does, and how AGS and its members benefit in this 2023 circular.
