Schedule

Chairs: Jade Atkins, Mo Snyder, Lexie Arnott Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Acadia University, Dalhousie University Twenty-minute roundtable discussions centred on issues facing Earth Scientists today. Each discussion will be led by individuals with experience in social or personal challenges related to aspects of mental health, inclusion and safety in the field, and navigating career development. We will share experiences and brainstorm ideas to navigate and overcome these issues. The goal of the session is to build community around shared challenges. We invite discussion leaders with personal knowledge in Inclusion, Safety, and Social Justice who are willing to share their lived experiences.

Chairs: Celeste Cunningham, Cameron Greaves, Mitch Maracle St. Francis Xavier University, Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic Region; Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables The provincial and federal governments are actively investing in research and policy development in preparation for an offshore wind energy industry in the coming years. With this, there are many interested stakeholders seeking geological and geotechnical data that characterizes Atlantic Canada’s complex offshore region. Additionally, research on Atlantic Canada’s coastlines is needed to better understand the increasing pressures from rising sea levels, coastal erosion, severe weather events, and anthropogenic stressors. By integrating geomorphological data, sediment dynamics, and coastal processes, a holistic approach connecting the onshore and offshore is needed to monitor and manage long-term change along Atlantic Canada’s continental margin and inform science and policy on sustainable development activities. This session invites research from government, industry, and academia on all aspects of coastal to marine sedimentary processes and products, including transport and deposition, geohazards, geophysics, geochemistry, and paleontology.

Chair: Carla Skinner Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada - Atlantic Region Decarbonization of energy systems requires significant expertise from subsurface geoscience (geology, geophysics, and geoengineering) to responsibly source, manage, and refine operations while minimizing impacts to environment and society. A low-carbon economy will be heavily reliant on materials from Earth's subsurface to build infrastructure, technologies, and for storage. It will also require a diverse array of decarbonized energy options including geothermal and geological energy storage (e.g., hydrogen) to support grid-balancing, price stability, and energy security. Anthropogenic warming must be limited, requiring removal of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and injection into the subsurface for permanent storage. This session invites research on geoscience for the energy transition, especially quantitative assessments, proposed solutions and expected outcomes, and geoscience and policy in Atlantic Canada.

Chairs: Dana Šilerová, Ryan Pippy Saint Mary’s University The Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault Zone is a major crustal structure separating Avalonia and Meguma terranes in the Canadian Appalachians. The long-lived structural corridor preserves a complex history of overprinting deformation, magmatism, alteration, and metallogeny. The goal of this session is to provide a forum for discussing ongoing and future research on the Cobequid-Chedabucto Fault Zone and to showcase its potential for critical and base metals. We welcome contributions related to all aspects of the structure, including (but not limited to) structural displacement, relative timing and geochronology, local geology, alteration, mineralization and geo-heritage.

Chair: Lilian Navarro Cape Breton University Over the past few years, numerous digital tools and resources (including social media sites and platforms, webinars, podcasts, vlogs, apps, blogs, and websites) have been utilized to reach large audiences, distribute valuable content, bring awareness, and increase literacy on diverse topics of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Thus, social media geocommunication is increasingly thriving across various platforms and has a pivotal role to engage the public and to foster peer networking and collaboration. This session aims to delve into how social media is actively being used for geoscience communication and education, and also ascertain what opportunities and challenges geoscientists are facing on showcasing the critical importance of Geosciences to society. Academics, students, researchers, industry professionals, and others are welcome in this session to share their experiences, measurements, projects, and/or strategies related to content creation and publishing, and community building, while embracing social media platforms and digital resources to further expand and promote their knowledge and understanding of the Earth system.