GEOSCIENCE AND CANADA UNDERST ANDING OUR EARTH THE VIT AL ROLE OF CANADAS GEOSCIENTISTS 23 PU BL ISH I NG C anadian ear th science societies publish a number of scientifc journals of world reno wn including The Canadian Miner alogist published by the Mineralogical A ssociation of C anada is one of the worlds leading scholarly publications on mineral science including mineralog y cr ystallography and petrolog y The Canadian Journal of Ear th Sciences published by N R C Research Press in collaboration with the Geological A ssociation of C anada covers all aspects of the geosciences and attracts papers from all across C anada and from around the world Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology published by the C anadian Society of P etroleum Geologists has been publishing ar ticles dealing with the broad scope of petroleum geolog y for more than 6 0 years and The Canadian Geotechnical Journal considered one of the best journals in the geotechnical feld began as a publication of The C anadian Geotechnical Society in 1 9 63 and since 20 1 0 has been published by N R C Research Press in pe e r r e view e d jour nal s go v e r nme nt maps and r e port s disse mina t ing r e sult s and fndings t hr ough t al ks and post e r s a t confe r e nces and b y le ading and par t icipa t ing in se minar s w or kshops and feldt rips Ne w fn dings ar ising fr om basic r e se ar c h ar e opt imise d t hr ough applie d r e se ar c h and capit al ise d upon b y ge oscie nt ist s in indust r y and in consult ing Con v e r se ly feld disco v e rie s b y indust r y and consult ing ge oscie nt ist s ofe r important ne w opport unit ie s f or t he comme nceme nt of new basic and applie d r e se ar c h G L O B AL I NTE G R A TI O N Ge oscie nce is a g lobal feld and ge oscie nt ist s fr om ar ound t he w or ld come t o st ud y and w or k in Canada S imilar ly Canadian ge oscie nt ist s r e no wne d t hr oughout t he w or ld ar e sought t o addr e ss it e ms of a ge oscie nce na t ur e g lobal ly H O W IS GE O S C IEN C E RESE A R C H FUND ED F e de ral pr o vincial and t e r rit orial go v e r nme nt s in Canada pr o vide dir e ct funding t o ge oscie nce t hr ough t he ir ge ological surv e ys and t he act ivit ie s of ge oscie nt ist s w ho w or k in ot he r de par t me nt s suc h as e n vir onme nt t ransport a t ion and m unicipal afai r s In r e se ar c h age ncie s univ e r sit ie s and m use ums individual ge oscie nt ist s and g r oups of r e se ar c he r s oft e n r e ly on g rant s fr om go v e r nme nt s inte r na t ional r e se ar c h funding age ncie s and priv a t e indust r y t o fund scie nt ifc r e se ar c h NSER C In Canada univ e r sit yb ase d ge oscie nce r e se ar c h is primar ily funde d t hr ough t he Na t ural S cie nces and Engine e ring R e se ar c h Council of Canada NS ER C NS ER C was cr e a t e d b y t he fe de ral go v e r nme nt in 1978 and has g r o wn fr om a b udge t of 112 million t o a b udge t of 11 billion t o co v e r t he ann ual funding ne e ds of scie nce and e nginee ring including t he e ar th scie nces NS ER C co v e r s funding f or fundame nt al r e se ar c h b y inde pe nde nt in v e st ig a t or s or t e ams of r e se ar c he r s it al so funds tar ge t e d r e se ar c h t hr ough par t ne r ships wit h ot he r funding sour ces C L O S E TI E S T O I N D U STRY Mining and e ne r g y companie s oft e n fund and support r e se ar c h t hr ough univ e r sit y and go v e r nme nt b ase d r e se ar c h g r oups Companie s al so dir e ctly support st ude nt s w ho w or k on pr oje cts t ie d t o t he ir pr ope rt ie s or on ge oscie ncer e la t e d t opics or c hal le nge s import ant t o t he compan y S H A R I NG G EOSCI E NCE W I T H SOCI ET Y Ge oscie nt ist s like t o shar e t he ir kno wle dge and e nthusiasm t o he lp socie t y unde r s t and t he impact of ge oscie nce on our daily liv e s In classr ooms and pub lic v e n ue s ge oscie ntists support t he e duca t ion of st ude nt s t e ac he r s and t he pub lic Classr oom visit s m use um pr og rams and feld t rips de liv e r e d b y ge oscie nce e xpe rt s and e duca t or s pr o vide e nric hing e xpe rie nces t ha t highlight t he man y aspe cts of ge oscie nce and it s applica t ion Outr e ac h al so pr o vide s opport unit ie s t o e xpose y oung pe ople t o ge oscie nce car e e r opport unit ie s In Canada m uc h of t his w or k is coo r dina t e d b y t he Canadian Ge oscie nce Educa t ion Ne t w or k Ge oscie nt ist s pla y a crit ical r ole in de v e loping t he scie nt ifc lit e racy of t he ge ne ral pub lic and se rv e as inf or me d and kno wle dge ab le v oices in pub lic discussions T he ir v oices pr omot e an a war e ne ss of t he r ole t ha t ge oscie nce and ge oscie nt ist s pla y in daily life T his pr o vide s a de e pe r unde r st anding of t he wa ys in w hic h our plane t has e v olv e d and e mpo w e r s people t o make inf or me d and e vide nceb ase d de cisions 7 httpswww cfesfcstcaaboutcfes H F alck H F alck