In 2010, Parks Canada is celebrating the 125th birthday of the 1885 founding of Banff National Park by offering a year of special activities at national parks, national historic sites and national marine conservation areas across the country, sharing the stories of the places, people and events that make up Canada’s family of national heritage places. www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/celebrations/

Last year’s centennial celebrations were a huge success. With the centennial celebration now behind us the Foundation continues to move forward developing and delivering the much needed earth science education programs for students, teachers, professional scientists, and the general public: “putting EARTH back into the sciences"

Randle Robertson - Executive

The workshop will consist of a combination of lectures and exercises which can be easily taken into the classroom (and curriculum) and a field trip through the Rockies. Lectures will focus on the physics, chemistry and biology that is entwined with the geological sciences. Three themes of Mountain Building, History of Life and Climate Change will be touched upon.

The CSPG President’s Special Recognition Award has been presented only a few times in the history of the Society. The award is given to those individuals or organizations who are not members of our profession and yet, through their sustained effort, have brought great honour and distinction to the geoscience community.