A Message to the GSGE Community
The events of the past few weeks have made it clear that serious and systemic racial injustices and violence are being committed against Black people, Indigenous peoples, and minorities in Canada and elsewhere. We at the Queen’s University GSGE Department condemn anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, and the biases embedded in academic life. Addressing past and ongoing violence and discrimination against Black, Indigenous, and racialized people requires both immediate action and continuous work, and we are committed to working towards building a welcoming and supportive environment for all members of these communities.
We acknowledge the ways in which geological exploration and exploitation disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and other racialized groups around the world, and will support and contribute to developing efforts to address these issues collaboratively with those affected. We have an obligation to fight the systemic racism that plagues our society and to acknowledge...
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Congratulations to Mitchell Wootton, MASc '20, on successfully defending his master's thesis on Tuesday, May 26. The defence was held via Zoom, and marked the first remote thesis to be held by the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
The Department was very sorry to hear of the death, on April 15, of Professor Maarten de Wit, who first visited us in the early 1980s and remained a friend and collaborator. In 1993, during the centennial of the Faculty of Applied Science at Queen’s, Maarten was our Department’s choice to receive an honorary D.Sc. Maarten was one of Africa’s... 
Congratulations to Geological Sciences student, Lauren Norenberg, on receiving first place at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) poster competition in the BSc Category.
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