By: Randy Hughes, Manager, Energy & Water Geoscience BC released the Summary of Activities 2022: Energy & Water report in January 2023. It contains seven papers for Geoscience BC projects and scholarship recipients. The papers contribute to meeting four strategic objectives from the Geoscience BC Strategic Plan 2018-2022: Identifying New Natural Resource Opportunities Facilitating Responsible […]

ISSN 2562-2757 (Print) / ISSN 2562-2765 (Online) Geoscience BC, Report 2023-02 Geoscience BC Summary of Activities 2021: Energy and Water, contains seven papers from Geoscience BC projects and 2022 Geoscience BC Scholarship recipients that are within Geoscience BC’s strategic focus area of energy and water. An additional eight papers from ongoing Minerals geoscience projects can […]

Geoscience BC is building a sustainable model to attract investment, deliver on economic development and tackle environmental and social challenges. With your help it can succeed.   By: President and CEO Gavin C. Dirom Our society needs more critical minerals and metals; more clean energy; and more proven opportunities to geologically capture and store carbon […]

By: Randy Hughes BSc, Manager Energy & Water Water Data to Inform Decisions To better inform decision-making on water use in British Columbia’s Northeast Region, additional data is needed regarding water quality and quantity. This is being addressed by the Pilot Collaborative Water Monitoring Program, NortheastBritishColumbia program. Three integrated studies use climate, surface and groundwater […]

Vancouver, BC – October 6, 2022 – The appointment of six new volunteers to Geoscience BC’s Technical Advisory Committees (TACs) will help to further widen the expertise of groups that identify, plan, develop and review our independent, relevant, and public minerals, energy and water research in British Columbia. Dr. Mary Ann Middleton (EDI Environmental Dynamics […]

Vancouver – July, 11, 2022 – This quarterly update from Geoscience BC covers the April to June quarter and provides updates on Geoscience BC membership, research updates, the 2022 Geoscience BC Scholarship Program and more. View Quarterly Newsletter About Geoscience BC Geoscience BC generates independent, relevant, public earth science research and data about British Columbia’s […]

Vancouver, BC – July 5, 2022 – Geoscience BC is seeking up to four volunteers to join our Minerals Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), a group of experts that advises on our independent, relevant and public minerals related earth science research in British Columbia. Geoscience BC’s TACs are an essential part of our collaborative and innovative […]

By: Stephanie Killam, Chair of the Board and Gavin C. Dirom, President and CEO   This Digging Deep blog is an adaptation of the Chair and CEO Message in Geoscience BC’s Annual Report 2021-2022, which was published in May 2022. The Annual Report 2021-22 is available online or in limited print quantities upon request. View […]

Vancouver, BC – June 21, 2022 – A new report published by Geoscience BC outlines a new process to treat saline wastewater from natural gas production that can be used to reduce wastewater volumes, emissions and transport. The final report from the Saltworks Airbreather Pilot project assesses a process that uses heat generated during natural […]