FATS

FATS (Friday Afternoon Talk Series)

The Friday Afternoon Talk Series (FATS) is a longstanding department tradition where we bring in a range of speakers from industry and academia to speak on a range of topis in Geoscience. Talks are from 4 - 5, goodies, tea and coffee are always provided. Bring your own mug!  

Location: ES 162, Tom Oliver Lecture Theatre
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Date: Friday, January 20
Speaker: Graham Banks from WesternZagros Resources
Topic:  Graham will be talking about structural and tectonic aspects of one of the world's most important hydrocarbon provinces, the Zagros Foldbelt. Based on field work in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, this talk discusses a new scheme for subdividing the region into belts of similar structural style. 

Date: Friday, January 27
Speaker: Leslie Reid
Topic:  "Measure Twice, Cut Once - Lessons Learned from Renovating the Course GLGY201:Introduction to the Geosciences".

Date: Friday, February 3
Speaker: Ben Cowie
Topic: "What to do during a Wikipedia blackout: teaching students to read primary literature in an introductory geoscience course".

Date: Friday, February 10
Speaker: Dave Pattison
Topic:  "Skirmish in the Highlands: the debate between Cecil Edgar Tilley and Edward Battersby Bailey over metamorphism of the southwest Highlands of Scotland".

Date: Friday, Febuary 17
Speaker: Annie Quinney
Topic:  "Paleosols: Linking episodes of Cretaceous climate change to changes in dinosaur diversity"

Date: Friday, Febuary 24
Speaker: Reading week
Topic:  No talk

Date: Friday, March 2
Speaker: Len Hills
Topic:  Len will be presenting “Hill’s Swan Song” about the Trumpeter Swans in Western Canada and the role that we can play in ensuring their survival.

Date: Friday, March 9
Speaker: Ed Ghent
Topic:  "Scott, the South Pole and forty pounds of rocks (1910 - 1912) and field work in Antarctica fifty years later".

Date: Friday, March 16
Speaker: Carmen Chinery
Topic:  "Finding the balance: From rocks-in-a-box to Uncle Al's big secret – The evolution of teaching introductory geology in the laboratory".

Date: Friday, March 23
Speaker: Kevin Hall CREWES
Topic:  "Post-earthquake seismic reflection survey, Christchurch, New Zealand"

Date: Friday, March 30
Speaker: Tannis McCartney
Topic:  "Geological Adventure Down Under"

Date: Friday, April 6
Speaker: Good Friday
Topic:  TBA

Date: Friday, April 13
Speaker: Gennyne McCune
Topic:  "Too Cool for School: What Glendonites can tell us about the Sverdrup Basin, Canadian Arctic"