Geoscience Canada

Vol. 50 No. 4 (2023)
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Canadian Geoscience Diplomacy in Collaboration with IUGS, UNESCO IGCP Geoparks, and World Heritage Geosites: Past, Present, and Future

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  • Nikole Bingham-Koslowski ,
  • Katherine J.E. Boggs,
  • Özlem Adiyaman Lopes,
  • Daniel Lebel,
  • Stephen Johnston,
  • Guy Narbonne
Nikole Bingham-Koslowski
Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8
Katherine J.E. Boggs
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Mount Royal University, 4825 Mount Royal Gate SW, Calgary, Alberta, T3E 6K6
Özlem Adiyaman Lopes
UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris, 75007
Daniel Lebel
Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0E8
Stephen Johnston
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E3
Guy Narbonne
Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queens University, 36 Union Street, Kingston, Ontario, K7L 3N6
DOI : https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2023.50.204

Publié-e 2023-12-18

Mots-clés

  • Geoscience Diplomacy,
  • Halifax 2022 GAC-MAC Conference,
  • IGCP,
  • IUGS,
  • UNESCO Geoparks,
  • UNESCO World Heritage Geosites
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Bingham-Koslowski , N., Boggs, K. J., Adiyaman Lopes, Özlem, Lebel, D., Johnston, S., & Narbonne, G. (2023). Canadian Geoscience Diplomacy in Collaboration with IUGS, UNESCO IGCP Geoparks, and World Heritage Geosites: Past, Present, and Future. Geoscience Canada, 50(4), 295–311. https://doi.org/10.12789/geocanj.2023.50.204
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Résumé

Pour commémorer le 60e anniversaire de l'UISG et le 50e anniversaire du PICG, le symposium de 2022 intitulé « UISG, Géoparcs et PICG – Rétrospection, aujourd'hui et l'avenir » a été coordonné lors de la conférence AGC-AMC-SNC-AIH-SCGP 2022 à Halifax (16-18 mai), avec une excursion au géoparc UNESCO des falaises de Fundy (19-21 mai). Le leadership canadien au sein de l'UISG et du PICG inclut J.M. Harrison en tant que premier président de l'UISG en 1961, le travail d'Antony Berger dans la publication d’« Épisodes », la revue scientifique internationale trimestrielle de l'UISG, et le leadership canadien sur plusieurs projets du PICG résumés ici. Deux tables rondes ont examiné l'avenir des géosciences, des géoparcs UNESCO et des sites du patrimoine géologique mondial au Canada. La nécessité d'améliorer les communications avec les politiciens, les décideurs politiques et le grand public par le biais de l'éducation et la sensibilisation a été soulignée lors de ces tables rondes. Les géoparcs de l'UNESCO (comme les falaises de Fundy), les sites géologiques du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO et les importantes expositions dans les musées représentent des moyens d'améliorer les communications avec le grand public sur les géosciences et d’éventuellement inspirer de futurs géoscientifiques. Ce rapport offre un résumé du symposium et explore certains des nombreux thèmes qui ont été abordés.

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