Seminar Series
Upcoming Seminars
2025 / 2026
Join us for our regular seminar series in the Geology Building. Special guest lecturers and visiting scholar speakers will be included below as well, with date, time, and location.
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Time + Location |
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026 |
USask Career Services Centre |
Grad workshop series IX: CV and Job Hunting |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Apr. 1, 2026 |
Sanaz Hasani (PhD) Alejandro Corrales Garcia (PhD) |
TBA TBA |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Apr. 8, 2026 |
Emilie Perreault (MSc) |
TBA | 3:30 PM in Geology 265 |
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Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2026 |
Dr. Anthony Williams-Jones (McGill University) |
GAC 2025-2026 Howard Street Robinson Lecture Tour: The Origin of Carbonatite Complexes and their Critical Metals | 3:30 PM in Geology 269 |
Past Seminars
2025 / 2026
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Time + Location |
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Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 |
Dr. Derek Leung |
From rocks to resources: Perspectives in applied mineralogy |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026 |
Jill McMillan (Library) |
Appropriate AI Use |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 |
Heather Tornblom (Library) |
Grad workshop series VI: From Data Collection to Display: Designing Effective Research Posters |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 |
Dr. Peir Pufuhl (Queens University) |
Bioelemental Sediments, Earth Oxygenation, and Critical Elements |
12 PM in Geology 161 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026 |
Axetullah Tunc (MSc)
Todd Leblanc (MSc) |
Tunc: Nature and origin of dolomite-hosted Th-U-HREE mineralization in the Tethyan Metallogenic Belt, Biga Peninsula, Northwestern Türkiye Leblanc: Integrating Geophysical Methods for the Characterization of Sub-Seismic Potash Geohazards |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 |
Doug Angus (CSEG Guest Lecture) |
Seismic and aseismic tools for mine safety |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026 |
Jill McMillan (Library) |
Grad workshop series VII: Writing skills: synthesis basics |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 |
Emily Champion (MSc) |
Biogeochemical Characteristics of Polyacrylamide-Treated Thickened Tailings at an Oil Sands Mine |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026 |
Heather Tornblom (Library) |
Grad workshop series VII: Presentation skills: How to give conference talks |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026 |
Dr. Lavie Nguyen (PDF) | From investigating to applying global palaeo-reconstruction models |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026 |
Dene Tarkyth (PhD) | The Arabian Nubian Shield in the Neoproterozoic: A Geodynamic and Metallogenic Overview |
3:30 PM in Geology 155 |