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became a staff member in 1875, progressed to assistant director in 1883 and finally to director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1895. The Geological Survey of Canada first began allowing women to conduct fieldwork in the early 1950s. Dr.
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at the time and made it known that he was interested in participating in this survey. Gaining recommendations from prominent British scientists, Logan was appointed the first GSC director on April 14, 1842. Four months later, Logan arrived in
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Canada has the geoscience required to inform responsible resource development and environmental stewardship in both terrestrial and marine environments, and to support its extended continental shelf submissions to the United Nations.
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Canada has the geoscience required to attract mineral investment across Canada, to inform sustainable development of the North, and to work with allied countries to become a leading supplier of responsibly developed minerals.
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The First Canadian Pacific R.R. and Geological Survey parties for British Columbia, July 22, 1871. Photographer: Benjamin F Baltzy. Courtesy: Toronto Public Library Digital Collections
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be granted to the government for the estimated expense of performing a geological survey of the province. In 1842, the Geological Survey of Canada was formed to fulfill this request.
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Decision makers and communities have access to the geoscience that they need to make Canada more resilient to natural hazards and climate change, and to achieve a net-zero future.
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of the country developing Canada's natural resources and protecting the environment. A branch of the Earth Sciences Sector of
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was appointed as acting librarian in 1881 he prepared the catalogue of reference works on
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Reading the Rocks : the story of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1842-1972
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shortly afterward. Around this same time, the GSC employed a third woman Dr.
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No Stone Unturned: The First 150 years of the Geological Survey of Canada
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legislature passed a resolution that authorized the sum of £1,500
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NWT Historical Timeline, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
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Geological Survey of Canada building in Montreal, 1852–1874
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Sir William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada
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1935 Dr. Alfred Jolliffe, Geological Survey of Canada
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Government of Canada
Ottawa
Ontario
CAD
Hon.
Jonathan Wilkinson
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
French
geological surveys
Natural Resources Canada

adding to it
Province of Canada
sterling

Geological Survey of Canada building in Montreal, 1852–1874
William Edmond Logan
Montreal
Kingston, Ontario
Robert Barlow
paleontological
Elkanah Billings
Aylesworth Perry
geology
mineralogy
metallurgy
chemistry
natural history
George Mercer Dawson

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