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Geology

San Andreas faultEarthquakes

What are earthquakes and what causes them? How many earthquakes do we have in Canada every year? Have we ever had any really severe ones? This presentation answers these questions and more on the fascinating topic of earthquakes.


Geoscape posterGeoscape Montreal Poster

Learn about a billion years of geological history of the Montreal region with this from Natural Resources Canada.


Birds eye view of volcanoVolcanoes

What are volcanoes? Why do they erupt? This presentation covers a few basics before taking a closer look at the historical and biological significance of volcanoes.

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Mining matters logoEarth sciences

Developed by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), the program offers a range of resources for teachers.

  • to facilitate earth science teaching efforts, supported by resource kits that meet provincial guidelines
  • The , which encourages students aged 9 to 14 years to create an educational story about non-renewable earth resources found in an everyday item

Visit the for more.


Natural Disasters

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ professors John Stix (Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences) and John Gyakum (Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences) discuss natural disasters that affect the Montreal area.

This presentation was delivered as part of a massive open online course (MOOC) on natural disasters. about the event.

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ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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