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The Canadian Quaternary Association is a group devoted to the study of the Quaternary period,
the last 2 million years of Earth's history. This inter-disciplinary group includes
geographers, geologists, archaeologists, botanists, biologists and many more.
CANQUA was founded in 1975, and membership is open to all interested in
Canadian Quaternary studies.
CANQUA membership
CANQUA members recieve
three issues each year of
Geographie Physique et Quaternaire,
the biannual CANQUA newsletter, and discretionary rates at CANQUA meetings; and is a bargain at
$50 (Canadian, $10 students, excluding journal subscription); 2007 memberships are now due. Please fill out this
form (pdf format) and return it to the Secretary-Treasurer. The current membership directory is available on-line.
Latest News
- CANQUA 2009 will be held in Vancouver, at Simon Fraser.
- Vic Levson was elected CANQUA President at the General Meeting in Ottawa.
- Student award winners in Ottawa were for the Lortie award (best poster): 1st - Kathryn Denommee (Waterloo);
2nd - H. Dube-Loubert (UQUAM);
3rd - Fonya Irvine (UNB). For the Proudfoot awards (best presentation) the winners were
1st - Denise Brushett (Memorial)
2nd - Josh Kurek (UNB)
3rd - Kayla Vickers (SFU) [abstracts].
- We are delighted to announce that the 2007 W.A. Johnston Medalist for outstanding professional contributions to Quaternary Studies is Henry P. Schwarcz. Henry has been a pioneer in the use of isotope data from speleothems for paleotemperature and other paleoenvironmental reconstructions, as well as their use in dating. He has published over 280 papers, supervised more than 40 graduate students, including 28 PhDs, has served on many national and international committees, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- CANQUA 2007 in Ottawa weas a resounding success with close to 200 registrants [conference website]
- CANQUA 2005 in Winnipeg was well attended with over 125 registrants, and four days of presentations. (meeting web site).
- Student award winners in Winnipeg were for the Lortie award (best poster): 1st Kerry Ayers, 2nd Amelie Boivin, 3rd Josh Kurek. For the Proudfoot awards (best presentation) the winners were 1st Martin Giradin, 2nd Andy Breckenridge and 3rd Jerome Etienne Lesemann [photos].
- It is with great pleasure that we announce that CANQUA's 2005 Johnston Medalist is John Smol of the PEARL Lab, Queen's University. This award recognizes John's major contributions to Canadian Quaternary Research in particular and to the field of paleolimnology in general. John was presented with the award at the CANQUA meeting in Winnipeg [award winners | presentation photo]
- At INQUA, Reno Nevada in 2003, John Clague was elected President, and Jim Teller was elected president of the new Commission on Terrestrial Processes. The next INQUA will be in Cairns, Australia in 2007.
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