GSC makes its expertise available to the Canadian geoscience community on a collaborative and cost-recovery basis. In the case of collaborative projects, GSC works closely with industry partners, sharing costs and expertise on projects of mutual interest. Collaboration can take various forms, for example, technology transfer or cooperative research. All information generated by GSC's collaborative programs is made available to the public in a timely fashion.

One of GSC's major goals is to help Canadian resource and environmental companies succeed internationally in today's highly competitive global market. To this end, GSC can make its unique expertise and facilities available on a cost-recovery basis, where such work does not represent competition with the private sector.

For more information on business opportunities with the GSC, contact David Reade, Business Development.

The Geological Survey of Canada carries out much of its research through multi-partner, multidisciplinary programs that are generally national or international in scope.

• EXTECH - GSC's national exploration technology program

• Lithoprobe - Investigating Earth's "inner space", the lithosphere

• Ocean Drilling Program - Multinational marine geoscience research

• NATGAM - GSC's national gamma ray spectrometry program

• Targeted Geoscience Initiative - program to promote mineral and hydrocarbon exploration in Canada

• Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office

  As a partnership between federal and territorial governments the Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office (C-NGO) was created to help provide information on and promote geoscience activity in Canada's newest territory.

  Northeastern Brazil groundwater project