Brock University Department of Earth Sciences

03/10/2026

02/20/2026

The Geo Club visited the ROM this week and stopped in to see the Crawford Lake exhibit! The Crawford Lake display is the latest in a series of initiatives connecting the public with Earth Sciences Professor Francine McCarthy and her research.

01/23/2026

https://www.firstontariopac.ca/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=EventArticle-2526PAC37-A-Deep-Dive-into-Crawford-Lake&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=

FirstOntario PAC presents: Join us for this engaging talk led by Francine McCarthy, Professor of Earth Sciences and Member of the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre at Brock University...

01/15/2026

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/01/brock-university-in-person-classes-activities-cancelled-at-all-campuses/

Due to inclement weather, in-person classes and on-campus events and activities are cancelled at Brock University’s St. Catharines and Burlington campuses as well as the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts on Thursday, Jan. 15. Environment Canada ...

01/14/2026

Prestyn Sider, one of our recent ERSC graduates, has recently had a paper published on which they are an author.

Jack M. Simmons, Bruno Lafrance, Harold L. Gibson, Stefanie M. Brueckner, Mike A. Hamilton, Margaret Laverge, Dylan Langille, Prestyn Sider, Ross Sherlock, Douglas K. Tinkham; The Neoarchean Great Bear Gold Deposit: Evidence for a Second Major Mineralization Event in the Red Lake Greenstone Belt (Superior Craton, Canada)?. Economic Geology 2025;; 120 (7): 1777–1798. doi: https://doi.org/10.5382/econgeo.5194

Abstract. The Great Bear deposit is a new world-class gold deposit (~6.6 Moz Au) in the Red Lake greenstone belt of the Archean Superior craton in Canada.

12/04/2025

https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2025/12/hologram-brings-crawford-lake-research-to-life/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20The%20Brock%20News&utm_content=Daily%20The%20Brock%20News+CID_61ca07b222d6ef8da86dd5e20c77f299&utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor%20MARCOM&utm_term=Hologram%20brings%20Crawford%20Lake%20research%20to%20life

Many people dream of being in two places at once. For Francine McCarthy, that dream is about to become a (virtual) reality. The Professor of Earth Sciences will talk to visitors at Milton’s Crawford Lake at the same time ...