This past year marked the 50th anniversary of the Saskatchewan Geological open house. It was held Dec. 2-4, 2019 at the Delta Bessborough in Saskatoon and it was a great success.
Attendance was 822 people, coming very close to surpassing the record. Congratulations to the Saskatchewan Geological Society, the Saskatchewan Geological Survey and their organizing committee.
The public lecture was on “The Sleeping Dragon”, the world’s best-preserved armoured dinosaur, by Dr. Caleb Brown of the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, AB.
To commemorate the 50-year history of the Saskatchewan Geological Open House, the planning committee hosted a reception. Executive Director and Registrar Bob McDonald provided congratulations on behalf of APEGS.
APEGS council member Cory Belyk, P.Geo., gave a presentation on geoscience and self-regulation. Visit www.openhouse.sgshome.ca to view the presentation.
In addition, APEGS created a new tradeshow booth attended by staff members and APEGS volunteers who answered questions about licencing and regulation as they apply to geoscience.
50 Years of Open House
From Saskatchewan Geological society 50th Annual open house event program
From its humble beginnings at the Saskatchewan Museum of Natural History in Regina (now known as the Royal Saskatchewan Museum), where a handful of geoscientists gathered to share their research findings, the Saskatchewan Geological Open House has grown. It has evolved into the province’s premier minerals-focused geoscience event, now routinely attracting over 700 delegates each year.
Originally established as a means to disseminate public geoscience research, early Open House talks and posters focused on mapping and research done by the Saskatchewan Geological Survey, the Saskatchewan Research Council, and the geology departments at the U of R and U of S.
By the mid-1990s, the Open House relocated to Saskatoon and was broadened to include presentations from mineral exploration companies who shared project updates and highlights.
As the event grew, a trade show component was added, providing a venue for exploration companies and service providers to meet and develop partnerships for future field programs.
More recently, the Saskatchewan Geological Survey has partnered with the Saskatchewan Geological Society to host the conference, as it serves to fulfill both organizations’ respective mandates of fostering the responsible development of the province’s resources and of promoting geoscience.