![]() ![]() ![]() John Clague of Simon Fraser University, Fran Haidl, President of CGEN, Christy Vodden, Secretary-Treasurer of CGEN, and Ian Young, President of the Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences. The project content and themes are being created by Jenn Sabean of Terra Factum Consulting, under the supervision of Dr. The careers portion of the website will have its own independent internet address as will other components. In addition to the careers component, this large legacy website will include a wide variety of information on the geology of Canada as well as details about other Canadian IYPE activities. The career website is being built as part of a larger Canadian Earth sciences website that will be launched during the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE 2008) as one of the many key initiatives targeted at raising national and global awareness of Earth sciences. The website will be upgraded regularly to ensure that it remains a dynamic and credible source of information. This feedback will shape the final product. The website’s navigational system, look, and content will be tested with students and educators throughout the development phase of the project. The website will demonstrate how Earth scientists work to solve many major economic and environmental issues facing society. In consultations with students and teachers prior to the start of the project, it became clear that, while pay and the quality of the work are important to students, so was the significance of the work in the broad social context. This website will directly address an issue of great urgency facing our profession: the development of the next generation of Earth scientists.Įmphasis will be placed on displaying the adventure and travel aspects of the work, the satisfaction that comes with a career in Earth sciences, and in linking the Earth sciences with students’ broader interests, skills, and hobbies. It will contain basic introductory information about the Earth sciences, supplemented by more detailed information about the different sub-disciplines, education requirements and opportunities across Canada, salary expectations for different specializations and levels of work, and examples of real Earth scientists at work. The new Careers in Earth Sciences website will be a bilingual website aimed at students in Grades 9 through 12. In response to the increase in students dropping out of key math and science courses and to pressures faced by today’s students to make important career decisions earlier in their schooling, the Canadian Geoscience Education Network (CGEN)/Réseau Canadien d’éducation géoscientifique (RCEG) has undertaken an initiative to develop a website to educate, excite, and encourage youth to pursue a career in Earth sciences.
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