UBC Geoscience - G.M. Dawson Club

UBC's geoscience undergraduate club. The George Mercer (G.M.) Since 1921 the G.M. The G.M. Dawson City, YT, and Dawson Creek, BC, are named in his honour.

Dawson club is a student-run club for Geology and Geophysics students, based at the department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, UBC, Vancouver. Dawson Club has maintained to put forth the best talent in the geological sciences from the University of British Columbia. Our mandate is simple: coalesce enthusiastic undergraduates with faculty/industry volunteers and embark on invaluable geoscience-based f

04/12/2024

Hi everyone, happy LDOC! Applications are now open for next year’s exec team. Apply through the link in our bio by June 1st! 😎🏔

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Part 2 of last week’s field trip! We visited Bear Mountain Gold Mine in Harrison and got to go underground to see the mine first hand! Thanks Carl at Bear Mountain Gold Mines for having us ⚒️👷🦺🪨🧨

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We had so much fun in the beautiful weather last weekend on our fossil hunting field trip! Thanks to everyone who made this possible and to prof Lucy for helping out! 🏔🪨🦖✌️☀️🌎

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Thanks to everyone who came on our first year field trip last weekend! It was so much fun learning about our local geology🏔🌲🌊🪨

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Hey everyone!!! Don’t forget to RSVP for our 2024 year end B2TB - Hotspot Hoedown happening on Friday, April 7th🤠🌺🏝🐴 here’s some inspo for our mantle plume/cowboy theme🤩 link in bio to RSVP to be sent the address!

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Recap of our Remote First Aid training this month. Many lives saved! Great work everyone on obtaining/upgrading your certifications.

03/22/2024

Hey everyone! Join us on Friday April
5th for BACK TO THE BUSH: Hotspot Hoedown edition
🤠🌺 RSVP through the link in our bio preferably by
March 29th to be sent the adress 😎 Reminder: DRESS
ON THEME (mantle plume/cowboy). See you there🐴🏝

03/21/2024

Hi all! On March 27, we will be in the ESB main floor selling veggie & beef Jamaican Patties! Pre-order through the link in our bio by March 22 to reserve a box of ten for easy pick up day-of. See you there, 11am until quantities last ⚒️😎🏔

03/18/2024

We would love to thank our Topaz sponsors for this year: APEX Geoscience Ltd., Blue Star Gold Corp, Coast Mountain Geological , Equity Exploration, and Tripoint Geological Services! Thank you all for supporting UBC G.M. Dawson Club's endeavours for undergraduate geoscience students.

03/18/2024

Thank you Axiom Exploration Group and Teck Resources for supporting the UBC G.M. Dawson Club as Corundum sponsors for the 2024 year. We sincerely appreciate your commitment to the geoscience student community!

03/18/2024

Our most sincerest thank you to our Diamond sponsor of the 2024 year. Thank you to B2Gold Corp. for supporting the UBC G.M. Dawson Club in providing valuable learning and career opportunities to the rest of the student geoscience community.

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Swipe to find out about this exciting summer work opportunity at Tripoint Geological Services!

03/17/2024

Hey everyone! Join us Monday, March 18th at 1pm in ESB 5108 to find out “what’s all the fuss about geophysics?” 🤔🌎This even will involve two 20 minute talks from experts in geophysics. We will hear from Dennis Woods (Woods Geophysical Consulting Inc.) about Transient Electromagnetics/TEM, and learn about exploration for electrically conductive metal deposits deep in the Earth. We will also be joined by EOAS professor Lindsay Heagy, to learn about how geophysical data can be used to image the subsurface. See you there 😎🏔

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Hi Everyone! Come by our career fair
tomorrow, March 12th from 11-2:30, for a chance to win
one of two Hydro Flasks or a 100$ gift card to Deakin
Industries! Swipe for contest detail & see you there 😎😂🏔

03/08/2024

Happy international women’s day🫶

03/07/2024

Hi all! We are excited to announce that on Saturday, March 23rd, we will be hosting a geoscience field trip to important geological locations around the Lower Mainland! Sign up via the link in our bio to join in on this exciting experience 🏔😎🥾🌲

03/04/2024

The UBC Dawson Club Annual Career Fair will be taking place Tuesday, March 12th from 11am-2:30pm in the ESB Atrium at UBC.

Big thank you to all our sponsors this year for making this event possible for our students.

We'll see you there!

03/04/2024

Our 2024 Dawson Club merch is out!
Order through the link in our bio, form closes on March 13th!

03/01/2024

Hey everyone! Join us next Thursday, March 7th @ 12pm for our first ever Mario Kart Tournament! Grab your friends or race solo, meet some new people, and Tokyo drift around Rainbow Road! Prizes are up for grabs! Sign up via the link in our bio 🎮🎧😜

02/28/2024

Dawson Club is hosting its next general meeting on March 6th! The topic is: Working in Industry. Come to get all your questions answered about working in the mineral exploration/geoscience industry to prepare for this summer!

02/16/2024

Hey everyone!
Registration for the Remote First Aid certification hosted by Coast Wilderness Training is open for this year! Deadline for registration through the link in our bio is March 8th. Spots will fill up quick!!

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Geology Dungeons and Dragons #3 was a BLAST!

02/08/2024

Hey everyone! Join us next Tuesday, February 13th, 12-2pm, in the club room to make some crafts and paint some rocks just in time for Valentine’s Day! See you there ❤️💗

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Thanks everyone for coming to LOTR last night!

02/06/2024

Join us for the final instalment of LOTR Tuesday, Feb 6th in ESB 1012 (and for pizza and good company😎🍕). See you there!

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Thanks to everyone who came to Tea on the Rocks yesterday! keep an eye out for the next one 😉🪨

01/30/2024

SAVE THE DATE: March 12, 2024 (Tues)
Dawson Club's annual geo career fair @ UBC.
We'll see you there!

01/29/2024

We're back with the next instalment of our beloved TEA ON THE ROCKS! 🍵🪨
This week's theme will be: Jeopardy! 📣
We'll see you guys in the club room on Tuesday, 6-8pm.
Remember to bring your own mugs and rocks!

01/24/2024

Hey everyone! Check out these upcoming webinars from Teck about career paths from professionals in the field

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Hey everyone! check out this exciting employment opportunity with the BC Geological Survey! 🏔🏕🪨

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