The GAC-MAC Joint Annual Meeting, the premiere annual geoscience conference in Canada over the last six decades, is organized by the Geological Association of Canada (GAC®), in concert with the Mineralogical Association of Canada (MAC). The two associations have long enjoyed a close relationship, and have united the Canadian earth sciences community annually at GAC-MAC, a formal gathering of the best geological minds in the country, to celebrate our achievements, discuss new findings and develop further relationships.
GAC-MAC St. John’s, May 26-28 2026
Stay up-to-date by visiting the GAC-MAC St. John’s Website
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Proposals for symposia, special sessions, field trips, short courses, and workshops are now being accepted for next year’s GAC MAC Meeting, hosted
in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.
The conference will consist mainly of oral and poster contributions, arranged in thematic special sessions and symposia as well as in general topical
sessions. The schedule will be organized to promote discussion among meeting participants. A variety of short courses and field trips are planned
for both before and after the conference.
The deadline to submit a proposal is September 19, 2025.
To submit a proposal, fill in the form or email gacmac2026@gmail.com with the name and a short description of your session or other event, and
contact information for organizers/convenors.
The preliminary program with all sessions and events will be circulated and available on the website in mid-October 2025. Abstract submission will be
open from December 2025 to February 2026. Registration will open in February 2026.
Future GAC/MAC Annual Meetings
2027 and beyond: Still to be confirmed
Past Annual Meetings
- 2022 Halifax
- 2021 London
- 2020 GeoConvention (Calgary)
- 2019 Quebec City
- 2018 Vancouver (Chair Stephen Morison)
- 2017 Kingston (Chair Kurt Kyser)
- 2016 Whitehorse, YK (Chair Carolyn Relf)
- 2015 Montreal, QC (Chair Galen Halverson)
- 2014 Fredericton, NB (Chair David Lentz)
- 2013 Winnipeg, MB (Chair Nancy Chow)
- 2012 St. John’s, NL (Chair Alana Hinchey)
- 2011 Ottawa, ON (Chair Simon Hanmer & André Lalonde)
- Calgary, AB – Jeff Packard, (GAC representative on GeoCanada committee)
- 2009 Toronto, ON – Andrew Miall (GAC representative on AGU committee)
- 2008 Quebec City, QC (Chair Alain Simard)
- 2007 Yellowknife, NWT (Chair Carolyn Relf)
- 2006 Montreal, QC (Chair Normand Goulet)
- 2005 Halifax, NS (Chair Scott Swinden)
- 2004 St. Catharines, ON (Chair Frank Fueten)
- 2003 Vancouver (Chair Catherine Hickson)
- 2002 Saskatoon (Chair Mel Stauffer)
- 2001 St. John’s (Chair Frank Blackwood)
- 2000 Calgary (GeoCanada joint meeting; GAC representative Iain McIlreath)
- 1999 Sudbury (Chair P. Copper)
- 1998 Quebec City, QC – R. Hebert
- 1997 Ottawa, ON – C. Smith
- 1996 Winnipeg, MB – G.S. Clark
- 1995 Victoria, BC – C.R. Barnes
- 1994 Waterloo, ON – A. Morgan
- 1993 Edmonton, AB – J. Kramers
- 1992 Wolfville, NS – D.J.W. Piper
- 1991 Toronto, ON – Jeff J. Fawcett
- 1990 Vancouver, BC – R.I. Thompson
- 1989 Montreal, QC – C.W. Stearn
- 1988 St. John’s, NF – J. Fleming
- 1987 Saskatoon, SK – W.O. Kupsch
- 1986 Ottawa, ON – J.A. Donaldson
- 1985 Fredericton, NB – W. Van der Poll
- 1984 London, ON – W.S. Fyfe
- 1983 Victoria, BC – A. Sutherland-Brown
- 1982 Winnipeg, MB – W.C. Brisbin
- 1981 Calgary, AB – F.A. Campbell
- 1980 Halifax, NS – D.J.W. Piper
- 1979 Quebec City, QC – R. Ledoux
- 1978 Toronto, ON – P.M. Kavanagh
- 1977 Vancouver, BC – V.F. Hollister
- 1976 Edmonton, AB – H. Charlesworth
- 1975 Waterloo, ON – R.N. Farvolden
- 1974 St. John’s, NF – E.R.W. Neale
- 1973 Saskatoon, SK – W.O. Kupsch
- 1972 Montreal, QC – R.A. Price
- 1971 Sudbury, ON – D.H. Williamson
- 1970 Winnipeg, MB – R.F.J. Scoates
- 1969 Montreal, QC – J. Beland
- 1968 Vancouver, BC – A.C. Skerl
- 1967 Kingston, ON – L.G. Berry
- 1966 Halifax, NS – J.P. Nowlan
- 1965 Winnipeg, MB – E.I. Leith
- 1964 Toronto, ON – W.Q. Roliff
- 1963 Montreal, QC – T.H. Clark
- 1962 Ottawa, ON
- 1961 Toronto, ON – W.M. Tovell
- 1960 Toronto, ON – W.M. Tovell
- 1959 Toronto, ON – W.M. Tovell
- 1958 Toronto, ON
- 1957 Ottawa, ON
- 1956 Quebec, QC
- 1955 Toronto, ON
- 1954 Calgary, AB
- 1953 Toronto, ON
- 1952 Ottawa, ON
- 1951 Toronto, ON
- 1950 Banff, AB
- 1949 Montreal, QC
- 1947 Ottawa, ON