Past Events

ESfS 2026

Thank you to the volunteers, exhibitors, and sponsors for an amazing exhibition! We were thrilled to welcome almost 2,400 attendees to ESfS 2026.

The feedback we received from teachers, students, youth groups, the public, exhibitors and sponsors was overwhelmingly positive.

Download the ESfS 2026 Thank you PDF [5.7MB]
Thank you Booklet

Sponsors List

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
Canadian Natural Resources
CSEG Foundation
CSPG Foundation

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
Anonymous CSEGF Donor
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
Canadian Geological Foundation
CNOOC Petroleum North America
Strathcona Resources

LITHIUM LEVEL SPONSORS
Birchcliff Energy
Brian and Elaine Russell
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Eavor
GLJ Ltd.
Imperial Oil
Paramount Resources Ltd.
Parex Resources
Pulse Seismic
Scotia Wealth Management
Tourmaline

COPPER LEVEL SPONSORS
Anonymous CSEGF Donor
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Darren Hinks
Earth Signal Processing
GeoSoftware
Pamela Pribilovic
Qeye

EDUCATOR RESOURCES
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Catherine Yuckin
Energy Safety Canada / Careers in Energy
Map Town
Mining Matters
Natural Resources Canada – Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
Ocean Networks Canada
RASC Calgary
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
Switch Classroom
Ten Peaks Innovation

DOOR PRIZES
Alberta Palaeontological Society
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
Butterfield Acres
Calaway Park
Calgary Flames
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Canmore Cave Tours
Catherine Yuckin
CSPG Foundation
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie Museum
Energy Safety Canada / Careers in Energy
Journey 2050
Laser City Calgary
Map Town
Mining Matters
Ocean Networks Canada
Perimeter Institute
The Hangar Flight Museum
Ten Peaks Innovation

Thanks to our ESfS 2026 Exhibitors!

Exhibitor List

Alberta Geological Survey of the Alberta Energy Regulator
Alberta Palaeontological Society (Mar 15 only)
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Canadian Energy Geoscience Association Foundation
Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Nuclear Society
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
CREWES, University of Calgary
Department of Earth, Energy and Environment
Devonian Reef Diorama – Sandstone Prehistoric Safaris Calgary
Ed Leith Cretaceous Menagerie Museum
Energy Safety Canada / Careers in Energy
ESfS Trilobite Fossil Station
Geoscience Activity Tables
Journey 2050
Mining Matters
Natural Resources Canada – Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
Ocean Networks Canada
RASC Calgary
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
Switch Classroom
Ten Peaks Innovation
WISE (UCalgary)
Yukon Dan Gold Panning

Exhibitor Profiles

 

Download the ESfS 2026 Scavenger Hunt Booklet:
Scavenger Hunt Booklet
Download the ESfS 2026 Answer Key:

Answer Key

 

ESfS 2025

Thank you to everyone who participated in ESfS 2025!

Download the ESfS 2025 Thank you PDF [3.3MB]

Thank you Booklet

Sponsors List

GOLD LEVEL SPONSORS
Canadian Natural Resources
CSEG Foundation
CSPG Foundation

SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
Anonymous CSEG Foundation Donor
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta
Canadian Association of Energy Contractors (CAOEC)
Canadian Geological Foundation
Government of Alberta
Strathcona Resources Ltd.

LITHIUM LEVEL SPONSORS
Brian and Elaine Russell
Brichcliff Energy
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
ConocoPhillips Canada
Eavor
GLJ Ltd.
Imperial Oil Ltd.
McDaniel
Parex Resources
Pulse Seismic
Scotia Wealth Management
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Whitecap Resources

COPPER LEVEL SPONSORS
Anonymous CSEG Foundation Donor
Athabasca Oil Corporation
Canadian Discovery Ltd.
Chinook Consulting Services
Earth Signal Processing
Pamela Bucher
Qeye
Red Finch Studios
SeisWare

EDUCATOR RESOURCES
Blueshift Immersive
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Geoscientists Canada
Journey 2050
Let’s Talk Science at the University of Calgary
Mining Matters
Natural Resources Canada – Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
RASC Calgary
Ten Peaks Innovation

DOOR PRIZES
Bow Habitat Station
Butterfield Acres
Calaway Park
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Canmore Cave Tours
CSPG Foundation
E3 Lithium
Journey 2050
Laser City
Mining Matters
Ocean Networks Canada
Telus Spark Science Centre
Ten Peaks Innovation
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

Thanks to our ESfS 2025 Exhibitors!

Exhibitor List

Alberta Geological Survey of the Alberta Energy Regulator
Blueshift Immersive
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club
Canadian Association of Geophysical Contractors
Canadian Natural Resources
Canadian Nuclear Society
Canadian Rockies Earth Science Resource Centre
Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
CREWES, University of Calgary
CSPG Foundation
Earth@UCalgary
Energi Simulation Centre
ESfS Trilobite Fossil Station
Geoscience Activity Tables
Journey 2050
Let’s Talk Science at the University of Calgary
Mining Matters
Natural Resources Canada – Geological Survey of Canada (Calgary)
Ocean Networks Canada
RASC Calgary
Rothney Astrophysical Observatory
Ten Peaks Innovation
WISE (UCalgary)
Yukon Dan Gold Panning

Exhibitor Profiles

 

Download the ESfS 2025 Scavenger Hunt Booklet:
Scavenger Hunt Booklet
Download the ESfS 2025 Answer Key:

Answer Key

 

ESfS 2024

Thank you to everyone who participated in ESfS 2024!

Download the ESfS 2024 Thank you PDF [4MB]
Thank you Booklet

 

ESfS 2022

Thank you to everyone who participated in ESfS 2022!

Download the ESfS 2022 Thank you PDF [5MB]

Thank you Booklet

 

ESfS 2020

Thank you to everyone who supported ESfS 2020!

Download the ESfS 2020 Thank you PDF [2MB]
Thank you Booklet

Special thanks to our ESfS 2020 Sponsors!
Due to the cancellation of ESfS 2020, some funds and donated items and resources were returned to organizations, while others were used by ESfS or the CSEG Foundation to cover sunk costs.

 

ESfS 2019

Thank you to everyone who participated in ESfS 2019!

Download the ESfS 2019 Thank you PDF [4MB]
ESfS 2019 Thank you booklet
View the Calgary Journal article and video from ESfS 2019 here [2:20]
ESfS 2019 Article and Video

 

ESfS 2018

Thank you to everyone who participated in ESfS 2018!

Download the ESfS 2018 Thank you PDF [4MB]
ESfS 2018 Thank you booklet
View our video on YouTube [1:15]
ESfS 2018 Video

ESfS 2026 Photos

 

ESfS 2025 Photos

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2026 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Emily L. Bamforth
Curator, Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum
Topic: The Monstrous, The Magnificent, and The Mysterious: Dinosaurs of Western Canada

SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Noad
Senior Palaeontologist
Topic: How to find fossils, and what to do when you find them: with examples from around Calgary

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2025 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Rajeev Nair
Teaching Professor, Dept of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary
Topic: Secret of making Continents on Planets

SPEAKER: Dr. Benjamin Tutolo
Associate Professor, Dept of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary
Topic: Exploring Martian geology for signs of the potential for life

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2024 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Eva Enkelmann
Author and Associate Professor, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary
Topic: Rocky Voices – the stories that rocks can tell you

SPEAKER: Dr. Annie Quinney
Senior Instructor, Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment, University of Calgary
Topic: Rex Appeal

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2022 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Dale Leckie
Author and Adjunct Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Topic: The Geology of Alberta’s Most Scenic Landscapes – erratics, impacts, and algae

SPEAKER: Cory (C.W.) Gross
Science, History, and Art Educator, Consultant, and Educational Tour Guide
Topic: The Age of Dinosaurs: Life in Cretaceous Alberta

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2019 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Benoit Beauchamp
Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Topic: The Arctic is Hot!

SPEAKER: Dr. Martyn Unsworth
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Alberta
Topic: Using geophysics to understand volcanoes and earthquakes

 

Thanks to our ESfS 2018 Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Ross Lockwood
PhD Condensed Matter Physics, Course Developer
Topic: Everyday Astronaut

SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Noad
President, Sedimental Services
Topic: How and Where to Find Fossils in Alberta

 

Thanks to our 2017 Geo-Theatre Speakers!

SPEAKER: Don Hladiuk
Retired Geologist and Life Member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Topic: Pluto Revealed

SPEAKER: Dr. Jon Dudley
Retired Geologist and Research Associate Arctic Institute of North America
Topic: Cruising the Arctic – A Voyage Through Time and Change

 

Thanks to our 2016 Geo-Theatre Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. François Therrien
Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology, Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology
Topic: The Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction: What do we really know?

SPEAKER: Dr. David J. Knudsen
Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary
Topic: Exploring the Aurora and Space

GEOSCIENCE SHOW: Dr. Chris Harrison
Creative & Social Media Geoscientist, Dr. Chris Inc.
Topic: How do we see with sound?

 

Thanks to our 2015 Geo-Theatre Speakers!

SPEAKER: Ben Gadd
Rockies guide, writer, speaker, educator and consultant
Topic: Geology Rocks! The Making of   Canadian Rockies Geology Road Tours

SPEAKER: Dr. David Eaton
Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Topic: The Calgary frost quake of March 4, 2014

 

Thanks to our 2014 Geo-Theatre Speakers!

SPEAKER: Dr. Gerald (Jerry) Osborn
Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Topic: Past and Future River Flooding in Calgary

SPEAKER: Dr. Donald (Don) C. Lawton
Professor and Chair in Exploration Geophysics, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary
Topic: Waveriders – earthquakes and seismic exploration

TELUS Spark DEMONSTRATIONS: Energy Unleashed

Liquid Nitrogen Geyser
Thermal energy can create a bombastic blast. What could possibly happen when liquid nitrogen goes from below freezing to room temperature? Find out!

Fire Tornado
Chemical and mechanical energy can create amazing results. Help harness this combination and generate a tornado right on stage!