Since 2001 the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Nova Scotia (APGNS, Geoscientists Nova Scotia) has used the Geoscientists Canada, Canadian Geoscience Standards Council (CGSC), Geoscience Knowledge and Experience Requirements for Professional Registration in Canada (GKE) as the primary reference to evaluate applications for professional geoscience registration. There are three “streams” for registration as a professional geoscientist in Nova Scotia.

They are:

• Geology
• Environmental Geoscience
• Geophysics
  
  

Each stream requires a minimum total of 27 Educational Units (EU’s):

• 3 from Compulsory Foundation Science (1A)
• 6 from Additional Foundation Science (1B)
• 4 from Compulsory Foundation Geoscience (2A)
• 5 from Additional Foundation Geoscience (2B)
• 9 from Other Geoscience / Science (2C)
  
  

A one-semester course will typically count as one EU. Visit our Forms page to download a self-evaluation worksheet, and view the current Geoscientists Canada Knowledge and Experience Requirements (GKE)