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The Practice of Geoscience is defined in the Nova Scotia Geoscience Profession Act.
Geoscience is any activity that requires application of the principles of geological sciences which:
1. concerns the safeguarding of public welfare, life and
2. concerns the safeguarding property and economic
This can include, but is not limited to:
These activities are often related to the discovery, identification or development of minerals, rocks, nuclear or fossil fuels, precious stones, or water resources. They can also be related to determination of geoscientific properties, preservation of the natural environment, and other conditions/processes that may affect the well-being of the general public.
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Geoscience is a regulated profession in virtually all of Canada. In eleven of the thirteen provinces and territories, legislative acts restrict the practice of geoscience to individuals who are registered members of (and therefore licensed by) self-governing professional associations.
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Geoscientists Canada is the national organization of the provincial and territorial regulatory bodies that govern Canada’s professional geoscientists and geoscientists-in-training. Geoscientists Canada co-ordinates development of high national standards of admissions, competency, practice and mobility to ensure that Canada is served by a skilled, versatile, reputable and accountable geoscience profession.
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