Student Membership
Students: Persons who are presently registered or have been registered during the present year as a student in a post-secondary program in an earth science related field.Become a Student Member now
Benefits of GAC® Student Membership
- GAC® awards 10 GAC® Logan Student Chapter grants ($500) to participating universities
- Student Chapter activities are published in GEOLOG
- GAC® provides a link from its website to the Student Chapter website
- GAC® awards 32 undergraduate earth science students with a one-year free membership and a $50 gift certificate for the GAC® Bookstore.
- GAC® is a proud sponsor of the Atlantic Universities Geological Conference (AUGC) and the Western Inter-University Geological Conference (WIUGC)
- Free Subscription to Geoscience Canada, GAC®'s Flagship Journal
- Free Subscription to GEOLOG, GAC®'s informative, provocative and entertaining newsletter
- Free membership in most of GAC® Specialist Divisions and Regional Sections
- Generous Discount on GAC® publications
- Savings of $270 on Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences subscription
- Savings of $170 on Canadian Geotechnical Journal subscription
- Savings of $70 on Environmental Reviews subscription
- Greatly reduced registration fee at GAC®-MAC annual meetings
- Networking opportunities with 12 Specialist Divisions and 6 Regional Sections
- Networking opportunities with leading experts around the world - GAC® has over 2000 members in 17 countries
- Publishing opportunity with your own professional publishing house
- Opportunity to participate in GAC®'s national term-life and family insurance plan at Association rates. Disability, critical illness and health and dental benefits are also offered
- Website resources at www.gac.ca
- Opportunity to serve your profession through volunteer participation with the national body
- Professors in 32 Canadian universities act as "campus representatives" on GAC®'s behalf to apprise students of the benefits of GAC membership
- These are just a few of the many benefits that GAC® members receive. See more here.
Membership in GAC® is on a calendar year basis. You will begin to receive GEOLOG and Geoscience Canada in March.