Letters of Support

Letters of Support from the below organisations have been submitted to the IGC Committee to support Canada’s bid to host IGC 2028.

We would like to thank all of these organizations and agencies for their support with Canada’s bid to host IGC 2028, and those sending in their support now.

Letters of support received since submitting the bid:

High-level Letters of Support:

  • Prime Minister of Canada

  • Premier of Alberta

  • Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada

  • Mayor of Calgary

  • President, National Research Council of Canada

  • Destination Canada

Letters of Support from International Organisations:

  • Geological Society of America (GSA)

  • US Geological Survey (USGS)

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

  • Global Geoscience Professionalism Group (GGPG)

  • Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

  • Government of Greenland

  • International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD)

Letters of Support from Universities and Canadian Governmental Organisations:

  • The University of Calgary

  • The University of Alberta

  • Federal Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources

  • Federal Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities

  • Federal Ministry of National Defence

  • Alberta Ministry of Energy and Minerals

  • Committee of Provincial and Territorial Geologists (CPTG)

  • Alberta Geological Survey (AGS)

  • Manitoba Geological Survey (MGS)

  • Calgary Economic Development (CED)

  • Travel Alberta

Letters of Support from Industry:

  • Agnico Eagle Mines

  • Association for Mineral Exploration (AME)

  • BHP Billiton Limited

  • Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (CEGA)

  • Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM)

  • Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG)

  • Korite International

  • Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)

Letters of Support from Professional Organisations and Companies:

  • Air Canada

  • The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)

  • Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES)

  • Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)

  • Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)

  • Canadian Permafrost Association

  • Canadian Quaternary Association (CanQua)

  • Council of Chairs of Canadian Earth Science Departments (CCCESD)

  • Ducks Unlimited

  • Geoscience BC

  • Geoscientists Canada

  • Geothermal Canada

  • Glenbow Museum

  • International Association of Hydrogeologists - Canadian National Chapter (IAH-CNC)

  • Ocean Networks Canada (ONC)

  • Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology

  • Westjet Airlines