Canadian Geoscience: Charting New Territory in the 21st Century.

The Geological Association of Canada Presidential Address is traditionally delivered by the outgoing President of the Association at the annual general meeting; in this case, GeoCanada 2010, held in Calgary, Alberta, provided the opportunity for the 2010 address. The objectives of the address, and of this paper, are: * To outline the status and trend information and observations on what economic and natural drivers influenced geoscience societies and geoscience careers in Canada over the last 10 years; * To anticipate what the future might hold for individual geoscientists and the organizations for whom they work; * To encourage more support for geoscience societies from geoscientists and their employers; and * To call for a renewal of cooperation between geoscience associations in Canada and abroad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]