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Soil Courses 2024

March 18, 2024

Hello soil enthusiasts,

Just a friendly reminder that the deadline to register for the Soil Mapping short course (SOIL420) is quickly approaching. The course is provided by Paragon Soil and Environmental Consulting online on April 3 and 4, 2024. The course includes a mandatory pre-class assessment that will be made available to registered students on March 27. The deadline for registration is April 2, 2024.

This advanced soil science course led by Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy focuses on the process of soil survey, prediction of soil types based on imagery interpretation, design of soil map legends, and preliminary soil mapping.

Details: www.paragonsoil.com/courses

Questions: learning@paragonsoil.com

Registration: https://SOIL420-Wi24.eventbrite.ca

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Pedology Field School – May 21 to 23, 2024

January 19, 2024

Paragon’s Pedology Field School will run from May 21 to 23, 2024. This 3-day course focuses on hands-on experience with application to industry standards.

Head over to the Courses page for more details: https://www.paragonsoil.com/courses/

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Soil Mapping course – April 3/4, 2024

January 18, 2024

Our advanced Soil Mapping course, which will run April 3 and 4, 2024, focuses on: the process of soil survey, the prediction of soil types based on imagery interpretation, the design of soil map legends, preliminary soil mapping, finalizing soil maps based on field data and the major elements of soil survey reports

Head over to the Courses page for more details: https://www.paragonsoil.com/courses/

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Soil Classification Course – March 27/28, 2024

January 17, 2024

Our Soil Classification course will take place March 27 and 28, 2024. This advanced soil science course focuses on: common landforms and parent materials associated with soils in prairies, soil drainage classes and soil moisture regimes, soils of the ten soil orders in the Canadian System of Soil Classification, classification of human-modified soils, classification of soils to the subgroup level and relation of soil forming processes and factors of soil formation to the genesis of corresponding soils.

Head over to the Courses page for more details: https://www.paragonsoil.com/courses/

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Soil course season 2024 is here!

January 15, 2024

We are pleased to announce that we will be offering soil courses again this season.

Head over to our ‘Courses’ page for more details: https://www.paragonsoil.com/courses/

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ALES Internship 2022

In November, Paragon hosted four students from the ALES Faculty at U of A as part of a mini-internship over the fall reading week break. The students met with our President, Lee Waterman, attended a soil lab, and learned about Paragon’s various work scopes, such as vegetation and wetlands, soil monitoring and construction, bioengineering, and soil mapping and GIS. We had a lot of fun and hope to do this again next year!

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Texturing Lab

May 2, 2022

We’re ready to get our hands dirty! Here’s a peek at Konstantin Dlusskiy leading an internal soil texturing lab to keep our staff updated for another busy summer season.

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Soil Science for Archaeology

February 22, 2022

Paragon will be hosting a 25-hour course focusing on Soil Science for Archaeology. The course will be held in March and April of 2022, led by our own Dr. Konstantin Dlusskiy.

Click on the link below to find out more about the course and to register on Eventbrite. We hope to see you there!

March 22 to April 21 – Soil Science for Archaeology (SOIL210)Download
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From fuel source to garden soil booster

April 14, 2021

From fuel source to garden soil booster, peat moss can do it all! Paragon now provides comprehensive regulatory and technical support to Peat Harvest Developers, applying our expertise to prepare peat harvest applications. Our interdisciplinary team assists clients in navigating a complex regulatory framework, from exploration and approval, through to closure and reclamation, with the aim of minimizing risk to the environment. If you need help, what are you waiting for? Give us a call for peat’s sake 😊

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Soil science at the University of Alberta: a century of service to science and society

February 10, 2021

Inspiring and informative article about the University of Alberta’s contributions to soil science, lead by our own Len Leskiw. Log in to the Canadian Journal of Soil Science to read about this remarkable history:
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjss-2019-0158

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