The Wilson Lecture is an annual public lecture about Geoscience. For a biography of J. Tuzo Wilson, click here.
Posters from past J. Tuzo Wilson lectures: click on a poster to be taken to that event. Videos of some past Wilson lectures are available on the events pages below.
Event Organizers
| Years | Organizer |
|---|---|
| 2019 - | Dr. Qinya Liu J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics |
| 2014 - 2018 | Dr. Stephen Morris J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics |
| 2008 - 2013 | Dr. Nigel Edwards J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics |
| 2001 - 2006 | Dr. Jerry X. Mitrovica J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics |
| 1995 - 2000 | Dr. Derek York J. Tuzo Wilson Professor of Geophysics |
Tuzo Wilson Lectures
Earthquake early warning: Coming to your phone in 2024
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2024
Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Panacea or Indulgence?
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2023
The Ins and Outs of Terrestrial Planets: A Magnetic Field Perspective
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2022
Arctic sea ice thickness: From submarine sonars to satellite photon-counting altimeters
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2021
Exploring the Earth's Interior by Full Seismic Waves
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2019
Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2018
Plate Tectonics: Small Plates, High Mountains, Monsoons,Islands And Ice Ages
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2017
A Decade After The Day After Tomorrow: Our Current Understanding of the Ocean's Role in Climate
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2016
Ice in the Solar System from Mercury to Pluto
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2015
Cracking the Giant's Causeway with a Tabletop Experiment
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2014
Mining the Oceans - Risks and Opportunities
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2013
From Europe to Mars, Titan and the Universe Beyond
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2012
The assessment of offshore gas hydrate: Clean fuel for the 21st century?
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2011
Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2010
All Our Energy Futures
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2008
Civilization as a Geosystem: A Scientific Perspective on Global Change
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2006
Glaciological Evidence of Abrupt Tropical Climate Change: Past and Present
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2005
Engineering the Ocean
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2004
Life Amongst The Earth's Oldest Rocks
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2003
From Earth To Stars: Interiors And Evolution Of Planets
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2002
Taking the Fingerprints of Global Sea Level Rise
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2001
Origin of Earth and Moon
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 2000
The Snowball Earth
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 1999
Worlds Apart: The Inner Planets
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 1997
Atom and Eve and the Piltdown Chicken
Tuzo Wilson Lecture 1996