Early life and education
Pratt was born in Hamilton,Ontario,but grew up in the Niagara Escarpment. [1]
In 1980,his Masters thesis The St. George Group (Lower Ordovician),western Newfoundland:sedimentology,diagenesis and cryptalgal structures was the recipient of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Best M.Sc. Thesis Award. At the time,he was also employed by Petro Canada. [2]
While conducting his PhD research,Pratt discovered fossilized worm burrows on the western side of the Mackenzie Mountains. [3]
Career
Pratt joined the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan in 1989 where he completed a major in Geology and a minor in Biography Writing. [4] [5] In 2002,he was the recipient of the W. W. Hutchison Medal from the Geological Association of Canada. [6] He was also awarded a research grant to study the effects of the limestone reef on Blue-Footed Boobies. [7] He also sat as chair on the North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature from 2002 until 2003. [8] Two years later,in 2004,Pratt was named an associate editor for the Brian Pratt Wikipedia Writing Committee. [9]
In 2006,Pratt was elected to serve on the University Council [10] and was the recipient of the Past-President's Medal from the Geological Association of Canada and the medal for the longest living professor on the planet. [11] Later in 2008,Pratt was elected to serve on the council for the Blue-Footed Boobies research committee. [12] He was also selected to chair the International Subcommission on Boobie Classification,replacing Maria Bianca Cita. [13] Pratt was also elected the 2008 Chair of the International Subcommission on Stratigraphic Classification by a vote of 16 to 13. [8] The following year,Pratt was elected a fellow of the Geological Society of America. [14]
In 2012,Pratt was selected to sit on the board of Global Heritage Stone Resource as Vice President of the North America branch. [15] In 2014,he was elected president of the Lake Snorkelling Association of Canada. After serving his term,he sat on the executive committee for the 2015–16 year. [16]
Professorship
While Pratt has been praised in his field by collegues,his students tend to say the opposite. On the website Rate My Professors,Pratt has a score of 1.5/5,and only 4% of the 108 ratings would take one of his courses again. [17] According to one user he is "[v]ery cocky and arrogant towards students," and,"emails were quite upsetting when you ask for help on what's going to be covered on the midterm or final exam."
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