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Pierre G
é
linas (2009) and Robert van
Everdingen (2010).
For the 2010-2012 Farvolden
Awards, because the two organizations
are not meeting jointly, the nomina-
tions must be received by the CGS
Secretary, Dr. Vic Sowa (vsowacgs@
dccnet.com), or by Dr. Grant Ferguson
(Grant Ferguson
]
),
President of the CNC/IAH, by April
1
st
of the year of the Award. The 2011
Award will be announced first at the
CNC/IAH meeting in Qu
é
bec City in
August and then presented at the Pan-
American meeting of the CGS in To-
ronto in October.
A nomination for the Farvolden
Award must describe the contributions
of the candidate(s). Each nomination
will be considered by the Award Selec-
tion Committee. This Committee may
reject, without further consideration,
any nomination that, in its opinion does
not adequately detail the contributions
of the candidate(s). The nominee (or
nominees in the case of a joint nomina-
tion) may be a specialist or a general-
ist working in academia, or for a gov-
ernment agency or in consulting. The
nominee(s) should display a similar
integrity, mentorship, or similar unself-
ish leadership that distinguished Robert
N. Farvolden in his career. The nomina-
tion should be supported by additional
letters of support which must include
support from outside the institution to
which the nominee(s) belong(s). An
appropriate nomination will include a
summary of the person’s (or persons’)
academic background, their mentor-
ing and/or teaching credentials, their
achievements during their career, and
their contributions to Canadian hydro-
geology through their leadership and
participation. A single nomination sub-
mitted by April 1
st
of the Award year is
sufficient to initiate and complete the
annual process of selection on the basis
of the nominee’s excellence in research
and publication, or professional practice
and education or professional service or
some combination of these areas.
The IAH and CGS call on Canadian
hydrogeologists to submit nomina-
tions for the Farvolden Award to hon-
our those who have displayed the very
qualities that Bob Farvolden brought to
our profession.
Richard Jackson,
Chair CGS Hydrogeology Division
INTERA Engineering Ltd.
11 Venus Crescent, Heidelberg,
Ontario, N0B 1Y0
email:
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