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Geotechnical News March 2011
CGS NEWS
also past Associate Editor, Canadian
Geotechnical Journal. Her contribu-
tions have been recognized with a John
A. Franklin Award and A. G. Stermac
Award from the Canadian Geotechni-
cal Society.
Jean Hutchinson’s dedication, re-
sourcefulness and enthusiasm to teach-
ing are also exceptional. Her con-
tributions to the formation of young
engineers and scientists in Canada and
elsewhere are outstanding.
Upcoming Conferences
14th Pan-American Conference
on Soil Mechanics and
Geotechnical Engineering and
64th Canadian Geotechnical
Conference
The Canadian Geotechnical Society
and the International Society for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering invite you to the 14th
Pan-American
Conference
on
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical
Engineering (PCSMGE), the 64th
Canadian Geotechnical Conference
(CGC) and the 5th Pan-American
Conference on Teaching and Learning
of
Geotechnical
Engineering
(PCTLGE) at the Sheraton Centre
Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from
October 2 to 6, 2011. Details for the
conference are located on the website,
.
The technical program for the 2011
Pan-Am CGS Geotechnical Confer-
ence will consist of a series of short
courses, workshops, technical tours,
technical sessions and invited lectures
– at present the technical committee is
considering the following broad topic
areas/themes for author submissions:
• Laboratory & in situ testing
• Laboratory testing
• In situ testing
• Foundation engineering
• Shallow foundations
• Deep foundations
• Retaining walls
• Ground improvement/remediation
• Geoengineering for development &
education
• Geoenvironmental engineering
• Climate change & geohazards
• Mining & rock mechanics
• Buried structures & subsurface
systems
• Behaviour of unsaturated soils
• Earthquake engineering & geophys-
ics
• Geotechnics for energy exploitation
• Embankments and dams
• Hydrogeology and seepage
• Transportation geotechnics
• Permafrost engineering
• Mine waste disposal
• Landslides
• Probability and reliability based
design
5th Canadian Conference on
Geotechnique and Natural
Hazards, May 15 - 17, 2011 -
Kelowna, BC, Canada
The Canadian Geotechnical Society
(CGS) is pleased to invite you to the 5th
Canadian Conference on Geotechnique
and Natural Hazards (GeoHazards
5). Geohazards are more relevant
every day as population growth and
exploitation of natural resources
increases interactions between the
earth and human activities. Indeed,
the earth itself is being affected by
environmental changes induced by
human activities.
The GeoHazards conferences are
the premiere forum in Canada for the
sharing and dissemination of scientific
and engineering knowledge related to
geohazards. GeoHazards 5 will be held
May 15-17, 2011 at the University of
British Columbia’s Okanagan campus
in beautiful Kelowna, British Colubia!
Kelowna is the gateway to the
Okanagan. It is a modern city nestled
amongst stunning mountains, pictur-
esque lakes, lush wineries and sump-
tuous orchards. Kelowna’s spectacular
setting will be the backdrop to what
promises to be another fantastic techni-
cal conference. Great talks, great food,
great wine and great friends; we look
forward to seeing you in 2011.
Dr. Dwayne Tannant
Chair, Organizing Committee
Dr. Richard (Rick) Guthrie
Chair, Technical Program
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique
Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique 2011 National Gradu-
ate Scholarship
The
Canadian
Foundation
for
Geotechnique
(La
foundation
canadienne de géotechnique), is pleased
to announce the call for nominations
for the fourth annual
Canadian
Foundation for Geotechnique National
Graduate Scholarship
.
The scholarship, valued at $5,000,
was established by the Canadian Foun-
dation for Geotechnique in 2007 on the
occasion of the 60
th
Canadian Geotech-
nical Conference in Ottawa. The schol-
arship awardees to date have been: Mr
Jasmin Raymond, Université Laval,
Ste Foy, QU; Marc-Andre Brideau, Si-
mon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC;
and Mr Nelson Ferreira, University of
Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. The 2011
scholarship will be presented at the
Canadian Geotechnical Conference, in
Toronto, ON, in October 2011.
Any Canadian or permanent resi-
dent, entering or registered in a Ca-
nadian university Master’s or Ph.D.
program that is directly related to an
identified field of geotechnique, is eli-
gible. Programs include geotechnical
engineering, geological engineering,
mining engineering, geoenvironmen-
tal engineering or geoenvironmental
geoscience, engineering geology and
hydrogeology. Nominees must have
a high academic standing. Preference
will given to those who have some
practical experience and are active, or
show leadership, in the geotechnical
community.
Nominations are limited to one per
academic department and require a let-
ter, accompanied by rationale, written
