Geotechnical News June 2011
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CGS NEWS
• The
Canadian Pacific Railway
Engineering Medal
was estab-
lished in 1988. The medal is pre-
sented “in recognition of leadership
and service over many years at the
regional, branch, section or equiva-
lent levels, within the Institute or
its Member Societies”.
• The
K.Y. Lo Medal
was created in
1998 and is awarded “to a member
of the EIC who has made signifi-
cant engineering contributions at
the international level. Such contri-
butions may include:
◊◊ promotion of Canadian expertise
overseas;
◊◊ training of foreign engineers;
◊◊ significant service to internation-
al engineering organizations;
◊◊ advancement of engineering
technology recognized interna-
tionally”.
• Fellowship of EIC (FEIC)
. A
member of CGS, of at least 45
years of age, can become a Fellow
of the Institute on the grounds of
excellence in engineering practice
and exceptional contributions to
the well being of the profession and
to the good of the society.
• Honorary Membership
. The
Council of the EIC may elect to
Honorary Membership in the In-
stitute, non-members who are not
engineers but who have achieved
distinction through service to the
profession of engineering.
Provided by Victor Sowa, Secretary
General
Cross Canada Lectures
The Canadian Geotechnical Society is
now accepting suggestions of potential
speakers for future Cross Canada
LectureTours. Since 1965, more than 80
tours have been organized. They have
included lectures by approximately
40 Canadian speakers and a similar
number of overseas speakers, with a
balance among consultants, academics
and government engineers and
geoscientists.
Information about the tours can
be found in the Society’s Awards and
Honours Manual (
cgsdocuments/). Please forward your
suggested nominations of speakers to
Dr. John Sobkowicz, Vice President,
Technical,
Funding for the lecturer’s travel is
supported by contributions from in-
dustry to the Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique (
.
Costs in the visited cities are paid by
the local Sections of the Society.
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,
.
11th International Symposium
on Landslides (ISL) and the 2nd
North American Symposium on
Landslides (NASL)
Join us in Banff, Canada in June 2012
for ISL/NASL 2012
The Canadian Geotechnical Society,
the Association of Environmental and
Engineering Geologists and the Joint
Technical Committee on Landslides
(JTC-1) invite you to the 11th Inter-
national Symposium on Landslides
(ISL) and the 2nd North American
Symposium on Landslides (NASL) at
the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in
Banff, Alberta, Canada from June 3 to
8, 2012. The theme of the symposium
will be Landslides and Engineered
Slopes: Protecting Society through Im-
proved Understanding.
The Technical Committee invites
participants from industry, govern-
ment and academia to submit abstracts
pertaining to the investigation, classi-
fication, monitoring, analysis and miti-
gation of landslides. Case studies to-
gether with papers featuring innovative
analysis techniques and solutions, as
well as research (recent and/ or future
trends), are strongly encouraged.
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