10
Geotechnical News • March 2012
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
un pays méditerranéen. Il souhaitait
connaître les possibilités d’emploi au
Canada, en raison du très haut taux de
chômage chez les ingénieurs géotech-
niques de ce pays. Cela m’a rappelé
combien nous sommes chanceux de
vivre dans un pays aussi prospère dont
les habitants travaillent fort. N’oubliez
pas que notre société a besoin de plus
de membres. La plupart des ingénieurs
géotechnique du monde se considére-
raient chanceux de faire partie d’une
société technique aussi accomplie.
From the Society
Call for nominations for CGS
Awards
Nominations for CGS Awards are
to be submitted to: The Canadian
Geotechnical Society Secretariat, 8828
Pigott Road, Richmond, BC, V7A
2C4, Canada; Fax: (604) 277-7529,
e-mail:
by not later than
June 1, except where noted. The
nomination letter must include reasons
why the individual merits the award
relative to the nomination criteria, and
any other pertinent information on the
nominee, and attach the C.V. of the
nominee. Letters from other Society
members supporting the nomination
add strength to the nomination.
Nominators are recommended to
review the full award details before
preparing nominations for the Awards
listed below. The Awards details
can be obtained from the Society’s
Awards and Honours Manual, which
is available to CGS members in the
CGS Members Section of the CGS
Website. CGS members can log-in at
, then proceed to
Online Member Resources, find CGS
Manuals, and proceed to the Awards
and Honours Manual. Information can
also be obtained from Division Chairs,
Section Directors, and the Secretariat.
Funding for the Society’s awards is
provided by generous support from
the independent charitable body, The
Canadian Foundation for Geotech-
nique.
Members are invited and encouraged
to submit nominations for the follow-
ing CGS Awards:
R.F. Legget Medal -
the highest CGS honour
Awarded to an individual for outstand-
ing life-long contributions to geotech-
nique.
R.M. Quigley Award
Awarded to an individual(s) for the
best paper published in the Canadian
Geotechnical Journal within the year
preceding the year in which the prize
is awarded. Nominations are made by
the Associate Editors of the Canadian
Geotechnical Journal.
