Geotechnical News • March 2012
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
ideally situated to stage a series of pre,
post- and mid-conference field trips
will provide delegates with a taste of
the culture, geology and landslides
issues of Western Canada and the
Rocky Mountains.
The local technical committee, in
partnership with the international
advisory panel, have developed a pro-
gram of sessions and plenary lectures
to highlight the advancements and
state-of-the-art in landslide research
and practice from around the globe. In
addition field trips, workshops, social
events and the partner program will
make this meeting an unforgettable
event.
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique
Meet the 2012 Trustees for the
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique
The Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique is a registered charitable
organization that works at arm’s length
from the Canadian Geotechnical Soci-
ety to recognize and foster excellence
in the geotechnical field in Canada. It
funds the annual CGS’ student awards
and prizes, the annual Canadian Geo-
technical Colloquium, the travel costs
associated with the two Cross Canada
Lecture Tours each year, and offers its
own annual $5000 National Graduate
Scholarship.
The Foundation is managed and
overseen by 15 volunteer Trustees
who typically serve for one or more
three-year terms. The tradition is for
one-third, or five, of the Trustees to
step down or be re-appointed each
year. The March issue of Geotechnical
News is typically when the new Trust-
ees are introduced to the Canadian
geotechnical community. Well, for
2012, no Trustees wanted to step down
and all were reappointed. Therefore
there are no new Trustees to introduce.
Therefore the Foundation invites the
Canadian geotechnical community
to take the Foundation’s first ever
quiz. The first list (numbered 1 to 15)
below lists the Trustees, their affilia-
tion, home base, and position on the
Board of Directors. The second list
(lettered A to O) lists a personal tid-bit
about each Trustees, but not in the
numbered order. Your task, should you
wish to accept it, is to see how many
Trustees and tid-bits you can match
up.
The answers are given at the
end of this CGS News column.
So sit
back, relax, and have a bit of fun at the
Foundation’s expense!
2012 Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique Trustees (in alphabetical
order):
1. Dennis Becker (Golder Associates,
Calgary, AB) Vice President
2. Kevin Biggar (BGC Engineering,
Edmonton, AB)
3. Michael Bozozuk (retired NRC,
Ottawa, ON) Special Advisor
4. Robert Chapuis (Ecole Polytech-
nique, Montreal, QC)
5. David Cruden (emeritis University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB)
6. David Harding (WESA, Carp, ON)
Treasurer
7. Jean Hutchinson (Queen’s Univer-
sity, Kingston, ON)
8. Suzanne Lacasse (Norwegian Geo-
technical Institute, Oslo, Norway)
9. Bob Patrick (EBA Engineering,
Nanaimo, BC)
10. Ryan Phillips (C-CORE, St John’s,
NL)
11. Siva Sivathayalan (Carleton Uni-
versity, Ottawa, ON) Secretary
12. Brian Taylor (Stantec Consulting,
Dartmouth, NS)
13. Jean-Pierre Tournier (Hydro-Qué-
bec, Montreal, QC)
14. Doug VanDine (VanDine Geo-
logical Engineering, Victoria, BC)
President
15. Gerry Webb (Golder Associates,
Ottawa, ON)
Personal tid-bits not in the same order
as above. See if you can match the
numbers with the letters!
a. I love to spend time at my off-the-
grid shack in the woods.
b. I play bluegrass, jazz and classical
music on a 5-string banjo.
c. I’m an avid chess player who still
programs in Pascal.
d. I’m the longest serving Foundation
Trustee.
e. I love Country and Western music.
