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Geotechnical News • June 2013
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
From the Society
Call for Nominations for Awards
from the Engineering Institute of
Canada (EIC)
Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
members are invited to submit nomi-
nations for EIC Awards to the Soci-
ety Secretariat
or the
Secretary General
,
no later than July 1, 2013
. All
members of the Society are eligible for
the awards, prizes and honours from
the Engineering Institute of Canada.
EIC Policies dictate that all candidates
nominated by CGS members for EIC
awards, must be members of the CGS.
Nominators are required to provide
nomination documents consisting of
the following four items:
1. A completed EIC Nomination Form
that can be obtained from the EIC
Website,
2. A nomination letter,
3. The candidate’s Curriculum Vitae,
(short form preferred) and
4. A minimum of two and maximum
of three supporting letters from
colleagues, with at least one letter
from an EIC Fellow.
It is recommended that nominators
review the full awards details and
criteria prior to preparing nomina-
tions for the Awards listed below.
More information on the procedures,
details and schedule for EIC honours
and awards can be found in Sections
D-1, D-2 and D-3 of the Canadian
Geotechnical Society’s Awards and
Honours Manual. This information
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, then proceed to the Awards
and Honours Manual. Continue in the
Manual to Sections D1, D2 and D3
for detailed information. This infor-
mation includes a list of past Award
Medal members and also Past FEIC
members. The Past FEIC members are
listed both chronologically and also
for convenience, alphabetically.
The CGS Executive Committee
reviews all nominations submitted by
members, as well as other possible
candidates. The selected nominations
are then forwarded to the Honours
and Awards Committee of EIC for
consideration. All constituent societies
of EIC participate in this program.
Members of CGS are eligible for the
following EIC honours and awards:
• The
Sir John Kennedy Medal
is the most senior award of the
Institute. This medal is awarded in
recognition of outstanding merit
in the engineering profession, or
of noteworthy contributions to the