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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
by the Chair of the Student Awards
Sub-Committee
on or before May 21
of the competition year. The contact
information for the Chair is
Sumi
Siddiqua
, School of Engineering,
University of British Columbia, Okan-
agan Campus, EME 4257 – 3333,
University Way1137 Alumni Avenue,
Kelowna, BC, VIV 1V7, Tel: 250-807-
9863,
sumi.siddiqua@ubc.ca
A.G. Stermac Awards for
Service to the Canadian
Geotechnical Society
Before 1999, these awards were
known as the CGS Service Plaques.
A.G. Stermac Awards are presented to
members of the Society who have con-
tributed specific or special, worthy and
significant service(s) to the Society.
All submissions must reach the Soci-
ety’s Secretariat not later than
June 1
.
Provided by Victor Sowa - Secretary
General
Call for Nominations for Awards
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 15, 2014
. 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. The nomination letter,
3. The candidate’s Curriculum Vitae,
(short form preferred) and
4. Supporting letters from colleagues
who are preferably Fellows of the
EIC (FEIC).
Nominators are recommended to
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 Manu-
als, then proceed to the Awards and
Honours Manual. Continue in the
Manual to Sections D1, D2 and D3