Geotechnical News • December 2015
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
• As of 2016, the CGS international
membership fee will be reduced
and the regular, retiree and student
membership fees will remain
unchanged.
• An Honorary Life Membership has
been added to the CGS member-
ship categories.
Gordon McRostie
was presented with the first such
membership.
• All students who now register for
a CGS annual conference will be
given a free CGS student member-
ship for the following year.
• The Geotechnical Society of
Edmonton will host the 71st CGS
Annual Conference in 2018, after
GeoVancouver 2016 and GeoOt-
tawa 2017.
• The 5th Canadian Young Geotech-
nical Engineers and Geoscientists
Conference will be held in Whis-
tler, BC, between September 29
and October 1, 2016, immediately
preceding GeoVancouver 2016.
• An online Membership Survey
was distributed to determine more
about the CGS membership and
what it wants from its Society.
Thanks to all who responded and
the results will be shared with you
in the next few months.
What’s coming up next? GeoVan-
couver 2016, the 69th CGS Annual
Conference will be held in Vancouver,
BC, October 2 to 5, 2016, preceded by
the 5th Canadian Young Geotechnical
Engineers and Geoscientists Confer-
ence in Whistler, BC. In the Spring of
2016, the CGS will have the pleasure
of hosting
Dr. Antonio Gens
, from
the University of Barcelona, Spain, as
the 97th Cross Canada Lecture Tour
speaker. Details about locations and
scheduling will be forthcoming.
I now want to turn my attention to the
CGS as a learned society. I always
knew that the CGS was a very active
organization, but as President, I have
found out how active and involved
that our Society is both internally and
externally. The figure below is a very
abbreviated summary of just how
involved the CGS really is and I don’t
think many members are aware of this
(this figure and a description of the
acronyms used in the figure are also
on the CGS website
.
The CGS internal organization has 20
Local Sections, 7 Technical Divisions,
7 Standing Committees and the 3
Associates. The upper portion of the
figure shows the organizations that
are external to, but affiliated with the
CGS. The CGS affiliations includes
national, North American and interna-
tional organizations. It’s little wonder
the CGS is so active!
There are also a number of other
like-minded organizations that the
CGS could consider becoming affili-
ated with in the future. These include
the Transportation Association of
Canada (TAC), the Canadian Dam
Association, the Mining Association
of Canada and the Canadian National
Committee of the International Perma-
frost Association, to name just a few.
For a learned society such as the CGS,
I think it’s healthy that we have both
active internal groups and to be affili-
ated with other external organizations
that share common interests.
As always, I would be pleased to hear
from you on this, or any other geo-
technical topic. I can be reached at
Until next time.
Doug VanDine
President - 2015/2016
Canadian Geotechnical Society Organization and Affiliates
(Draft Oct 2015)
Technical Committees Canadian Representation
Division Affiliates: Canadian & North American
Canadian Umbrella Organizations
(AEG, ASCE-TCCRE, NAGS, CIM/CARMA, CNC-IAH)
(EIC - Engineering, CFES - Geoscience)
Committee Affiliates
Affiliates of CGS National
(EIC-Her, RGHRP)
(CSCE, NRC, CFG, ASCE-GI, DFI, AGHP)
CGS Standing Committees
CGS Technical Divisions
(Ed, He, Ls, Mg, Pp, Su, Tr)
(CR, EG, GE, GS, GW, RM, SM)
Associates of CGS National
CGS Local Sections
(CGJ/CSP, GRB, CGS News/BiTech)
(VIG, Vanc, PrG, IBC, NA, SA, Sask,
Reg, Man, TB, Sud, Lon, SOS, Kin,
OGG, OuQ, EsQ, NB, NS, NL)
(The acronyms are in English only, because most of these organizations do not have an official name in French)
Federation of International Geo-Engineering Societies
International Affiliates
CGS Internal
Organizations
Organizations
External to CGS
(ISSMGE, ISRM, IAEG, IGS, IPA, IAH)
CGS National
(ISSMGE, ISRM, IAEG, IGS)
