Geotechnical News • March 2016
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
CGS Awards
Award
Brief Description/Comments
CGS Society Awards
Legget Medal
For significant lifelong contribution to the geotechnical field in Canada. The most senior
and prestigious CGS award.
R.M. Quigley Award
For the best paper published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal in the preceding year. Two
runners-up are also recognized. CGS membership is not required.
Honorary Life Member
For longstanding exemplary service to the CGS, and/or exemplary technical cosntributions
to the geotechnical field in Canada or abroad. Only awarded occasionally.
CGS Division Awards
G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award
Soil Mechanics & Foundation Division.
For outstanding contribution to soil mechanics
and foundation engineering.
Thomas Roy Award
Engineering Geology Division
. For outstanding contribution (publication or otherwise) to
engineering geology.
Roger J.E. Brown Award
Cold Regions Geotechnology Division
. For outstanding contribution (publication or oth-
erwise) to permafrost science or engineering. Awarded biannually. To be awarded in 2016.
John A. Franklin Award
Rock Mechanics Division
. For outstanding publication in rock mechanics and/or rock
engineering. Awarded biannually. Will not be awarded in 2016.
Geosynthetics Award
Geosynthetics Division
. For outstanding publication in the application of geosynthetics to
civil, geotechnical or geoenvironmental engineering. Awarded biannually. To be awarded
in 2016.
Geoenvironmental Award
Geoenvironmental Division
. For outstanding contribution (publication or otherwise) in
geoenvironmental engineering. Awarded biannually. To be awarded in 2016.
Joint Awards
Robert N. Farvolden Award Joint award of the CGS
Groundwater Division
and the
Canadian National Committee
of the International Association of Hydrologists
. For outstanding contribution to the
disciplines of earth science or engineering, by an individual or group, that emphasize the
role or importance of groundwater.
Schuster Medal
Joint award of the CGS
Geohazards Committee
and
Engineering Geology Division
and
the
Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists.
For outstanding contri-
bution to geohazards research in North America. Awarded biannually to a CGS member, in
odd numbered years. Nominations for this year closed in January 2016.
CGS Student Awards
Graduate Presentation
For best 15-minute technical presentation on video submitted by a graduate student at a
Canadian university. One runner-up is also recognized. CGS membership is not required.
Undergraduate Individual
Report
For best undergraduate student report by an individual in Canada. One runner-up is also
recognized. CGS membership is not required.
Undergraduate Group Report For best undergraduate student report by a group in Canada. One runner-up is also recog-
nized. CGS membership is not required.
CGS Service Awards
A.G. Stermac Award
For outstanding service to the CGS by a member at the local, national or international
level. More than one award can be presented each year.
Certificates of Appreciation For deserving CGS members recognized by the President or others as having contributed
noteworthy service to the CGS.
