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Geotechnical News • June 2016
CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
work of committees and geotechnical
expertise. Ways to identify and use
these resources have been developed
by the Heritage Committee of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society in the
form of virtual archives on the CGS
web site, where the location and con-
tent of accessible historical geotechni-
cal material are given.
CGS members and others are invited
to submit candidate material for con-
sideration. The submission should give
the location of the material, a descrip-
tion of its nature and content, its his-
torical significance and the conditions
under which it can be accessed. Do
not submit physical archival material
as the Society has no space to store it,
however electronic copies of photo-
graphs or materials are welcome.
Your contribution to the CGS Virtual
Archives web page should be sent
to the Chair of the CGS Heritage
Committee, Dr.
Dave Cruden
, at
History of the Canadian
Foundation for
Geotechnique: Part 2
Introduction
In Part 1 of this series, published in
the December 2015 issue of Geo-
technical News, the focus was on
the two predecessor organizations of
the Foundation, namely the Cana-
dian Geotechnical Fund (CGF) and
Geo-Contributions (GC). This second
article focuses on the period spanning
from 2000, when the Foundation was
established, to the present date.
The
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique
(CFG), also known
as “the Foundation”, is a registered
charitable organization that funds
the awards, prizes and distinguished
lectures of the
Canadian Geotechni-
cal Society
(CGS), and supports other
activities that recognize geotechnical
excellence. Over the past three years,
the Foundation has disbursed over
$30,000 yearly for various awards,
prizes and scholarships, and has
sponsored the Cross Canada Lecture
Tours (CCLTs) together with industry
partners.
The Foundation has fostered and
recognized excellence in the Canadian
geotechnical community for many
years, and one could easily take for
granted that it will always do so. No
organization, however, stands the test
of time without the hard work and
dedication of a number of individuals.
An attempt to recognize them, as well
as to highlight major initiatives over
the years, is made herein. We apolo-
gize for any errors and omissions.
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechnique
The
Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique
was the new name pro-
posed to replace
Geo-Contributions
(GC)
. The name was approved by the
GC Board of Trustees at the Annual
General Meeting in October 2000,
and accepted by Industry Canada in
December 2000 as a charitable orga-
nization.
Similar to its predecessors, the Cana-
dian Geotechnical Fund (CGF) and
GC, the Foundation’s purpose was “To
recognize and foster excellence in the
geotechnical field in Canada”. When
registered in 2000 it had the same
Officers and Board of Trustees as GC.
The Foundation, by maintaining an
adequate funding base through invest-
ments and soliciting donations from
individuals, local geotechnical groups
and corporations, had the following
objectives:
• Fund the awards and prizes recom-
mended by the CGS.
• Support the Geotechnical Research
Board (GRB) through an annual
award provided to the presenter of
the Canadian Geotechnical Col-
loquium.
• Fund the travel costs of the Cross
Canada Lecture Tours.
• Establish funding for geotechnical
scholarships.
• Support other activities that recog-
nize geotechnical excellence.
As described in Part 1 of this article,
the awards and programs established
prior to 2000 and currently funded by
the Foundation are:
• R.F. Legget Award
• R.M. Quigley Award
• Cross Canada Lecture Tours
• Canadian Geotechnical Collo-
quium
• R.M. Hardy KeynoteAddress
• Thomas RoyAward
• Roger J.E. BrownAward
• G. Geoffrey MeyerhofAward
• JohnA. FranklinAward
• A.G. Stermac Award
• Undergraduate Student Report
Awards
• Graduate Student Presentation
Award
The CGS subsequently established the
following additional awards that the
Foundation also now supports:
• Geosynthetics Award
; established
by the CGS in 2000 to recognize
an individual or individuals in the
application of geosynthetics in
civil, geotechnical or geoenviron-
mental engineering.
• Geoenvironmental Award
; es-
tablished by the CGS in 2000 to
recognize outstanding geoenviron-
mental engineering.
As a millennium project in 2000, Dr
.
M. Bozozuk
, President of the Founda-
tion designed the
Legget Medal
to
replace the R.F. Legget Award. It is
made of sterling silver by the Royal
Canadian Mint and was presented for
the first time to Dr.
D H. Shields
at the
CGS Annual Conference in Montreal
in October 2000. Past winners of the
R.F. Legget Award were also given the
opportunity to receive the Medal.
In 2001, the Foundation agreed to con-
tribute $1,500 annually towards the
cost of preparing the certificates and
plaques awarded by the CGS. In 2003,
the CGS and the Foundation increased
.
