Geotechnical News • March 2017
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
that the monograph will capture the
history, significant events, innovations
and contributions of Canadians to
the field of engineering geology. We
would to have as many people as pos-
sible to contribute to this active, living
archive. As such, we are soliciting the
CGS membership (and beyond) for
their ideas in terms of topics, articles,
papers, historical perspectives and
people to include. If you would like to
contribute to the monograph, please
contact me,
Nicholas Vlachopoulos
,
at
.
or at (613) 541-
6000 x 6398. We require any and all
feedback as it can become available.
Soliciting Input for GeoOttawa
Workshop/Specialty Conference
After a very successful joint session
with the
Professional Practice Com-
mittee
in Vancouver, we are in the
preliminary stages of determining if
there is enough interest in co-sponsor-
ing a workshop or speciality session
with the
Rock Mechanics Division
and/or the
Education Committee
(two different sessions). I would
welcome your input as to the type of
workshop or speciality session that
would be of interest to you as well any
suggested speakers. I will then contact
the appropriate conference organizers
to schedule the sessions. Please con-
tact me,
Nicholas Vlachopoulos
, at
or at (613) 541-6000
x 6398
Submitted by Nicholas Vlachopoulos
Division Chair – Engineering Geology
Division
Committee News
Heritage Committee
Canadian Geotechnical Society
Virtual Archives
There are rich but rarely used
resources in Canada that consist of
files containing historical information
on geotechnical laboratory and field
research, geotechnical investigations,
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 Heritage Committee,
Heinrich Heinz, P.Eng. at
History of Local Sections of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society
The Heritage Committee believes that
the history of the local sections of the
Canadian Geotechnical Society to be
valuable part of the Society and its
members. The CGS Heritage Com-
mittee would like to assemble if at
all possible, a collection of historical
summaries of all the sections. Hope-
fully every local chapter of the CGS
will take the time to gather their
archives and write their own history.
Please contact the Chair of the CGS
Heritage Committee,
Heinrich Heinz
,
at
if you have any
questions.
The information in the following
tables was current at the time of
preparation, but individuals and their
contact information may change over
the course of the year. The most cur-
rent contact information for the vari-
ous positions shown below is located
on the CGS website at
Les renseignements ci-dessous
étaient à jour au moment où ils ont
été préparés, mais les personnes et
leurs coordonnées peuvent changer au
cours de l’année. Vous trouvez les plus
récentes coordonnées pour les dif-
férents postes présentés ci-dessous sur
le site Web de la SCG, à
.
cgs.ca/index.php?lang=fr&
.
Editor
Don Lewycky, P.Eng.
Edmonton, AB
Tel.: 780-478-4156
Email:
