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            CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY  NEWS
          
        
        
          Les renseignements concernant les
        
        
          candidatures pour les Prix pour les
        
        
          étudiants sont affichés sur le site Web
        
        
          de la SCG,
        
        
          à
        
        
        
          
            
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            Ryley Beddoe
          
        
        
          , directrice du Comité
        
        
          de sélection pour les Prix pour les
        
        
          étudiants, à
        
        
        
        
          
            Call for Nominations for 2020
          
        
        
          
            Awards and Fellowships
          
        
        
          
            Engineering Institute of Canada
          
        
        
          
            (EIC)
          
        
        
          As a constituent Society of the
        
        
          
            Engi-
          
        
        
          
            neering Institute of Canada
          
        
        
          (EIC),
        
        
          CGS members are eligible for awards
        
        
          and fellowships of the EIC which are
        
        
          summarized below. CGS members
        
        
          are encouraged to submit EIC nomi-
        
        
          nations of fellow members to CGS
        
        
          Headquarters by J
        
        
          
            uly 15, 2019
          
        
        
          .
        
        
          Nominations must include:
        
        
          1. a completed EIC Nomination Form
        
        
          which is available from
        
        
        
        
        
          2. a nomination letter
        
        
          3. supporting letters from colleagues,
        
        
          preferably Fellows of the EIC
        
        
          (FEIC).
        
        
          Past CGS member recipients of EIC
        
        
          Awards and Fellowships can be found
        
        
          on the CGS website
        
        
        
          
            
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              ca/awards_honours_eic.php
            
          
        
        
          . It is
        
        
          recommended that nominators review
        
        
          the awards details and criteria prior
        
        
          to preparing nominations. For more
        
        
          information contact CGS Headquar-
        
        
          ters at:
        
        
          The Canadian Geotechnical Society
        
        
          8828 Pigott Road
        
        
          Richmond, BC
        
        
          V7A 2C4, Canada,
        
        
          Fax: (604) 277-7529
        
        
          E-mail:
        
        
        
          
            Appel de candidatures pour les
          
        
        
          
            prix et titres de Fellow 2020
          
        
        
          
            Institut canadien des ingénieurs
          
        
        
          
            (ICI)
          
        
        
          À titre de société membre de l’Institut
        
        
          canadien des ingénieurs (ICI), les
        
        
          membres de la SCG sont admissibles
        
        
          aux prix et aux titres de Fellow de
        
        
          l’ICI décrits ci-dessous. Les mem-
        
        
          bres de la SCG sont encouragés à
        
        
          soumettre la candidature de collègues
        
        
          membres pour les distinctions de l’ICI
        
        
          au Bureau national de la SCG d’ici le
        
        
          
            15 juillet 2019
          
        
        
          .
        
        
          Les candidatures doivent inclure :
        
        
          1. un formulaire de candidature de
        
        
          l’ICI dûment rempli qui est dis-
        
        
          ponible sur le site
        
        
        
        
        
          2. une lettre de candidature;
        
        
          3. des lettres de recommandation de
        
        
          collègues, préférablement de Fel-
        
        
          lows de l’ICI (FICI).
        
        
          Les noms des membres de la SCG qui
        
        
          ont déjà reçu des prix et des titres de
        
        
          Fellow de l’ICI sont affichés sur le site
        
        
          Web de la SCG, à
        
        
        
          
            
              awards_honours_eic.php?lang=fr
            
          
        
        
          
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          Il
        
        
          est recommandé que les personnes qui
        
        
          soumettent des candidatures exami-
        
        
          nent les renseignements et les critères
        
        
          des prix avant de les préparer. Pour
        
        
          obtenir de plus amples renseigne-
        
        
          ments, communiquez avec le siège
        
        
          social de la SCG à:
        
        
          
            Award of Honour
          
        
        
          
            Brief Description/Comments
          
        
        
          Sir John Kennedy Medal
        
        
          For outstanding service to the profession or
        
        
          for noteworthy contributions to the science
        
        
          of engineering, or to the benefit of the EIC.
        
        
          EIC’s most distinguished award (awarded
        
        
          every two years).
        
        
          Julian Smith Medal
        
        
          For achievement in the development of
        
        
          Canada; up to two medals can be awarded.
        
        
          John B. Stirling Medal
        
        
          For leadership and distinguished service at
        
        
          the national level within the EIC and/or its
        
        
          member societies.
        
        
          CP Rail Engineering Medal
        
        
          For leadership and service at the regional,
        
        
          branch and section levels by members of EIC
        
        
          member societies.
        
        
          K.Y. Lo Medal
        
        
          For significant engineering contributions at
        
        
          the international level, such as promotion
        
        
          of Canadian expertise overseas; training
        
        
          of foreign engineers; significant service to
        
        
          international engineering organizations; and
        
        
          advancement of engineering technology
        
        
          recognized internationally.
        
        
          Fellowship of the AIC
        
        
          For excellence in engineering and services to
        
        
          the profession and to society.
        
        
          Honorary Member
        
        
          For non-members of the EIC and its member
        
        
          societies, and on occasion non-engineers, who
        
        
          have achieved outstanding distinction through
        
        
          service to engineering and the profession of
        
        
          engineering in Canada.