Geotechnical News• December 2019
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CANADIAN GEOTECHNICAL SOCIETY NEWS
CGS Membership Registration
for 2020
It is time to renew your CGS member-
ship for 2020. Login to your account
at
and renew online with
a few easy steps. Membership fees
remain the same as 2019. We are intro-
ducing a new option to select “auto-
matic renewal” going forward.
Membership benefits continue to
include:
• online access to the monthly
Canadian Geotechnical Journal, in-
cluding all past issues, and special
price for the printed and mailed
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• online and printed copies of the
new quarterly Canadian Geo-
technique - A CGS Magazine /
Géotechnique canadienne – Le
périodique de la SCG
• the monthly electronic CGS E-
News
• online access to all past CGS
Conference proceedings, Keynote
lectures, various webinars
• special member price for all CGS
conferences
• early information about the spring
and fall CGS Cross Canada Lec-
ture Tours
• membership in one or more of
seven CGS technical divisions and
associated international societies
• involvement in one of 20 CGS lo-
cal sections
• involvement in any of the eight
CGS standing committees
• opportunities to network and
connect with other geotechnical
professionals
We look forward to your participation
in 2020!
Adhésion à la SCG pour 2020
Il est temps de renouveler votre adhé-
sion à la SCG pour 2020! Connectez-
vous à votre compte à l’adresse
et effectuez
votre renouvellement en ligne en
quelques étapes faciles. Les cotisations
des membres restent inchangées. Nous
vous proposons désormais la nouvelle
option de « renouvellement automa-
tique ».
Les avantages de l’adhésion continu-
ent à comprendre :
• -un accès en ligne à la Revue cana-
dienne de géotechnique mensuelle,
y compris à ses numéros précé-
dents, et à un tarif spécial pour sa
version imprimée et postée;
• -le nouveau magazine trimestriel
Canadian Geotechnique – The
CGS Magazine / Géotechnique
canadienne – Le périodique de la
SCG en version électronique et
imprimée;
• -l’E-info de la SCG publiée chaque
mois;
• -un accès en ligne à tous les
comptes-rendus des précédentes
conférences de la SCG, aux con-
férences d’honneur et à différents
webinaires;
• -des prix spéciaux pour toutes les
conférences de la SCG;
• -de l’information opportune sur les
Tournées de conférences trans-
canadiennes du printemps et de
l’automne de la SCG;
• -une adhésion à une ou à plusieurs
des sept divisions techniques de la
SCG et aux sociétés internation-
ales associées;
• -une participation dans l’une des 20
sections locales de la SCG;
• -une participation à l’un des huit
comités techniques de la SCG;
• -des possibilités de réseauter et
d’interagir avec d’autres professi-
onnels de la géotechnique.
Nous espérons que vous participerez
en 2020!
Canadian Foundation for
Geotechique
Fall update
The Canadian Foundation for Geo-
technique was proud to sponsor
the award winners announced at
GeoStJohn’s during the week of 30
September. The awards and recipi-
ents are described in detail elsewhere
in this issue. Sponsorship for these
awards is made possible by individual
and corporate donations from our
members. The Foundation provides
approximately $50,000 each year to
these awards as well in support of the
Cross Canada Lecture Tour and the
Colloquium Tour. Going forward we
look forward to sponsoring additional
initiatives in support of our society for
the benefit of all members.
You will note that most of the awards
presented at the CGS Annual Con-
ference are for students and young
professionals, who are the future of
our society. If you believe as I do that
promoting our young professionals
in this manner is a worthy goal of the
Foundation and the Society, please
consider making a tax-deductible
donation to the Foundation. This may
be most easily accomplished when
you renew your CGS membership, and
we will be working to make it even
easier through the CFG website.
This year, we were pleased to present
for the first time the Dennis Becker
MSc Prize, in honour of Dennis’s
numerous significant contributions to
the Society, including President of the
CGS, as well as being a recipient of
the R.F. Legget Medal. As an added
bonus, Dennis was available to present
the award to Ms. Andrea Walsh, who
Dennis knew personally from her time
working as a student at Golder Associ-
ates.
As an added bonus this year for the
student award winners, the Foundation
and the CGS have partnered to provide
all award recipients with a copy of
the Canadian Foundation Engineering
Manual. What better way to encour-
age and support potential future CGS
members than with a copy of one of
