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January 8, 2019

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Six CGS Members to Receive 2019 EIC Medals and Fellowships

The Engineering Institute of Canada has announced the recipients of the 2019 EIC Medals and Fellowships. The CGS is very pleased to report that CGS members will receive four of the six EIC Medals to be presented, and two of the 20 EIC Fellowships awarded.

CGS members receiving 2019 EIC Medals are:

Suzanne Lacasse, CGS Legget Medal Recipient (2007), CGS President (2003-2004) and Managing Director (1991-2012) of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway, will be awarded the Sir John Kennedy Medal “for outstanding service to the profession and contributions to the science of engineering”;
Jacques Locat, CGS Legget Medal Recipient (2015) and Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec QC, will be awarded the Julian C. Smith Medal “for achievement in the development of Canada”;
Doug Stead, CGS Legget Medal Recipient (2017), CGS Vice-president Technical (2009-2010), and Professor/FRBC Chair in Resource Geoscience & Geotechnics at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, will be awarded the John B. Stirling Medal “for leadership and distinguished service at the national level by members of EIC Societies”; and
Kevin Biggar, President, Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique, and Principal at K.W. Biggar Engineering Consulting Ltd, St Albert AB, will be awarded the Canadian Pacific Railway Medal “for leadership and distinguished service at the regional level by members of EIC Societies.”

CGS members receiving 2019 EIC Fellowships include:

Jean Côté, CGS Vice-president Communications and Member Services (2017-2018) and Professor, Department of Civil and Water Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec QC;
Craig Lake, Editor, Canadian Geotechnical Journal and Professor, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS.

Since 1965 when the EIC began awarding medals and fellowships, CGS members have been awarded 68 EIC medals and 154 EIC Fellowships. The CGS would like to thank the CGS members who prepared the nominations and those who wrote letters of support. Without nominations and letters of support there would be no recipients.

We would also like to report that our longtime member and Past President, Suzanne Lacasse, has been selected as an Officer of the Order of Canada! Congratulations to Suzanne for this great honour.

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January 8, 2019

Six CGS Members to Receive 2019 EIC Medals and Fellowships