The CGS/IAH-CNC Awards Banquet was held on September 27 during GeoNiagara 2021, with many awards and honours presented, recognizing the achievements and excellence of our members. The R.F. Legget Award was presented separately during the Legget Luncheon on September 27. The 2021 CGS Awards and Honours are listed below:
R.F. Legget Medal Doug VanDine
G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award Dharma Wijewickreme
Thomas Roy Award Davide Elmo
John A. Franklin Award Rick Chalaturnyk
Robert N. Farvolden Award Beth Parker
(Joint award with IAH-CNC)
Robert Schuster Medal Suzanne Lacasse
(Joint award with AEG)
R.M. Quigley Award (from the CGJ) Mario Manassero
Honourable Mentions
Mark Schneider, Sam Stanier, David White, Mark Randolph
Luis Alberto Torres-Cruz, J. Carlos Santamarina
Buddhima Indraratna, Mandeep Singh, Thanh Nguyen, Serge Leroueil, Aruni Abeywickrama, Richard Kelly, Tim Neville
Fredlund Award (from the CGJ) Peter K. Robertson
Graduate Student Presentation Award
1st Prize Megan McKellar
2nd Prize Bryce Marcotte
Undergraduate Student Report (Individual)
1st Prize Andrew Funk
2nd Prize Jonathan Gallagher
Undergraduate Student Report (Group)
1st Prize Alison Brannigan, Rachel Burns, Emelie Gagnon, Renee McAnerney
2nd Prize Maureen Cyntia Foading Kengne, Emile Gauvin, Justin Szekely, Vladislav Zasmolin
Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique Michael Bozozuk National Graduate Scholarship
Andrew Mitchell
Dennis Becker Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique M.Sc. Student Award
Danika Ouellette
Early Achievement Award
Judith Bouchard
A.G. Stermac Awards
Kent Bannister
Maraika De Groot
Ryley Beddoe
Wes Saunders
Justyna Kos-Fairless
Daniel Bertrand
CGS R.M. Hardy Keynote Address Mark Diederichs
Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium Renato Macciotta Pulisci