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June 15, 2023

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President-Elect Objectives: Nomination Statement of Dr. Craig Lake

It is both humbling and gratifying to be selected by the Nominating Committee of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) for consideration as our Society’s next President. I accept this nomination and if elected, will work to serve the Society as President-elect during 2024, and for a two-year term as President commencing January 2025.

I was first exposed to the CGS in the mid 90s as a graduate student at the University of Western Ontario. Although memories become faded over time, I do remember those London CGS chapter meetings to be a great way for a young geotechnical engineer to network and better understand the profession. My first CGS conference was 1997 in Ottawa. My PhD supervisor at the time, Kerry Rowe, gave several of his graduate students a budget to attend this conference. With a big white van, eight of us took off down the 401 and had a memorable time. As interesting as it was, it was also an intimidating experience. My first technical presentation to an audience of some of the “heavy hitters” of the CGS elicited both fear and satisfaction. The chance to later network with these people is still etched in my mind. I had the chance to meet Geoff Meyerhof at the conference for the first time, even though I had attended the Technical University of Nova Scotia as an undergrad. I mustered up enough nerve to introduce myself and realized that he was very kind and encouraging, as were all others I met at the conference. The conference began my life-long association with the CGS.

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June 15, 2023

President-Elect Objectives: Nomination Statement of Dr. Craig Lake