About the Southern Ontario Section
         
Formal Name: Southern Ontario Section
Primary Centre: Toronto, ON
Approximate Catchment Area: Southwest-central Ontario
The Southern Ontario Section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society is an active professional group whose mandate is to provide continued education and encourage constructive dialog amongst our members. In this role, we facilitate monthly presentations, annual educational seminars, a Cross-Canada Lecture Tour, graduate student competition, CGS-SOS Undergraduate work term scholarship and our annual golf tournament. CGS-SOS continues to organize and fund the annual Graduate Student Competition and invites students to attend our monthly dinner presentations at no charge. Registration for all events are now booked solely online using Eventbrite.
Please go to 
www.cgs-sos.ca for detailed CGS Southern Ontario Section information.            
         
Executive Committee
         
The Executive Committee of the Southern Ontario Section consists of the following members:         
         
            
               
Chair               
               Bill Li
               
Keller - North America   
               
                            
            
               
Past Chair               
               Amir Poshnejad
               
EllisDon Corporation   
               
                            
            
               
Vice Chair               
               Pedram Molkara
               
Jacobs Engineering   
               
                            
            
               
CGS Section Director               
               Charles Crans
               
C.G. Crans Geostructural Project Services   
               
                            
            
               
Treasurer               
               Alex Szot
               
GeoSolv Design-Build   
               
                            
            
               
Secretary               
               Daniela Xavier
               
InGeo Engineering   
               
                            
            
               
Communications               
               Pedram Molkara
               
Jacobs Engineering   
               
                            
            
               
Sponsorship               
               Jeff Lam
               
Geokon   
               
                            
            
               
Membership and Awards               
               Vivian Weihong Li
               
Metrolinx   
               
                            
            
               
Student Liaison               
               Amin Jafari
               
University of Toronto   
               
                            
            
               
Event Lead and Women in CGS Lead               
               Atieh Shooshpasha
               
EllisDon   
               
                            
            
               
Event Lead               
               Hassan Ali
               
Thurber Engineering   
               
                            
            
               
Event Lead               
               Reza Mahmoudipour
               
Englobe Corp.   
               
                            
            
               
Event Lead               
               Jack Guo
               
AECOM   
               
                            
            
               
Event Lead               
               Trevor Bruce
               
Menard Canada