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La Société canadienne
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Western Québec (Montréal)
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About the Western Quebec Section
Formal Name: Western Québec Section
Primary Centre: Montréal, QC
Approximate Catchment Area: Western QC

This section has members from all regions of Western Québec, particularly from the regions of Montreal, Sherbrooke, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Centre du Québec. The Western Québec Section hosts technical presentations between September and June, a student contest in March and a conference dinner in June. The following activities were carried out in 2016-2017: 6 presentations, a student competition and a conference dinner. For 2018, the Western Québec Section will offer the other sections of Canada the opportunity to participate in its technical presentations by videoconference.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the Western Quebec Section consists of the following members:
Chair
Reza Saghaee
Past Chair
François Duhaime
Vice Chair
Simon-Pierre Tremblay
CGS Section Director
Mourad Karray
Treasurer
Abtin Jahanbakhsh
Administration
Philippe Legault-Capozio
Communications
Mireille S. Ewane
Secretary
Jonathan D. Aubertin
Program Lead
Vanessa Di Battista



Left to right: Philippe Capozio (NCL Envirotek), Guy Doré (Université Laval), François Duhaime (Chair, Western Quebec Section), Michael James (IRME), Will McQueen (ConeTec).

Guy Doré ​was invited to give a lecture at the 2017 annual conference dinner.

Latest News
Reports / Documents
CCLT - Tom O'Rourke
Conférence technique: Raymond Haché
CCLT - Vaughan Griffiths
Upcoming Events

Year:

AUG
17-19
2025
RockEng 2025
Location:
Pavillon A of École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Québec
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SEP
21-24
2025
78th Annual Canadian Geotechnical Conference - GeoManitoba
Location:
Winnipeg, MB
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Please contact the Western Québec Section at info@cgs.ca if you have any comments or suggestions.