Canadian Legends
This virtual library contains profiles of distinguished Canadian geotechnical professionals which highlight the wisdom gained from their lives and their professional careers. The profiles include:
- interviews previously published in the American Society of Civil Engineers' GeoInstitute GeoStrata magazine, and reproduced with permission from that organization
- interviews conducted in the 1980s in association with the CGS Canadian Heritage Project
- interviews conducted in collaboration with the CGS Education Committee, and
- other such profiles.
The current focus is on past RF Legget Medal recipients, CGS Past Presidents, and past Cross Canada Lecture Tour speakers.
The current holdings include (in alphabetical order, by last name):
- David Cruden, from Geotechnical News, June 2019
- D.G. (Del) Fredlund, from GeoStrata, Dec 2021 - Jan 2022
- James Graham, interview conducted in August 2019 (a short video is available here)
- Evert Hoek, from GeoStrata, May-Jun 2018
- Suzanne Lacasse, from GeoStrata, Sep-Oct 2013
- M.A.J. (Fred) Matich, from GeoStrata, Sep-Oct 2020
- Norbert Morgenstern, from GeoStrata, Nov-Dec 2017
- Peter Robertson, from Canadian Geotechnique / Géotechnique canadienne, Winter 2022
- R. Kerry Rowe, from GeoStrata, July-Aug 2020
- D.H. (Don) Shields, from Canadian Geotechnique/Géotechnique canadienne, Winter 2021