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December 2013

2014 President-Elect - Douglas F. VanDine, CGS President for 2015-2016

In accordance with the By-Laws of the Society, a Nominating Committee was formed to identify a suitable candidate for the President-Elect. The nominating committee consisted of Bryan Watts (Chair), Dennis Becker (Past-President), and Heinrich Heinz and Michel Aubertin (general members of CGS). The Nominating Committee proposed the name of Mr. Douglas F. VanDine, P.Eng., PGeo., to the members of the CGS as a candidate for the position of President-Elect in 2014, and the President in 2015 and 2016. Mr. Van­Dine agreed to let his name stand as a candidate to serve in this position.

The CGS membership was given the opportunity to propose other candidates for President-Elect, but no other nominations were received by the required deadline of June 15, 2013. At the Annual CGS Board Meeting held on September 29, 2013 in Montreal, the Board of Directors unanimously acclaimed Douglas F. VanDine as President-Elect in 2014 and President for 2015-2016.

Call for Nominations – The 2015 Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium

The Canadian Geotechnical Colloquium is a commissioned work financially supported by the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique (CFG). It is awarded annually to a member of the Canadian Geotechnical community. The purpose of the Colloquium is to provide information of a particular interest to Canadian geotechnique and to provide encouragement to a younger member of the Society in pursuing studies in the Colloquium’s preparation. The Colloquium is presented at the CGS-SCG Annual Conference and must be suitable for publication in the Canadian Geotechnical Journal. It must be prepared in the format established by the Journal; however, the decision to publish in the Journal is exclusively the responsibility of the Journal Editor. The choice of the individual and topic is made by the Society’s Selection Committee of the Geotechnical Research Board based on the nominations received. The successful candidate receives an honorarium of $5,000 and a framed certificate.

Each nomination letter must provide an introduction to the candidate and their main accomplishments. It must be accompanied by an abstract of about 2000 words of the proposed lecture, emphasizing the importance of the topic to the Canadian geotechnical community, a brief review of the state-of-the-art on that problem, an outline of the significance of the candidate’s contribution, and a curriculum vitae listing the nominee’s practical experience relevant to the topic and the nominee’s publication record.  Information on the nomination criteria can be obtained from Item C-2 of the “Awards and Honours Manual 2012”, or the latest edition. To find this Manual, CGS members can log-in at http://cgs.ca/login.php then proceed to Online Member Resources. 

Nominations should be submitted prior to January 31, 2014 to Jean Côté, ing., Département de génie civil et de génie des eaux, Pavillon Adrien- Pouliot, local 2912A, 1065, rue de la Médecine, Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Jean.Cote@gci.ulaval.ca or in care of the CGS Sec­retariat at cgs@cgs.ca.

CGS Membership Renewal for 2014

Online renewal for 2014 CGS memberships is now available at www.cgs.ca/member_renewal.php?lang=en - a personalized renewal e-mail has been sent to all members and reminders will be sent in January and February. We’re pleased to report that CGS fees will be held steady in 2014; regular members will remain at $190 for Canadian residents, $210 for international members, $70 for retired members, and $45 for students. The applicable GST or HST based on one’s province of residence is added to all fees.

Visit the Canadian Geotechnical Website at www.cgs.ca to renew your membership. Membership Benefits include:

We look forward to your membership renewal or joining as a new member soon. We also ask all current members to invite a friend or colleague to join the Canadian Geotechnical Society. With your help, we can continue to provide the benefits the society brings to our profession.

Upcoming Conferences and Seminars

67th Canadian Geotechnical Conference GeoRegina 2014, September 28 - October 2, 2014 Regina, Saskatchewan

The Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) invites you to its 67th annual conference, GeoRegina 2014, at the Delta Hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan. Authors are invited to submit abstracts by January 31, 2014 through the Online Submission page of the conference web site www.geo­regina2014.ca. Invitations for the submission of full papers will be sent by February 28, 2014  to authors whose abstracts are accepted by the con­ference’s Technical Committee.

6th Canadian Geohazards Conference June 15 - 18, 2014, Kingston, Ontario

The 6th Canadian Geohazards Confer­encewill be held at Queen’s Univer­sity, Kingston Ontario from June 15 to 18, 2014. The call for abstracts has closed and delegate registration will open soon at www.geohazards6.ca. Look for details about the keynote speakers, short courses and workshops on the website. Technical papers are due by February 15, 2014.

International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference October 19 - 22, 2014, Vancouver, British Columbia

This conference DFNE 2014 will be the inaugural international meeting of engineers and geoscientists who use discrete fracture network engineering in the character­ization of rock masses and solutions of engineering problems. This new and rapidly expanding area of engineer­ing has wide applications, including underground and surface mining, underground nuclear waste disposal, petroleum geomechanics, civil engineering and natural hazards.

The Call for Abstracts has been issued and submissions are due by January 31, 2014. For more information or to submit, please go to www.dfne2014.ca.

Members in the News - Jit Sharma Named Educator of the Year

The Canadian Geotechnical Society extends its congratulations to Pro­fessor Jit Sharma, Ph.D. who has been selected to receive the 2013 Educator of the Year Award by the Saskatoon Engineering Society. The new Chair of Civil Engineering at the Las­sonde School of Engineering at York University, Professor Sharma previ­ously taught at the Civil Engineering and Geological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan. Profes­sor Sharma was a member of the CGS Board from 2006 to 2009 as the Chair of the Soil Mechanics and Founda­tion Division and is also an Associate Editor of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal.

 

 

 







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