Eight students and/or members-in training (EITs and GITs) were provided with bursaries to help them attend GeoOttawa 2017 last October. The students/MITs were selected by their local CGS sections and funded one third by CGS National, one third by GeoOttawa 2017 and one third by their section up to a total of $900. The recipients for 2017 were: Shuai Man (Calgary), Daniel Cruz (Kingston), Jody Schafer (Regina), Shubhagata Roy (St. John’s), Haley Schafer (Edmonton), Valérie St-Gelais (Eastern Quebec), Louis-Philippe Grimard (Western Quebec) and Dylan Stafford (Manitoba).
CGS Sections that are considering sponsoring a CGS Student/MIT to attend GeoEdmonton 2018, should start the process now to encourage students/MITs to submit an abstract to GeoEdmonton 2018 by December 31, 2017.