The Engineering Institute of Canada has announced the recipients of the 2017 EIC Medals and Fellowships. The CGS is very pleased to report that CGS members will receive three of the six EIC Medals, and five of the 20 EIC Fellowships.
CGS members receiving 2017 EIC Medals are:
· Michel Aubertin, CGS Past President (2009-2010), current CGS Executive Director, and soon to be retired Professor at École Polytechnique, Montréal, QC, who was awarded the Julian C. Smith Medal “for achievement in the development of Canada”
· Bryan Watts, CGS Past President (2011-2012) and Chairman, Klohn Crippen Berger, Vancouver, BC, who was awarded the K.Y. Lo Medal “for significant engineering contributions at the international level”
· D. Jean Hutchinson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, who was awarded the Canadian Pacific Railway Medal “for many years of leadership and service by members of the Societies within the Institute at the regional, branch and section levels”.
CGS members who were awarded 2017 EIC Fellowships include:
· Bruno Bussière, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, QC
· Richard Chalaturnyk, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
· Paul Dittrich, Golder Associates, Oakville, ON
· Jocelyn Grozic, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
· Catherine Mulligan, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
Since 1965 when the EIC began awarding medals and fellowships, CGS members have been awarded 62 EIC medals and 147 EIC Fellowships. The CGS would like to thank the CGS members who prepared the nominations and those who wrote letters of support. Without nominations and letters of support there would be no recipients.