At the end of 2017, Canada’s Governor General announced the newest members of the Order of Canada www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=17061. That list included Dr. Kerry Rowe of Queen’s University who has been appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada “for his seminal contributions to the field of geoenvironmental engineering, notably for his pioneering research in waste barrier systems”.
Dr. Serge Leroueil of Université Laval was recently awarded with a Senate 150th Anniversary medal recognizing his over 35-year career as a professor and researcher in the area of soil mechanics and soil behavior analysis, particularly as it pertains to the problems of sensitive clay and its geohazard risk.