Dr. Michel Aubertin (CGS President 2009-2010, Professor Emeritus École Polytechnique de Montréal) was presented with the RF Legget Medal, the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s most senior and prestigious award, at GeoEdmonton 2018 for his significant lifelong contribution to the geotechnical field in Canada. For those who could not attend the 2018 conference, the CGS News section in the December 2018 issue of Geotechnical News will contain Michel Julien’s introduction and Michel Aubertin’s acceptance speech.
Dr. Jean Hutchinson of Queen’s University was elected Vice President North America of the International Association for Engineering Geology (IAEG) for the period 2019-2022 at their XIII International Congress in San Francisco last September.