About the Southern Ontario Section
Formal Name: Southern Ontario Section
Primary Centre: Toronto, ON
Approximate Catchment Area: Southwest-central Ontario
The Southern Ontario Section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society is an active professional group whose mandate is to provide continued education and encourage constructive dialog amongst our members. In this role, we facilitate monthly presentations, annual educational seminars, a Cross-Canada Lecture Tour, graduate student competition, CGS-SOS Undergraduate work term scholarship and our annual golf tournament. CGS-SOS continues to organize and fund the annual Graduate Student Competition and invites students to attend our monthly dinner presentations at no charge. Registration for all events are now booked solely online using Eventbrite.
Please go to
www.cgs-sos.ca for detailed CGS Southern Ontario Section information.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of the Southern Ontario Section consists of the following members:
Chair
Amir Poshnejad
EllisDon Corporation
Past Chair
Dino Vito
EBS Geostructural
Vice Chair
Bill Li
Keller - North America
CGS Section Director
Charles Crans
C.G. Crans Geostructural Project Services
Treasurer
Budhi Kharel
Ministry of Transportation (MTO)
Secretary
Pedram Molkara
Jacobs Engineering
Communications
Rajib Dey
WSP
Sponsorship
Joe Heinisch
EBS Geostructural
Membership and Awards
Andrew Cushing
ARUP Canada Inc.
Student Liaison
Mohammadamin Jafari
University of Toronto
Outreach & Tech
Jeff Lam
Geokon
Women in CGS Lead
Daniela Xavier
InGeo Engineering
Event Coordinator
Reza Mahmoudipour
Englobe Corp.
Event Coordinator
Vivian Weihong Li
Metrolinx
Event Coordinator
Alex Szot
GeoSolv Design-Build