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
Jason Bindseil
EBS Geostructural
CGS Section Director
Billy Singh
Terraprobe Inc.
Treasurer
Veronica Ayetan
Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Communications
Al Varshoi
Golder Associates
Sponsorship
Matt MacIntosh
Reinforced Earth Company Ltd.
Membership and Awards
Hafeez Baba
SNC-Lavalin
Student Liaison
Ali Nasseri-Moghaddam
GHD
Special Events Coordinator & Secretary
Lucie Kijak
Hatch
Event Coordinator
Robert Moen
GKM Consultants
Event Coordinator
Kanex Bala
exp Inc.
Event Coordinator
Pouya Pishgah
Thurber Engineering Ltd.
Promotion & Outreach
Meysam Najari
Student Member
Sebnem Boduroglu
York University