GAC® Medals & Awards
GAC® awards a number of prestigious medals to Canadian and international geoscientists. The 2009 medals were awarded during the Joint Assembly 2009, at the GAC® luncheon.
MEDALS & AWARDS |
2008 WINNERS | NOMINATE / APPLY |
NATIONAL MEDALS & AWARDS | ||
| Logan Medal | Noel James - Queen's University, Kingston, ON |  |
| W.W. Hutchison Medal | Michael Caldwell - University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB | |
| E.R.Ward Neale Medal | Eileen Van der Flier-Keller, University of Victoria, BC | |
| J. Willis Ambrose Medal | Ed Debicki - Ontario Geological Survey Geoscience Laboratories, Sudbury, ON | |
| Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award | Marian Scott, The Gazette, Montreal, QC for her article entitled "Rocking the Science World" | |
| CJES Best Paper Award | Christelle Not, GEOTOP Universite à Quebec à Montréal | |
SERVICE AWARDS | ||
| Distinguished Member Award | Not awarded in 2009 | |
| Distinguished Service Award | Hamid Mumin, Dan Marshall, Carolyn ('Lyn) Anglin | |
| 50-Year Members | F. D. Anderson, J. Allan Donaldson, John Gittins, Hugh Hay-Roe, Atholl Sutherland -Brown | |
| Honorary Life Members | Not awarded in 2009 | |
| Voluntary Service Award | Not awarded in 2009 | |
| Certificate of Appreciation | Quebec City 2008 Local Organizing Committee: Alain Simard, Donna Kirkwood, Georges Beaudoin, Réjean Hébert, André Gaumond, Pascale Côté, Andrée Bolduc, Léopold Nadeau, Pierre Verpaelst, Luc Charbonneau, Yoan Vallière, Richard Laverdière, Pierrette Tremblay | |
STUDENT AWARDS | ||
| Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award | Elizabeth Westberg, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC | |
| Jerome H. Remick Poster Awards |
Gold:Hilary Corlett, University of Alberta, Jones, B.
Silver:Emmanuel Bongajum, University of Toronto, Milkereit, B., Meillieux, D., and Schmitt, D.R. Bronze:Jessica Slomka, McMaster University, MacCormack, K., Eyles, C.H., and Lotimer, T. | |
DIVISION / SECTION AWARDS | ||
| AQUEST (Quebec) | ||
| Certificat d'excellente de l'AQUEST | Elizabeth Sharman, McGill University, Montreal, QC | |
| Canadian Geomorphology Research Group | ||
| J. Ross Mackay Award | Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Universite du Quebec a Rimouski, Rimouski, QC | |
| Olav Slaymaker Awards |
Tom Barchyn, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB (Best Oral Presentation) James McDonald, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC (Best Student Poster) | |
| Geophysics Division | ||
| The Geophysics Division Student Award | Ross Baker, York University, Toronto, ON (Best poster) Tatyana Katsaga, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON (Best oral presentation) | |
| Marine Geosciences Division | ||
| Michael J. Keen Medal | Reinhard Hesse, McGill University, Montreal, QC | |
| Mineral Deposits Division | ||
| Duncan R. Derry Medal | Francois Robert, Barrick Gold Corporation | |
| William Harvey Gross Award | Patrick Mercier-Langevin, Geological Survey of Canada | |
| Julian Boldy Certificate Awards | Emma Sheard, McGill University, Montreal, QC | |
| Paleontology Division | ||
| Elkanah Billings Medal | Guy Narbonne, Queen's University, Kingston, ON | |
| Pikaia Award | To be awarded in 2010 | |
| Structural Geology and Tectonics Division | ||
| Dave Elliott Best Paper Prize | Elena A. Konstantinovskaya, Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique Centre Eau, Terre Et Environnement (Inrs-Ete) | |
| Jack Henderson Prize for Best Thesis |
Michael Ames Cooley, Queen's University (Best PhD thesis)
Rebecca Hunter, University of Regina (Best M.Sc.thesis) | |
| Volcanology & Igneous Petrology Division | ||
| Career Achievement Award | Don Baker, McGill University, Montreal, QC | |
| Leopold Gelinas Medal |
Gold - Yan Lavalle, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany Silver - Genevieve Robert, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Bronze - Francis Macdonald, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC |
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