GAC® Medals & Awards
GAC® awards a number of prestigious medals to Canadian and international geoscientists. The 2010 medals were awarded during the GeoCanada 2010 meeting in Calgary, AB, at the GAC® luncheon.
MEDALS & AWARDS |
2008 WINNERS | NOMINATE / APPLY |
NATIONAL MEDALS & AWARDS | ||
| Logan Medal | Christopher Barnes – University of Victoria, Victoria, BC |  |
| W.W. Hutchison Medal | Octavian Catuneanu – University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB | |
| E.R.Ward Neale Medal | Jane Wynne – Geological Survey of Canada, North Saanich, BC | |
| J. Willis Ambrose Medal | Brian Jones – University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB | |
| Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award | Randy Boswell, CanWest News Service for his article entitled “Lost World”. | |
| CJES Best Paper Award | Elizabeth Turner, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON | |
SERVICE AWARDS | ||
| Distinguished Member Award | Not awarded in 2010 | |
| Distinguished Service Award | Karen MacFarlane, Reginald Wilson | |
| 50-Year Members | Alan Grant, Roger Macqueen, William Poole, Nels Vollo, Donald Smellie | |
| Honorary Life Members | Not awarded in 2010 | |
| Voluntary Service Award | Not awarded in 2010 | |
| 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 | Joel Cubley, University of Calgary | |
| Jerome H. Remick Poster Awards |
Gold:Jounada Oueity, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Silver:Kristi Medig, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Bronze:Brett Hamilton, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB | |
DIVISION / SECTION AWARDS | ||
| AQUEST (Quebec) | ||
| Certificat d'excellente de l'AQUEST | Lorenzo Perozzi, INRS-ETE | |
| Canadian Geomorphology Research Group | ||
| J. Ross Mackay Award | Steve Kokelj, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Yellowknife, NWT | |
| Olav Slaymaker Awards | (Oral Presentation) - Graham Clark, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON | |
| Geophysics Division | ||
| The Geophysics Division Student Award | Jounada Oueity, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC | |
| Marine Geosciences Division | ||
| Michael J. Keen Medal | John Hughes Clarke, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB | |
| Mineral Deposits Division | ||
| Duncan R. Derry Medal | Norman Duke, University of Western Ontario, London, ON | |
| William Harvey Gross Award | Sarah Gleeson, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB | |
| Julian Boldy Certificate Awards | TBA | |
| Paleontology Division | ||
| Elkanah Billings Medal | To be awarded in 2011 | |
| Pikaia Award | Jean-Bernard Caron, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON | |
| Structural Geology and Tectonics Division | ||
| Dave Elliott Best Paper Prize | TBA | |
| Jack Henderson Prize for Best Thesis - Best PhD Thesis | Kyle P. Larson, Queen’s University | |
| Jack Henderson Prize for Best Thesis - Best M.Sc. Thesis | Jennifer Anne Macauley, University Of Toronto | |
| Volcanology & Igneous Petrology Division | ||
| Career Achievement Award | Kelly Russell, University of British Columbia, BC | |
| Leopold Gelinas Medal |
Gold (Best Ph.D Thesis): Guillaume Girard, McGill University, Montreal, QC Silver (Best M.Sc. Thesis): Thomas Mumford, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB Bronze (Best B.Sc. Thesis): Robert Cundari, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON |
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