How to Donate

Donations

The Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique is run by volunteer members and a Board of Directors. The members are committed to ensuring that your donations are used to support geotechnical excellence in Canada. As shown below, less than 10% of annual funding is used for administration.

The foundation has been working for you and the geotechnical community since 1970. Please consider giving something back to our community. To donate, please download and print a Donation Form, complete the information on the form, and mail it with a cheque payable to “Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique” to:

Harry Oussoren, P.Eng
Treasurer, Candian Foundation for Geotechnique
48 Dawson Road
Guelph, Ontario N1H 5V1
Bus 519-763-0700
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The Foundation's Legacy Donors

Mr Charles Kwok
Mr Charlie Ripley
Dr Jack Mollard
Dr Ben Torchinsky

The Foundation's Legacy Corporate Sponsors

AMEC
BGC Engineering Inc
EBA Consultants Ltd
Golder Associates
Reinforced Earth
Stantec (Jacques Whitford)
Thurber Engineering

An official receipt will be mailed back to you upon receving your donation.

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2020 List of Prize Winners

Wayne Clifton

R.F. Legget Medal
Elyse Sandl

Dennis Becker M.Sc. Prize
Akhila Palat

Mike Bozozuk National Graduate Scholarship
James Bartz

Graduate Student Presentation Award 1st Prize
Yagmur Babaoglu

Graduate Student Presentation Award 2nd Prize
Beverly Yang

Undergraduate Student Presentation Award 1st Prize
Ethan Alban

Undergraduate Student Presentation Award 2nd Prize
Undergraduate Report Award Group) 2nd Prize
Caitlin Fischer

Undergraduate Report Award(Group) 1st Prize
Mark McDonald

Undergraduate Report Award(Group) 1st Prize
Emily Miszk

Undergraduate Report Award(Group) 1st Prize
Lucas Fabbri

Undergraduate Report Award Group) 2nd Prize
Erica Forkheim

Undergraduate Report Award Group) 2nd Prize
Maddy Hughes

Undergraduate Report Award Group) 2nd Prize

Recent News

April 2020

Michael Bozozuk (1929-2020)

The Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique notes the passing of Michael Bozozuk who was instrumental in the development of the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique (CFG) and its predecessor Geo-Contributions and its mandate to fund and support its activities.

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October 2019

DENNIS BECKER M.SC PRIZE
In recognition of Dr. Becker’s contributions to the geotechnical community, a prize for a Masters level student has been set up. The prize has a value of $ 5,000 and was awarded in 2019.
September 2018

Prizes and Awards
In Edmonton, during the last week of September, a total of $ 14,300 worth of prizes were awarded and the R.F.Legget award was presented to Michel Aubertin at the annual Canadian Geotechnical Society conference. The awards are funded by the Foundation.
October 2017

The 2017 Annual General Meeting is tentatively scheduled in Ottawa for October 2, 2017
June 2017

New Legacy Donor
Charles Kwok became a legacy donor in June 2017. We thank Charles for his generous donation of securities to the CFG-FCG.
October 2016

The 2016 Annual General Meeting was held in October 2016
September 2015

2015 Annual General Meeting was held in Quebec City September 22, 2015
2015 AGM

The annual membership meet of the CFG-FCG will be held in Quebec city on September 22, 2015