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Léopold Gélinas Medal Career Achievement Award

 

The Léopold Gélinas Medal

The Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada annually presents three medals for the most outstanding theses, written by Canadians or submitted to Canadian universities, which comprise material at least 50% related to volcanology and igneous petrology. A gold (plated) medal is awarded for the best Ph.D. thesis, a silver medal for the best M.Sc. thesis and an antique copper medal for the best B.Sc. thesis. Nominated theses are evaluated on the basis or originality, validity of concepts, organization and presentation of data, understanding of volcanology & petrology, and depth of research. Awards are not made if the panel of judges considers that there are no worthy nominations.

2009 Recipients of the Léopold Gélinas Medal

Gold:

Yan Lavallée

Silver

Geneviève Robert

Bronze

Francis MacDonald

 


Past Recipients

Year Recipients
2009 Yan Lavallée (Gold); Geneviève Robert (Silver); Francis MacDonald (Bronze)
2008 Yana Fedortchuk (Gold); Not Awarded (Silver); Kristy-Lee Beale (Bronze)
2007 Ben Kennedy (Gold); Patricia Nadeau (Silver); Marc Rinne (Bronze)
2006 Venessa Bennett (Gold); Warna Susanne Downey (Silver); Émilie Bédard (Bronze)
2005Steven L. Quane (Gold); Margaret Harder (Silver); Christopher Hamilton (Bronze)
2004Alison Rust (Gold); Crystal Mann (Silver); Marc-Antoine Longpré (Bronze)
2003Patricia Corcoran (Gold); Craig Stanley (Silver); Mathieu Richler (Bronze)
2002Stefanie Schmidberger (Gold); Trevor MacHattie (Silver); Michelle DeWolfe (Bronze)
2001 Ben Kennedy (Silver); Renee-Luce Simard (Bronze)
2000 A.A. Poustovetov (Gold), J. Resnick (Bronze)
1999 D. Morin (Gold); A. Rust (Silver); P.-S. Ross (Bronze)
1998 B. Edwards (Gold); G. Williams-Jones (Silver); V. Gale (Bronze)
1997 M. Shore (Gold); M. Heiligmann (Silver)
1995 H. Gaonac'h (Gold), S. Hauksdottir (Silver)
1994 S.L. Higman (Silver)
1993 S. Trupia (Silver)
1992 B. Dionne (Silver)
1991 Barry Cameron (Gold); Angela Kolisnik (Silver)

A copy of any thesis to be nominated for the Léopold Gélinas Gold Medal should be submitted before 28 February to the Chair of the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division:

Jarda Dostal
Deptartment of Geology, St. Mary's University
Halifax, NS, B3H 3C3
Tel: (902) 420-5747; FAX: (902) 496-8104
Email: jarda.dostal@smu.ca

A copy of any thesis to be nominated for the Léopold Gélinas Silver Medal should be submitted before 28 February to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Division:

Pete Hollings
Department of Geology, Lakehead University
955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, P7B 5E1
Email: peter.hollings@lakeheadu.ca

A copy of any thesis to be nominated for the Léopold Gélinas Bronze Medal should be submitted before 15 April to the Vice-Chair of the Division:

Glyn Williams-Jones
Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC V5A 1S6
Email: glynwj@sfu.ca


 

The Career Achievement Award

The Career Achievement Award is made by the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division of the Geological Association of Canada in recognition of career achievements in the field of volcanology and/or igneous petrology. Candidates will be judged on their lifetime scientific contribution.

The Career Achievement Award recipient for 2009 is Don Baker.

 

Recipients of the medal include the following:

Year Recipient
2009 Don Baker
2008Sandra Barr
2007Not Awarded
2006Robert Kerrich
2005Jarda Dostal
2004Not Awarded
2003Don Francis
2002Not Awarded
2001Ron Emslie
2000K.L. Currie
1999P. Roeder
1998J. Nicholls
1997Not Awarded
1996T.H. Pearce
1995J.G. Souther
1994W.H. Mathews
1993W.R.A. Barager

 

Nominations for the Career Achievement Award should include the nominee's curriculum vitae and a clear statement from the nominator describing the candidate's significant contribution to the field Nominations should be submitted by 31 January to the Chair of the Volcanology and Igneous Petrology Division:

Jarda Dostal
Deptartment of Geology, St. Mary's University
Halifax, NS, B3H 3C3
Tel: (902) 420-5747; FAX: (902) 496-8104
Email: jarda.dostal@smu.ca