The GAC® Endowment Trust Fund in CGF was established in 2003 with monies donated by members of The Geological Association of Canada.
The main purpose of the GAC® Endowment Trust Fund is to support and promote the earth sciences in Canada on a continuing basis, and in particular, to assist with the public and professional educational activities that are normally supported by GAC.
The intent of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC®) and the Canadian Geological Foundation (CGF) in establishing both the GAC® Endowment Trust Fund (as well as the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award) and the W.W. Hutchison Medal Endowment Trust Fund is to permanently retain most donations made to the funds. In this way, the gifts will form growing legacies, the principal amounts of which CGF will carefully invest. Once the funds have grown sufficiently to generate meaningful income, the annual income will be used to provide grants in perpetuity.
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) requires that donations be accompanied by the donors’ express instructions that the gifts are to be held for ten years or more. By donating to this fund, you are hereby expressing this consent.

The GAC® Endowment Trust Fund was established in 2003 with monies donated by members of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC®). Within that Fund, donations are accepted specifically for the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award. This Award - comprised of $5,000 and a certificate - is given annually in honour of the memory of Mary-Claire Ward, who died in 2004. Mary-Claire (as she preferred to be called) was a past president of GAC and at the time of her death she was chair of PDAC's geoscience committee, and chair of Watts Griffis McOuat Ltd.
The intent of the award is to encourage and support a graduate student in Canada whose thesis contributes to our knowledge about the geological history of Canada. Mapping is a significant component of the winning thesis.
The intent of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC®) and the Canadian Geological Foundation (CGF) in establishing both the GAC® Endowment Trust Fund (as well as the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award) and the W.W. Hutchison Medal Endowment Trust Fund is to permanently retain most donations made to the funds. In this way, the gifts will form growing legacies, the principal amounts of which CGF will carefully invest. Once the funds have grown sufficiently to generate meaningful income, the annual income will be used to provide grants in perpetuity.
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) requires that donations be accompanied by the donors’ express instructions that the gifts are to be held for ten years or more. By donating to this fund, you are hereby expressing this consent.

The main purpose of the Fund is to support and promote a Canadian national lecture tour to be undertaken by the recipient of the Hutchison Medal. The Medal is awarded by the Geological Association of Canada to a young individual for recent exceptional advances in Canadian earth science research. The medal is named after Dr. William W. Hutchison in recognition of his many contributions to the Geological Association of Canada and to Canadian and international geoscience.
The intent of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC®) and the Canadian Geological Foundation (CGF) in establishing both the GAC® Endowment Trust Fund (as well as the Mary-Claire Ward Geoscience Award) and the W.W. Hutchison Medal Endowment Trust Fund is to permanently retain most donations made to the funds. In this way, the gifts will form growing legacies, the principal amounts of which CGF will carefully invest. Once the funds have grown sufficiently to generate meaningful income, the annual income will be used to provide grants in perpetuity.
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) requires that donations be accompanied by the donors’ express instructions that the gifts are to be held for ten years or more. By donating to this fund, you are hereby expressing this consent.