VIP Career Achievement Award
This award is made in recognition of career achievement in the field of volcanology and/or igneous petrology. Candidates are judged on their lifetime scientific contribution.
Elkanah Billings Medal
The Billings Medal, is awarded to an individual in recognition of an outstanding long-term contribution to any aspect of Canadian paleontology or by a Canadian to paleontology. The Billings Medal is named in honor of Elkanah Billings, Canada’s first paleontologist. Presented in odd-numbered years.
Dave Elliott Best Paper Prize
The award is given by the Canadian Tectonics Group to recognize papers written by authors based in Canada or dealing with Canadian topics, and with a publication date in the previous calendar year.
Jack Henderson Prize for Best Thesis – Best Ph.D. Thesis
This award is presented by the Canadian Tectonics Group. The thesis must be submitted to and successfully defended in a Canadian University in the previous calendar year to be eligible.
Jack Henderson Prize for Best Thesis – Best M.Sc. Thesis
This award is presented by the Canadian Tectonics Group. The thesis must be submitted to and successfully defended in a Canadian University in the previous calendar year to be eligible.
VIP Leopold Gelinas Medals
The three Léopold Gélinas Medals are presented annually for the most outstanding PhD, MSc and BSc theses written by Canadians or submitted to Canadian universities, which comprise material at least 50% related to volcanology and igneous petrology.
Pikaia Award
The Pikaia Award is awarded in recognition of a recent contribution to research on any aspect of Canadian paleontology, or by a Canadian to paleontology that is judged to constitute an outstanding accomplishment in the field. Presented in even-numbered years.
J. Ross Mackay Award
The J. Ross Mackay Award, presented annually by the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group, in recognition of a significant achievement by a young geomorphologist within Canada.
Olav Slaymaker Awards
The Olav Slaymaker Awards are presented for the best student oral paper and best student poster presented at the CGRG Annual Meeting.
Middleton Medal
The Middleton Medal for Sedimentology is named in honor of Gerard V. Middleton and recognizes either an outstanding long-term contribution or a seminal contribution to any aspect of sedimentology by a Canadian or a sedimentology researcher working in Canada. This is a biannual award.
The Geophysics Division Student Award
This is an annual award by the Geophysics Division for “outstanding student presentation on a geophysical topic” at the GAC®-MAC annual meeting.
Michael J. Keen Medal
The Michael J. Keen Medal is normally awarded annually by the Marine Geosciences Division of the Geological Association of Canada to a scientist who has made a significant contribution to the field of marine or lacustrine geoscience. Recipients may be a Canadian or a non-Canadian who has made a contribution in Canada or with a distinctively Canadian flavor.