Division/Section Awards

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.

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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.

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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.

Division/Section Awards

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.

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CJES Best Paper Award

Is an annual award given jointly by the NRC Research Press and the Geological Association of Canada. It is awarded to the authors of the “Best” paper published in the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences within a calendar year (volume year).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Division/Section Awards

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.

Division/Section Awards

Julian Boldy Certificate Awards

The Julian Boldy Certificate Awards for the most significant and creative papers presented at the Mineral Deposits Division session at the annual meeting of the GAC/MAC.

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