The Hutchison Lecture Tour is undertaken each year by the winner of the Hutchison Medal. The lecture tour typically consists of several multi-day trips to different parts of Canada where a number of lectures are given at university, government, and geological society venues. The Hutchison Lecture Tour is supported by the Canadian Geological Foundation’s Hutchison Fund.
2023 W. W. Hutchison Medalist
Dr. Jamie Kirkpatrick (McGill University)
Dr. Jamie Kirkpatrick is a young structural geologist at McGill University who has made exceptional advances to our understanding of faults, fault rocks and earthquakes in recent years. His contributions are worthy of recognition by the GAC and the W.W. Hutchison Medal. Jamie is a courageous researcher who breaks new ground by tackling long-standing difficult problems in creative new ways. His recent work on the rheology of fault rocks, the geometry of fault surfaces, and criteria for recognizing ancient fault rocks in the rock record represents an enormous contribution with many practical applications. His research is rigorous with attention to detail. Jamie combines quantitative theoretical research with field studies in critical settings to produce results that can be applied directly to real rock. The results of his research have direct implications for investigations as diverse as earthquake hazard mitigation, structural and tectonic field analysis, and exploration for orogenic gold deposits. Canadian Earth scientists in a variety of subdisciplines benefit from the advances made by Jamie’s research. He has a well-funded research program that has resulted in a large number of publications and conference presentations. He has taught and supervised student research at the doctoral, masters and undergraduate level, and knows how to share results and generate excitement about research with a diverse audience. Jamie is an international leader in the earthquake science community and is pioneering the application of field observation and structural geology techniques to problems in tectonics, faults and shear zones. His advancement of quantitative methods and instrumentation applied to classic problems of understanding stress and strain is impressive and his effectiveness as a communicator and educator is ensuring that the geoscientists of tomorrow are well-prepared to address pressing societal issues. Jamie is rapidly establishing himself as one of the bright young lights in the fields of earthquake science and structural geology.
2023/24 Hutchison Lecture Schedule
29 November 2023 3pm EST, 336 Huggins Science Hall, Acadia University, Wolfville. Title: “When Earthquakes Go Slow Motion”
30 November 2023 9:30am EST, S411 Science Building, St. Mary’s University, Halifax. Title: “Reading the Trackways of Tectonic Faults”
01 December 2023 10:30am EST, Milligan Room, Life Science Centre, Biology Wing, 8th Floor, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Title: “When Earthquakes Go Slow Motion”
06 February 2024, Time TBD, Yukon University and Yukon Geological Survey, Whitehorse. Title: “Reading the Trackways of Tectonic Faults”
08 February 2024, 14:30pm PST, SFU, Burnaby. Title: “When Earthquakes Go Slow Motion”
09 February 2024, 15:00pm PST, BWC B150 (Flury Hall) University of Victoria, Victoria
29 February 2024, 11:30am EST, 3120 Herzberg Building, Carleton University, Ottawa.
12 March 2024, 13:00pm CST, 223 Wallace Building, University of Manitoba. Title: “When Earthquakes Go Slow Motion”
This talk will also be virtual. For zoom link, please contact kirstin.brink@umanitoba.ca.
26 March 2024 Western University, London
28 March 2024 Lakehead University
9 April 2024 Memorial University