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University & Government Departments Acadia University Dalhousie University Memorial University Saint Mary's University St. Francis Xavier University University of New Brunswick College of Geographic Sciences University College of Cape Breton Nova Scotia Government New Brunswick Government Newfoundland & Labrador Government Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History New Brunswick Museum Newfoundland Geoscience Centre	AGS AWARDS To make a nomination for a particular award please refer to the Nomination Procedure section of the AGS by-Laws Distinguished Scientist Award - Gesner Medal Award made to a person who has, through their own efforts (maps, publications, memoirs, etc.) developed and promoted the advancement of geoscience in the Atlantic Region in any field of geology; the contribution of the person should be of large enough scope to have made an impact beyond the immediate Atlantic Region; the person does not have to reside in the Atlantic Region or be a member of the Atlantic Geoscience Society; the person must still be alive and active in geoscientific research, although not necessarily full time in the Atlantic Region. Les Fyffe - 1993 Arie "Art" Ruitenberg - 1994 Sandra Barr - 1995 Ron Pickerill - 1996 John Malpas - 1997 Paul Schenk - 1998 David Piper - 2000 Brendan Murphy - 2001 Martin Gibling - 2002 Georgia Pe-Piper - 2003 Al Grant - 2004 John Calder - 2005 Barrie Clarke - 2006 Jarda Dostal - 2007 Steve McCutcheon - 2008 John Waldron - 2009 Randy Miller - 2010 Dan Kontak - 2011 J. Duncan Keppie - 2012 Chris White - 2013 2014 Laing Ferguson - Distinguished Service Award Given in recognition of exceptional and altruistic contributions to the Atlantic Geoscience Society and/or to foster public appreciation of Atlantic Geoscience over a long period of time. 1989 Laing Ferguson 1990 Howard "Don" Donohoe 1991 Aubrey Fricker 1993 Graham Williams 1994 Ken Howells 1995 Brendan Murphy 1997 Norman Lyttle 2000 Peter Wallace 2001 Mike Parkhill 2002 Rob Fensome and Graham Williams 2003 Bob Grantham 2004 Jennifer Bates 2005 Ron Pickerill 2006 Sandra Barr 2007 Susan Johnson 2008 Reg Wilson 2009 Nelly Koziel 2010 Rob Raeside 2011 No Award 2012 No Award 2013 No Award AGS - Lifetime Membership 200? Laing Ferguson 2008 Graham Williams 2012 Ken Howells Rupert H. MacNeil Award Award given for the best student paper presented at the annual AGS Colloquium. 1984 Allan Huard - St.F.X.U. 1985 David Carter - U.N.B. 1986 Dwaynne Beattie - Dal. 1987 Alison Steele - Acadia 1988 Wayne McNeil - Acadia 1989 Catherine Farrow - Acadia 1990 Robert MacNaughton - U.N.B. 1991 Chris Beaumont-Smith - U.N.B. 1992 David Keighley - U.N.B. 1993 Marcus Tate - Dal. 1994 Jody Smith - McMaster 1995 Ellen Tobey, Tammey Allen, Marcus Tate - Dal. 1996 Vanessa Gale - Dal 1997 Jennifer van der Gaag - Dal. 1998 Marc Deptuk - S.M.U. 1999 Krista Page - Dal. 2000 Michael Young - Dal. 2001 Michelle DeWolfe - S.M.U. 2002 Dave Risk - St.F.X.U. 2003 None 2004 Christopher Hamilton - Dal. 2005 Nigel Selig - Mt. A. 2006 Adam Layman - Dal. 2007 Marc Laflamme - Queens 2008 Chris Yakymchuk - Dal. 2009 Darren LeFort, S.M.U. 2010 Matt Stimson, S.M.U. 2011 Jessica Wilson - Dal. 2012 Mark Higgins - Dal. 2013 Evan Slater - Dal. Dawn Tobey - Dal. Sandra Barr Award - Best Graduate Oral Presentation Award given for the best graduate oral presentation at the annual AGS Colloquium. 2008 Samantha Jones - U of Calgary 2009 Jamie Braid - St.F.X.U. 2010 Casey O'Laughlin - S.M.U. 2011 Ravinder Pannu - U. of Sask. & Acadia 2012 Zabrina Prescott - Dal. 2013 Mitchell Kerr - S.M.U. Noranda Student Award Award given for the best paper or poster in Economic Geology at the annual AGS Colloquium. The award consists of a field pack containing a silva compass, hammer, magnet, etc. and a contract summer position with Noranda in Atlantic Canada. 1997 Kelly Janssens - UNB 1998 Lorne Jennex - St.FXU 1999 Geoff Allaby - UNB 2000 Ian DeWolfe - Acadia 2001 Lawrence Mireku - Acadia 2002 Award terminated Graham Williams Award Award given for the best student poster presented at the annual AGS Colloquium. 1997 Sandra Marshall - Acadia 1998 Nicole Quickert - Dal. 1999 Loretta Ranson - St.F.X.U. 2000 Christie Dyble - Acadia 2001 Martin Ethier - Acadia 2002 David Moynihan - Dal. 2003 None 2004 Shawna Weir Murphy - S.M.U 2005 Tansy O'Conner-Parsons - Acadia 2006 Brent Lennox - Acadia 2007 Helen Neilson - Dal. 2008 Kieran McDonald - Acadia 2009 Tamara Moss - Acadia 2010 Harun Alrashid Mohamad Idris - Acadia 2011 Jacob Hansen - U. of Maine at Farmington Annina Margreth - Dal. 2012 Janice Allen - Dal. w/ Chris Beaumont 2013 Lea Braschi - Dal. 2014 AGS - Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia Geology and Photographic Competition 2003 Wayne Garland 2004 Philip Giles 2005 Philip Giles 2006 Keith Vaughan (Modified by Joe Mac: February 05, 2013)
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