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. Click on the recipient's name to view full citation. 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 Alan 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 Cees van Staal - 2014 Marcos Zentilli - 2015 Dave Lentz - 2016 Becky Jamieson - 2017 Reginald A. Wilson - 2018 R. Damian Nance - 2019 Ralph Stea - 2020 Erwin Zodrow - 2021 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. Click on the recipient's name to view full citation. 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 Eldon George & Don Reid 2014 Ian Spooner 2015 Jim Walker 2016 Chris White 2017 No Award 2018 No Award 2019 Elisabeth Kosters 2020 Terry Hennigar 2021 Toon Pronk AGS Nelly Koziel Award The Nelly Koziel Award is given to a person who recently has made a significant contribution to geoscience, beyond the call of duty, in the Atlantic Provinces. The award may be made to any member or friend of the Society. 2018 Nikole Bingham-Koslowski GSC 2019 Tracy Webb 2020 No Award 2021 Dave Lentz U.N.B. AGS - Lifetime Membership 1989 Laing Ferguson 2008 Graham Williams 2012 Ken Howells Rupert H. MacNeil Award Award given for the best undergraduate student paper presented at the annual AGS Colloquium. 1984 Allan Huard - St.F.X.U. 1985 David Carter - U.N.B. 1986 Dwaynne Beattie - Dalhousie U. 1987 Alison Steele - Acadia U. 1988 Wayne McNeil - Acadia U. 1989 Catherine Farrow - Acadia U. 1990 Robert MacNaughton - U.N.B. 1991 Chris Beaumont-Smith - U.N.B. 1992 David Keighley - U.N.B. 1993 Marcus Tate - Dalhousie U. 1994 Jody Smith - McMaster U. 1995 Ellen Tobey, Tammey Allen Marcus Tate - Dalhousie U. 1996 Vanessa Gale - Dalhousie U. 1997 Jennifer van der Gaag - Dalhousie U. 1998 Marc Deptuk - S.M.U. 1999 Krista Page - Dalhousie U. 2000 Michael Young - Dalhousie U. 2001 Michelle DeWolfe - S.M.U. 2002 Dave Risk - St.F.X.U. 2003 None 2004 Christopher Hamilton - Dalhousie U. 2005 Nigel Selig - Mt.A.U. 2006 Adam Layman - Dalhousie U. 2007 Marc Laflamme - Queens U. 2008 Chris Yakymchuk - Dalhousie U. 2009 Darren LeFort, S.M.U. 2010 Matt Stimson, S.M.U. 2011 Jessica Wilson - Dalhousie U. 2012 Mark Higgins - Dalhousie U. 2013 Evan Slater - Dalhousie U. Dawn Tobey - Dalhousie U. 2014 Ben Misiuk - Acadia U. 2015 Emmaline Atherton - Dalhousie U. 2016 Christopher Sangster - S.M.U. 2017 Corin Jorgenson - Dalhousie U. 2018 Kate Woods - Dalhousie U. Max Chipman - Acadia U. 2019 Liam MacNeil - U.N.B. 2020 Olivia Rolfe - Dalhousie U. Honourable Mention Alexandra Bonham - Dalhousie U. Benjamin Myrer - Dalhousie U. 2021 Bailey Milos - Dalhousie U. 2022 Rob Raeside Award Award given for the best undergraduate student poster presented at the annual AGS Colloquium. 2014 Jennifer Archibald, Victoria Desjardins, Laura-Ann Broom, Jeff Minichiello, and Anne Marie Ryan - Dalhousie U. 2015 Kriselle Dias - Dalhousie U. 2016 Lori Paslawski - St.F.X.U. 2017 Jennifer Adam - U.N.B. 2018 Taylor Ducharme - U of Ottawa 2019 Dylan Wyles - Acadia U. 2020 Nicole LeRoux - Dalhousie U. 2021 Margaret Scott - St.F.X.U. 2022 Sandra Barr Award 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 U. 2012 Zabrina Prescott - Dalhousie U. 2013 Mitchell Kerr - S.M.U. 2014 Justin Drummond - Acadia U. 2015 Sharane Simon - Dalhousie U. 2016 Travis McCarron - U.N.B. Honourable mention Jillian Kendrick - MUN 2017 Stephanie Todd - Acadia U. 2018 Matthew Stimson - S.M.U. 2019 Mitchell Kerr - S.M.U. Honourable mention Matthew Stimson - S.M.U. 2020 Philip Sedore - Dalhousie U. Honourable mention Justin Nagle - S.M.U. Kelsey Koerner - U.N.B. Issac Jacques - St. F.X.U. Bryan Maciag - Dalhousie U. 2021 Luke Bickerton - Laurentian U. 2022 Graham Williams Award Award given for the best graduate student poster presented at the annual AGS Colloquium. 1997 Sandra Marshall - Acadia U. 1998 Nicole Quickert - Dalhousie U. 1999 Loretta Ranson - St.F.X.U. 2000 Christie Dyble - Acadia U. 2001 Martin Ethier - Acadia U. 2002 David Moynihan - Dalhousie U. 2003 None 2004 Shawna Weir Murphy - S.M.U. 2005 Tansy O'Conner-Parsons - Acadia U. 2006 Brent Lennox - Acadia U. 2007 Helen Neilson - Dalhousie U. 2008 Kieran McDonald - Acadia U. 2009 Tamara Moss - Acadia U. 2010 Harun Alrashid Mohamad Idris - Acadia U. 2011 Jacob Hansen - U. of Maine at Farmington Annina Margreth - Dalhousie U. 2012 Janice Allen - Dalhousie U. w/ Chris Beaumont 2013 Lea Braschi - Dalhousie U. 2014 Lea Braschi - Dalhousie U. 2015 Dewey Dunnington - Acadia U. 2016 Cody Paige - Dalhousie U. 2017 Emily Palmer - U.N.B. 2018 Steven Rossiter - U.N.B. 2019 Mehmut Memtimin - S.M.U. Honourable mention Johana Gomez Gomez, U.N.B. 2020 Caitlin McCavour - Dalhousie U. Honourable Mention Naomi Welt - S.M.U. 2021 Anirban Chowdhury - S.M.U. 2022 2023 Encana Prize Prize given for the best poster in Offshore Geology session at the annual AGS Colloquium. 2016 Carlos Wong - Dalhousie 2017 2018 Prize given for the best paper in Offshore Geology session at the annual AGS Colloquium. 2016 Isabel Chavez - S.M.U. 2017 2018 AGS - sponsored competitions within the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia AGS award 2000 Keith Vaughan 2001 Keith Vaughan 2002 John William Webb 2003 Wayne Garland 2004 Philip Giles 2005 Philip Giles 2006 Keith Vaughan 2007 Elio Dolente 2008 John William Webb 2009 Laszlo Podor 2010 Viki Gaul 2011 Laszlo Podor 2012 Nick Honig 2013 Esther Terriault 2014 Viki Gaul 2015 Viki Gaul 2016 Fred Greene 2017 Viki Gaul The Last Billion Years Award 2004 John William Webb 2005 Wayne Garland 2006 Wayne Garland 2007 Elio Dolente 2008 Wayne Garland 2009 Ken Renton 2010 Keith Vaughan 2011 Teunis Obdam 2012 Colin Campbell 2013 Darryl Robertson 2014 Mervyn Kumar-Misir 2015 Ken Renton 2016 Barry Burgess 2017 Mervyn Kumar-Misir 2018 2019 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 (Updated: February 23, 2021)

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