Award winners
CTG annually awards prizes for excellence within the Canadian tectonics community:
David Elliott Prize for best journal paper
Jack Henderson Prize for best PhD thesis in tectonics awarded at a Canadian institution
Jack Henderson Prize for best MSc thesis in tectonics awarded at a Canadian institution
David Elliott Prize for best journal paper
Jack Henderson Prize for best PhD thesis in tectonics awarded at a Canadian institution
Jack Henderson Prize for best MSc thesis in tectonics awarded at a Canadian institution
David Elliott Prize
This award is presented each year by the Canadian Tectonics Group division to an exceptional publication in the fields of tectonics and/or structural geology by a researcher at a Canadian institution (lead author) or investigating a Canadian field area.
The 2018 David Elliott Prize has been awarded to Jordan McDivitt (Laurentian University), Bruno Lafrance (Laurentian), Daniel Kontak (Laurentian) and Lise Robichaud (Ontario Geological Survey) for their paper “The Structural Evolution of the Missanabie-Renabie Gold District: Pre-orogenic Veins in an Orogenic Gold Setting and Their Influence on the Formation of Hybrid Deposits.” The paper was published in Economic Geology, 112, 1959-1975 (2017). This year’s short list committee was impressed with the authors’ integration of structural mapping and analysis at a range of scales, expertly documented and illustrated throughout the manuscript. Their analysis of vein genesis in relation to mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie orogenic gold district stands to challenge our understanding of the formation of orogenic gold deposits.
Past recipients:
The 2017 David Elliott Prize has been awarded to Mirko van der Baan of University of Alberta, along with coauthors David W. Eaton and Giona Preisig for their paper “Stick-split mechanism for anthropogenic fluid-induced tensile rock failure”, published in Geology, 44, 503-506 (2016).
2016 : Mark Higgins of McGill University for his paper entitled “New kinematic and geochronologic evidence for the Quaternary evolution of the Central Anatolian fault zone (CAFZ).” Co-authors include Lindsay M. Schoenbohm, Gilles Brocard, Nuretdin Kaymakci, John C. Gosse, and Michael A. Cosca, published in Tectonics, 34(10), 2118–2141 (2015).
2015: John Waldron, David Schofield, Brendan Murphy, & Chris Thomas, for the paper: “How was the Iapetus Ocean infected with subduction?” published in Geology, volume 42(12), 1095-1098 (2014).
2014: Reid Staples, Dan Gibson, Rob Berman, Jim Ryan & Maurice Colpron, for the paper: "A window into the Early to mid-Cretaceous infrastructure of the Yukon-Tanana terrane recorded in multi-stage garnet of west-central Yukon, Canada" which appeared in Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31(7), 729-753,
2013: Dr. Toby Rivers of Memorial University of Newfoundland, for the paper published in 2012: “Upper-crustal orogenic lid and mid-crustal core complexes: signature of a collapsed orogenic plateau in the hinterland of the Grenville Province” which appeared in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49, 1-42.
2012: Elena Konstantinovskaya and Jacques Malavieille for the paper: "Thrust wedges with décollement levels and syntectonic erosion: A view from analog models". Tectonophysics 502 (2011) 336–350.
2011: Kyle P. Larson, William J. Davis and Don W. Davis of University of Saskatchewan; and Laurent Godin of Queen’s University, for the paper: “Out-of-sequence deformation and expansion of the Himalayan orogenic wedge: insight from the Changgo culmination, south central Tibet”, published in Tectonics (2010) doi:10.1029/2008TC002393.
2008: Elena A. Konstantinovskaya, Lyal B. Harris, Jimmy Poulin, Gennady M. Ivanov, "Transfer zones and fault reactivation in inverted rift basins; insights from physical modelling Tectonophysics", vol. 441, pp. 1-26, 15 Aug 2007
2007: J.K. Madsen, D.J. Thorkelson (Simon Fraser University), R.M. Friedman (University of British Columbia) and D. D. Marshall (Simon Fraser University) for the paper: "Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America”, Published in: Geosphere, v. 2, no. 1, p. 11-34
2005: Dr. Paul F. Williams (University of New Brunswick) and Dr. Dazhi Jiang (University of Western Ontario) for the paper: "An investigation of lower crustal deformation: Evidence for channel flow and its implications for tectonics and structural studies", published in Journal of Structural Geology, v. 27, p. 1486-1504.
The 2018 David Elliott Prize has been awarded to Jordan McDivitt (Laurentian University), Bruno Lafrance (Laurentian), Daniel Kontak (Laurentian) and Lise Robichaud (Ontario Geological Survey) for their paper “The Structural Evolution of the Missanabie-Renabie Gold District: Pre-orogenic Veins in an Orogenic Gold Setting and Their Influence on the Formation of Hybrid Deposits.” The paper was published in Economic Geology, 112, 1959-1975 (2017). This year’s short list committee was impressed with the authors’ integration of structural mapping and analysis at a range of scales, expertly documented and illustrated throughout the manuscript. Their analysis of vein genesis in relation to mineralization in the Missanabie-Renabie orogenic gold district stands to challenge our understanding of the formation of orogenic gold deposits.
Past recipients:
The 2017 David Elliott Prize has been awarded to Mirko van der Baan of University of Alberta, along with coauthors David W. Eaton and Giona Preisig for their paper “Stick-split mechanism for anthropogenic fluid-induced tensile rock failure”, published in Geology, 44, 503-506 (2016).
2016 : Mark Higgins of McGill University for his paper entitled “New kinematic and geochronologic evidence for the Quaternary evolution of the Central Anatolian fault zone (CAFZ).” Co-authors include Lindsay M. Schoenbohm, Gilles Brocard, Nuretdin Kaymakci, John C. Gosse, and Michael A. Cosca, published in Tectonics, 34(10), 2118–2141 (2015).
2015: John Waldron, David Schofield, Brendan Murphy, & Chris Thomas, for the paper: “How was the Iapetus Ocean infected with subduction?” published in Geology, volume 42(12), 1095-1098 (2014).
2014: Reid Staples, Dan Gibson, Rob Berman, Jim Ryan & Maurice Colpron, for the paper: "A window into the Early to mid-Cretaceous infrastructure of the Yukon-Tanana terrane recorded in multi-stage garnet of west-central Yukon, Canada" which appeared in Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 31(7), 729-753,
2013: Dr. Toby Rivers of Memorial University of Newfoundland, for the paper published in 2012: “Upper-crustal orogenic lid and mid-crustal core complexes: signature of a collapsed orogenic plateau in the hinterland of the Grenville Province” which appeared in Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 49, 1-42.
2012: Elena Konstantinovskaya and Jacques Malavieille for the paper: "Thrust wedges with décollement levels and syntectonic erosion: A view from analog models". Tectonophysics 502 (2011) 336–350.
2011: Kyle P. Larson, William J. Davis and Don W. Davis of University of Saskatchewan; and Laurent Godin of Queen’s University, for the paper: “Out-of-sequence deformation and expansion of the Himalayan orogenic wedge: insight from the Changgo culmination, south central Tibet”, published in Tectonics (2010) doi:10.1029/2008TC002393.
2008: Elena A. Konstantinovskaya, Lyal B. Harris, Jimmy Poulin, Gennady M. Ivanov, "Transfer zones and fault reactivation in inverted rift basins; insights from physical modelling Tectonophysics", vol. 441, pp. 1-26, 15 Aug 2007
2007: J.K. Madsen, D.J. Thorkelson (Simon Fraser University), R.M. Friedman (University of British Columbia) and D. D. Marshall (Simon Fraser University) for the paper: "Cenozoic to Recent plate configurations in the Pacific Basin: Ridge subduction and slab window magmatism in western North America”, Published in: Geosphere, v. 2, no. 1, p. 11-34
2005: Dr. Paul F. Williams (University of New Brunswick) and Dr. Dazhi Jiang (University of Western Ontario) for the paper: "An investigation of lower crustal deformation: Evidence for channel flow and its implications for tectonics and structural studies", published in Journal of Structural Geology, v. 27, p. 1486-1504.
Jack Henderson Award - PhD
2018 Winner: Jeremy Powell, University of Ottawa, for his thesis: "Burial and Exhumation History of the Mackenzie Mountains and Plain, NWT, Through Integration of Low-Temperature Thermochronometers”, supervised by David Schneider.
2017: Diane Skipton, University of Ottawa, for her thesis, “Paleoproterozoic Metamorphism, Deformation and Exhumation of Mid-Crustal Rocks of the Trans-Hudson Orogen on Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island,“ supervised by David Schneider and Marc St-Onge
2016: Jessica Shaw, Western Washington University, for her thesis: “Oroclines of the Iberian Variscan Belt: Tectonic and Paleogeographic Implications,” supervised by Stephen Johnston
2015: Reid Staples, Simon Fraser University, for his thesis: “Diachronous Deformation, Metamorphism and Exhumation in the Northern Canadian Cordillera: Revealed from Pressure-Temperature-Time-Deformation Paths of Former Mid-Crustal Rocks,” co-supervised by Dan Gibson, Maurice Colpron, Jim Ryan and Rob Berman
2014: Jared Butler, Dalhousie University for his thesis: “Crustal subduction and the exhumation of (ultra)high pressure terranes: Contrasting modes with examples from the Alps and Caledonides”, co-supervised by R.A. Jamieson and C. Beaumont.
2013: David Moynihan (University of Calgary)
2012: Grégory Dufréchou (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre – Eau Terre Environnement)
2011: Dawn A. Kellett (Dalhousie U)
2010 Kyle Larson (Queen's U)
2009 Stefan Kruse (UNB)
2008 Michael Ames Cooley (Queen's U)
2007 Paul Wilson (UNB)
2006 Venessa Bennett (MUN)
2005 Joseph English (UVic)
2004 Yvette Kuiper (UNB)
2003 Michelle Haskins (SFU)
2017: Diane Skipton, University of Ottawa, for her thesis, “Paleoproterozoic Metamorphism, Deformation and Exhumation of Mid-Crustal Rocks of the Trans-Hudson Orogen on Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island,“ supervised by David Schneider and Marc St-Onge
2016: Jessica Shaw, Western Washington University, for her thesis: “Oroclines of the Iberian Variscan Belt: Tectonic and Paleogeographic Implications,” supervised by Stephen Johnston
2015: Reid Staples, Simon Fraser University, for his thesis: “Diachronous Deformation, Metamorphism and Exhumation in the Northern Canadian Cordillera: Revealed from Pressure-Temperature-Time-Deformation Paths of Former Mid-Crustal Rocks,” co-supervised by Dan Gibson, Maurice Colpron, Jim Ryan and Rob Berman
2014: Jared Butler, Dalhousie University for his thesis: “Crustal subduction and the exhumation of (ultra)high pressure terranes: Contrasting modes with examples from the Alps and Caledonides”, co-supervised by R.A. Jamieson and C. Beaumont.
2013: David Moynihan (University of Calgary)
2012: Grégory Dufréchou (Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre – Eau Terre Environnement)
2011: Dawn A. Kellett (Dalhousie U)
2010 Kyle Larson (Queen's U)
2009 Stefan Kruse (UNB)
2008 Michael Ames Cooley (Queen's U)
2007 Paul Wilson (UNB)
2006 Venessa Bennett (MUN)
2005 Joseph English (UVic)
2004 Yvette Kuiper (UNB)
2003 Michelle Haskins (SFU)
Jack Henderson Award - MSc
2018: Kelian Dascher-Cousineau, McGill University for the thesis "The Evolution of Fault Slip Surfaces with Displacement.”, supervised by Jamie Kirkpatrick.
2017: Benoit Charette, University of Waterloo for the thesis "Long-lived Anatexis in the Exhumed Middle Crust from the Torngat Orogen and Eastern Core Zone: Constraints from Geochronology, Petrochronology, and Phase Equilibria Modeling", supervised by Carl Guilmette.
2016: Noah Phillips, University of New Brunswick for the thesis “The micromechanics of phyllosilicate-rich fault zone: case studies from the Minas Fault Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada and the San Andreas Fault, California” supervised by Joseph White.
2015: Tyler Ambrose, University of British Columbia (Okanagan) for the thesis “Ductile extrusion, underplating, and out-of-sequence thrusting within the Himalayan Metamorphic core, Kanchenjunga, Nepal,” co-supervised by Kyle Larson and Carl Guilmette.
2014: Joel Angen, University of Waterloo for the thesis: “Structural and geochronological investigation of the southern Alexander terrane in the vicinity of Porcher Island, northwestern British Columbia,” co-supervised by Shoufa Lin and Cees van Staal.
2013: Holly Steenkamp (Dalhousie University)
2012: Chris Yakymchuk (Queen’s University)
2011: Tasca Noela Santimano (McMaster University)
2010: Jennifer Anne Macauley (U of T)
2009: (not awarded)
2008: Rebecca Hunter
2007: Dawn A. Kellett (Queen's U)
2006: Fionnuala Devine (Carleton U)
2005: Todd Noble (Queen's U)
2004: Nick Austin (UBC)
2017: Benoit Charette, University of Waterloo for the thesis "Long-lived Anatexis in the Exhumed Middle Crust from the Torngat Orogen and Eastern Core Zone: Constraints from Geochronology, Petrochronology, and Phase Equilibria Modeling", supervised by Carl Guilmette.
2016: Noah Phillips, University of New Brunswick for the thesis “The micromechanics of phyllosilicate-rich fault zone: case studies from the Minas Fault Zone, Nova Scotia, Canada and the San Andreas Fault, California” supervised by Joseph White.
2015: Tyler Ambrose, University of British Columbia (Okanagan) for the thesis “Ductile extrusion, underplating, and out-of-sequence thrusting within the Himalayan Metamorphic core, Kanchenjunga, Nepal,” co-supervised by Kyle Larson and Carl Guilmette.
2014: Joel Angen, University of Waterloo for the thesis: “Structural and geochronological investigation of the southern Alexander terrane in the vicinity of Porcher Island, northwestern British Columbia,” co-supervised by Shoufa Lin and Cees van Staal.
2013: Holly Steenkamp (Dalhousie University)
2012: Chris Yakymchuk (Queen’s University)
2011: Tasca Noela Santimano (McMaster University)
2010: Jennifer Anne Macauley (U of T)
2009: (not awarded)
2008: Rebecca Hunter
2007: Dawn A. Kellett (Queen's U)
2006: Fionnuala Devine (Carleton U)
2005: Todd Noble (Queen's U)
2004: Nick Austin (UBC)