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Canadian Astronomical Society Awards

Awards Committee

Carlyle S. Beals Award

The Carlyle S. Beals Award was established by CASCA in 1981 in recognition of the groundbreaking research of the late C.S. Beals. The Beals award of $1000 is awarded to the Canadian astronomer or an astronomer working in Canada, in recoginition of outstanding achievment in research, either as a specific achievement or as a lifetime of innovative research. Since 1988, the recipient has been invited to address the Society at it's Annual Meeting, and his or her expenses to attend the meeting are covered by the society.

An award is now considered every second year, on even numbered years. Candidates for the award may be nominated by at least two members of CASCA, who shall submit a letteror letters of recommendation and curriculum vitae on behalf of the candidate to the Awards Committee, by the November preceding an award year. The next nominations deadline is October 15, 1994.

Beals Award recipients to date have been:

R.M. Petrie Prize Lecture

The Petrie Lecture is an invited discourse by an outstanding astrophysicist which is held at Annual Meetings of the Society in alternate (currently odd-numbered) years, in memory of the significant contributions to astrophysical research by the late Robert M. Petrie. The Petrie Lecture originated under the auspices of the Canadian National Committee for the IAU, prior to the existance of the Society, and was revived by the Society in 1977 as a regular event. Nominations for the Petrue Lecture can be made by submitting the name of the nominee to the Awards Committee at any time. Nominations for the 1995 Lecturer should be received by October 15, 1994.

Petrie Lecturers to date have been:

Helen Sawyer Hogg Prize Lecture

The Helen Sawyer Hogg Lecturewas initiated in 1985 by CASCA wit the participation of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), the Planetarium Association of Canada. and the Royal Canadian Institute. It continues as an annual public lecture co-sponsored by CASCA and the RASC, given alternately at the annual meetings of both societies. in recognition of the sustained and diverse contributions of Helen Sawyer Hogg to public appreciation of the universe around us. Selection of the Lecturer is made by a committee consisting of the Presidents of CASCA and the RASC, and the chairman of the local organizing committee hosting the meeting (either CASCA or RASC).

Sawyer Hogg Lectures to date have been:

J.S. Plaskett Medal

The Plaskett Medal is a joint award of the RASC and CASCA, in recognition if the pivotal role played by John Stanley Plaskett in the establishment of astrophysical research in Canada. The award, consisting of a gold medal, may be made anually to the graduate of a Canadian university who is judged to have submitted the most outstanding doctoral thesis in astronomy orastrophysics in the preceding two calendar years.

A candidate for the award should be nominated by the head of his or her astronomy and/or physics department, from among the doctoral graduate of that department in the preceding two years. The Department head should submit a letter of recommendation and four copies of the nominee's thesis to the CASCA Awards Committee, prior to January 15 of each year.

Plaskett Medal recipients to date have been:

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