The Canadian Council of Land Surveyors is a national consensus based enabling forum providing proactive leadership to its member associations.  Its prime objectives are to provide national strategies, and national and international representation for land surveyors within the geomatics profession.

David Thompson Awards Deadline for submission March 8, 2010 The David Thompson National Geomatics Awards Program is open to all commissioned surveyors who are members of a Canadian surveying association, submitting projects that have been completed within the last three years. For more information on categories, eligibility, nomination and award criteria, visit the Association of Canada Lands Surveyors website. Deadline for submission is March 8, 2010. 2008 David Thompson Awards Winners: “Innovation in Geomatics” category - W.D. McIntosh Land Surveying Ltd. (Bill McIntosh, BCLS) for the: Support of the 2007 Vanderhoof Flood Emergency Response Project. “Contribution to Society” category - McElhanney Associates (John Blair, ALS (Ret.), BCLS, CLS) for the: Land Management and Land Registration in the Tsunami Recovery Program in Aceh, Indonesia. National Forum & CCLS-CCAG AGM 2010 The Canadian Council of Land Surveyors will be holding this year's National Forum & Annual Meeting March 28-29, 2010 in Regina, SK. This is immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Saskatchewan Land Surveyors' Association also in Regina, SK. Youth-focused career website A surveying career awareness web site to encourage teens to explore a career in land surveying has been developed by the associations through CCLS and was recently launched at             We are always looking for additional interesting photographs and short video clips to show the wide variety of experiences a that makes surveying such a great profession. Please contact Ria van der Veen for more information, or to submit a photo or video clip. Professional Liability Insurance Committee The CCLS Professional Liability Insurance Committee has produced a new brochure, Apples & Oranges (pdf) outlining features to look for in a professional liability insurance program designed for land surveyors. The PLIP Brochure (pdf) was also updated recently.