The IAH-ECHN Canada History

The IAH-ECHN Canada was founded during the 'IAH-CNC 2015 Waterloo Conference' in Waterloo, Ontario, that happened from October 27th to 30th of 2015 and it was organized by the Canadian National Chapter (IAH-CNC).

Approximately 350 hydrogeologists took part in the conference, of which 60 were students. The success of the IAH-Early Career Network (IAH-ECHN) motivated members at the conference to create an IAH-ECHN national branch.

​A group of around 25 ECHs were enthusiastic about the initiative and signed up to be part of the newly formed IAH-ECHN Canada. From this group of 25 ECHs, 11 volunteered to form the first Executive Board.

The IAH-ECHN Canada Current Executive Board

The executive board is a group of volunteers working together as one team.
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 Ryan Threndyle
  President
   Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia)
   ryan.threndyle@dal.ca
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​Lamine Boumaiza
Vice-president
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (Québec)
lamine.boumaiza@uqac.ca
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Sabina Rakhimbekova
Vice President
University of Western Ontario (Ontario)
srakhimb@uwo.ca
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The IAH-ECHN Canada Previous Executive Board

​2021-current: Ryan Threndyle (President), Lamine Boumaiza (Vice-President), Sabina Rakhimbekova (Vice-President) 
​2020-2021: Ray Craddock (President), Vinicius Ferreira Boico (Vice-President), Cécile Coulon (Communication officer)
2016-2020: Olenka Forde (President)
​2015-2016: Carlos Maldaner (President)

Our Charter

Click here to download our charter, which includes our objectives and governing principals.