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La Société Canadienne de Phytopathologie

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Committees / Comités (2010)

In addition to the CPS Executive Board there are three types of committees in CPS; Standing Committees, Subject Matter Committees, and Ad Hoc Committees. The membership of each committee varies according to the type of committee and is comprised of selected members of the CPS Board and/or Society. The current membership of each committee is listed in the Directory of Members, provided to all members of CPS electronically.

Becoming a member of a CPS committee is an excellent way to meet other plant pathologists from across Canada, and to contribute to your scientific society. If you would like to become involved in CPS Committees, please contact the President of CPS and indicate which committee you would like to contribute to.

Executive Board    
PresidentJeannie Gilbert
President ElectMary Ruth McDonald
Vice-PresidentFouad Daayf
Past PresidentRichard Belanger
SecretaryAnthony Hopkin
TreasurerSarah Hambleton
Membership SecretaryKhalid Rashid
Senior DirectorRussell Tweddell
Junior DirectorRandy Kutcher

Standing Committees

Committee / Committee Chairs

 (Membership of all committees are also listed in the CPS-SCP Annual Directory of Members / Annuaire des Membres)
Awards Committee
Steven Strelkov (Chair), Steven Strelkov, Odile Carisse, Mary Ruth McDonald, Karen Bailey, Marlene Clark 
Financial Advisory Committee
Richard Bélanger (Chair), Jeannie Gilbert, Mary Ruth McDonald,  Fouad Daayf, Sarah Hambleton, Zamir Punja, Janice Elmhirst, Kenneth Conn, Barry Savile 
Future Meetings Committee
Allen Xue (Chair), Siva Sabaratnam, Brent McCallum
Journal Editorial Committee
 Zamir K. Punja (Chair), Committee members are the section editors listed at the beginning of each issue of the Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology
Membership Committee
Khalid Rashid (Chair), Sarah Hambleton, Rick Peters, Russell Tweddell, Bernard Vigier, Ken Conn, Fouad Daayf, Cheryl Armstrong-Cho, Denis Gaudet, Janice Elmhirst
Nominations Committee
Richard Belanger (Chair), Mary Leggett, Gayle Jesperson, Steve Stelkov, Cezarina Kora
Resolutions Committee
Pervaiz Abbasi (Chair), Curt McCartney, Rona Sturrock  
Science Policy committee
Mary Ruth McDonald (Chair), Fouad Daayf, Jeannie Gilbert, Richard Bélanger,

Subject Matter Committees

Committee / Committee Chairs
Education Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Greg Boland (Chair), Kelly Turkington, Mary Leggett, Mary Ruth McDonald, Katerina Jordan
Public Relations Committee Albert Tenuta (Chair), Mike Celetti, Marlene Clark
Historic Resources Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Denis Gaudet (Chair) 
Industry Relations Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Tony Sturz (Chair) 
Information Products Marketing Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Karen Bailey (Chair), Robin Morrall, Bruce Gossen, Richard Gugel 
International Cooperation Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Myriam Fernandez (Chair), Khalid Rashid
Local Arrangements Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Tom Forge (Chair) 
Microbial Genetics and Culture Collections Committee Tom Fetch (Chair) 
Workshops & Symposia Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Jeannie Gilbert (Chair) 

Ad-Hoc Committees

Committee / Committee Chairs
Microbial Genetic Resources and Culture Collections Committee Tom Fetch (Chair) 
Strategic Planning Commitee   David Kaminski (Chair), Greg Boland, Ken Conn, Holly Derksen, Mary Leggett, Angela Orshinsky, Tim Paulitz, Russell Tweddell
Plant Health Network Committee Gossen (Chair), Gayle Jesperson, André Lévesque, Tony Hopkins, Solke De Boer, and Mary Ruth McDonald