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La Société Canadienne de Phytopathologie

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Committees / Comités (2009)

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    
PresidentRichard Belanger
President ElectJeannie Gilbert
Vice-PresidentMary Ruth McDonald
Past PresidentMary Leggett
SecretaryAnthony Hopkin
TreasurerSarah Hambleton
Membership SecretaryKhalid Rashid
Senior DirectorSheau-Fang Hwang
Junior DirectorRussell Tweddell

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
Jill Thomson (Chair), Steven Strelkov, Odile Carisse, Mary Ruth McDonald, Karen Bailey
Financial Advisory Committee
Mary Leggett (Chair), Richard Bélanger,  Jeannie Gilbert, Mary Ruth McDonald,  Sarah Hambleton, Zamir Punja, Randy Kutcher, Gary Peng, Janice Elmhirst, Kenneth
Conn 
Future Meetings Committee
Peter Sholberg (Chair), Allen Xue, Siva Sabaratnam
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, Godfrey Chingo, Denis Gaudet, Janice Elmhirst
Nominating Committee
Mary Leggett (Chair), Jim Menzies, Kelly Turkington, Gayle Jesperson, Steve Stelkov
Resolutions Committee
Jeannie Gilbert (Chair), Pervaiz Abbasi, Curt McCartney 
Science Policy committee
Jeannie Gilbert (Chair), Mary Ruth McDonald, Richard Bélanger, Mary Leggett

Subject Matter Committees

Committee / Committee Chairs
Education Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Greg Boland (Chair), Katerina Jordan, Mary Leggett, Mary Ruth McDonald, Kelly Turkington
Public Awareness Committee Albert Tenuta (Chair), Mike Celetti, Marleen Clark, Sue Boyetchko
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) 
International Cooperation Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Myriam Fernandez (Chair) 
Local Arrangements Committee
(Terms of Reference)		 Tom Forge (Chair) 
Workshop & Symposium 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   Ron Howard and David Kaminski (co-Chairs)
Plant Health Network Committee Gossen (Chair), Gayle Jesperson, André Lévesque, Tony Hopkins, Solke De Boer, and Mary Ruth McDonald