Dear members, Please visit the tribute video to Jeremy McNeil, produced by Walter S. Leal. A transcription of the tribute follows: Jeremy McNeil was born on November 20th, 1944 in Tunbridge, England. The following year his family moved to Newfoundland, Canada. Jeremy returned to England for high school and worked for two years as a...

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Hello ESC members, We have a few announcements about events taking place at this year’s ESC JAM in Quebec City! SEPAC (ESC’s Student and Early Professional Affairs Committee) is organizing and running a silent auction during the meeting. The purpose of the silent auction is to raise funds for student awards for ESC (we have...

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  Twentieth Annual Photo Contest The 20th Annual Photo Contest to select images for the 2025 cover of the Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada is now underway. Contest rules: Photos of insects and other arthropods in all stages, activities, and habitats are accepted. To represent the scope of entomological research, we also encourage...

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by Hugh V. Danks This article explains the steps required to publish in scientific journals. Summary tables and specific examples are included. The main headings are shown below. [download pdf (1.6MB)]

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The Canadian Journal of Plant Science announces a call for papers for a new Collection: Bugs in the North: Insect-Crop Interactions in Continental Climate Agriculture, guest-edited by Dr. Tyler Wist (AAFC), Dr. Hector Carcamo (AAFC), Dr. Boyd Mori (University of Alberta), and Marie-Ève Gagnon (AAFC). https://cdnsciencepub.com/topic/cjps-bugs From the wheat midge to the lady beetle, insects...

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The Entomological Society of Canada is seeking enthusiastic members to take on leadership roles in the Society. A Director at Large and a Societal Director (Second Vice President) will be selected by members via an online ballot. The Director at Large will serve on the Governing Board for three years, while the Second Vice President...

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The Biological Survey of Canada is hosting a student collection competition! If you made a collection of insects, plants, or other biological material for university credit this year, you could win up to $150! Photograph your work and enter before January 31st 2024! Get more out of your collection than a letter grade, while contributing...

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https://www.ippcathens2024.gr/ The Congress is hosted by the Hellenic Society of Phytiatry in Athens, Greece and is organized under the auspices of the International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences (IAPPS), and of the Agricultural University of Athens.    A wide range of topics will be covered in a rich 4 days scientific program while well-...

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The Status of Insects RCN Annual Meeting will be held January 25-26, 2024. Anyone with an interest in the causes and consequences of insect decline, and solutions to mitigate insect biodiversity loss, is welcome to attend the meeting so please extend this invitation to colleagues, students, and other networks you are part of that may be interested...

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For those making advance plans: JAM 2024 will be held in Quebec City, 20-23 October 2024. More information will follow in the new year.

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