Committee Membership

Composition des Comités

Ann Oaks Scholarship Committee

Harold Weger (Regina) Chair 2027 

Elizabeth Weretilnyk (McMaster) Co-Chair 2027

Jean-Benoit Charron (McGill) 2030

Sheila Macfie (Western Ontario) Past Treasurer

Rongmin Zhao (Toronto) Treasurer 2028

Hong Wang (UoS) 2029

Zhongwei Zou (Laurier) 2030


Communications Committee

Lauren Erland (UFV) 2026 Chair (email)

Sarah Lane (UFV) 2026 Webmaster (email)

David Bird (Mount Royal U) 2026

Solmaz Irani (TRU) 2026


David J. Gifford Tree Biology Award Committee

Thorsen Knipfer (UBC) 2026 Chair (email)

Annie Desrochers (UQAT) 2027

Gurcharn Singh Brar (Alberta) 2030


Nominating Committee

Yaseen Mottiar (uOttawa) 2027 Chair (email)

Ken Wilson (UofS) 2027

Heather McFarlane (Toronto) 2028


C.D. Nelson Award Committee

Doug Muench (UCalgary) Chair 2026 (email)

Christian Danve M. Castroverde (Laurier) 2027

Lacey Samuels (UBC) 2028

Jacqueline Monaghan (Queen's) 2028


Gleb Krotkov Award Committee

Yang Qu (UNB) 2026 Chair (email)

Guanqun (Gavin) Chen (UAlberta) 2028

Owen Rowland (Carleton) 2029

Education Committee

Miranda Meents (SFU) 2027 Chair (email)

Jin Suk Lee (Concordia) 2026

Zhongwei Zou (Laurier) 2027

Laura Kelly (Carleton) 2028


Ragai Ibrahim Award Committee

Keiko Yoshioko (Toronto) 2026 Chair (email)

Abdelali Hannoufa (AAFC-London) 2027

Soheil Mahmoud (UBC-Okanagan) 2028

Mehran Dastmalchi (Toronto) 2029

Emily Marion (uOttawa) CSPB Student Rep 2027


Society (Gold) Medal Award Committee

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2027 Chair (email)

Norm Huner (Western) 2028

Daphne Goring (Toronto) 2030


Mary Spencer Award Committee

Teagen Quilichini (Saskatchewan) 2026 Chair (email)

Zoé Joly-Lopez (UQAM) 2028

Christopher Buschaus (Crandall University) 2029


Carl Douglas Prize Committee

Devang Mehta (Leuven) 2026 Chair (email)

Catalin Voiniciuc (University of Florida) 2027

Justin Nichol (Calgary) Postdoctoral Rep 2027

Dinesh Christendat (Toronto) 2028


EDI Committee

Sonia Gazzarini (Toronto) 2027 Chair* (email)

Garrett Nunn (McMaster) 2027

Vera Velasco (Toronto) 2026

Swati Megha (UAlberta) 2026

Nathalie Hoffmann (Cornell) 2027


*Chair of the EDI Committee is held by the current CSPV VP

Comité de Bourse Ann Oaks

Harold Weger (Regina) Directeur 2027

Elizabeth Weretilnyk (McMaster) Co-Chair 2027

Jean-Benoit Charron (McGill) 2030

Sheila Macfie (Western Ontario) Past Treasurer

Rongmin Zhao (Toronto) Treasurer 2028

Hong Wang (UofS) 2029

Zhongwei Zou (Laurier) 2030 Directeur 


Comité des Communications

Lauren Erland (UFV) 2026 Directrice (email)

Sarah Lane (UFV) 2026 Administratrice de Site Web (email)

David Bird (Mount Royal U) 2026

Solmaz Irani (TRU) 2026


Comité de la Prix David J. Gifford en Biologie des Arbres

Thorsen Knipfer (UBC) 2026 Directeur  (email)

Annie Desrochers (UQAT) 2027

Gurcharn Singh Brar (Alberta) 2030


Comités des Nominations

Yaseen Mottiar (uOttawa) 2027 Directeur (email)

Heather McFarlane (Toronto) 2028

Ken Wilson (UofS) 2027


Comité de la Prix C.D. Nelson

Doug Muench (UCalgary) 2026 Directeur (email)

Christian Danve M. Castroverde (Laurier) 2027

Lacey Samuels (UBC) 2028

Jacqueline Monaghan (Queen's) 2028


Comité de la Prix Gleb Krotkov

Yang Qu (UNB) 2026 Directrice (email)

Guanqun (Gavin) Chen (UAlberta) 2028

Owen Rowland (Carleton) 2029

Comité d'Éducation

Miranda Meents (SFU) 2027 Directrice (email)

Jin Suk Lee (Concordia) 2026

Zhongwei Zou (Laurier) 2027

Laura Kelly (Carleton) 2028


Comité de la Prix Ragai Ibrahim

Keiko Yoshioko (Toronto) 2026 Directrice (email)

Abdelali Hannoufa (AAFC-London) 2027

Soheil Mahmoud (UBC-Okanagan) 2028

Mehran Dastmalchi (Toronto) 2029

Emily Marion (Ottawa) Student Rep 2027


Comité de la Médaille d'Or de la Société

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2027 Directeur (email)

Norm Huner (Western) 2028

Daphne Goring (Toronto) 2030


Comité de la Prix Mary Spencer

Teagen Quilichini (NRC) 2026 Directrice (email)

Zoé Joly-Lopez (UQAM) 2028

Christopher Buschaus (Crandall University) 2029


Comité de la Prix Carl Douglas

Devang Mehta (Leuven) 2026 Directeur (email)

Catalin Voiniciuc (University of Florida) 2027

Justin Nichol (Calgary) Rep postdoctoral 2027

Dinesh Christendat (Toronto) 2028


Comité de l'EDI

Sonia Gazzarini (Toronto) 2025 Directrice* (email)

Nathalie Hoffmann (Cornell) 2027

Garrett Nunn (McMaster) 2027

Vera Velasco (Toronto) 2026

Swati Megha (UAlberta) 2026


*Le directeur de la comité de l'EDI est toujours le vice-président de la SCBV

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