Committee Membership

Composition des Comités

Ann Oaks Scholarship Committee

Harold Weger (Regina) Chair 2027 

Elizabeth Weretilnyk (McMaster) Co-Chair 2027

Jean-Benoit Charron (McGill) 2025

Sharon Regan (Queen's) 2024

Sheila Macfie (Western Ontario) Treasurer 2023

Rongmin Zhao (Toronto) Treasurer 2025


Communications Committee

Lauren Erland (UBC) 2026 Chair (email)

Sarah Lane (UVic) 2026 Webmaster (email)

Ian Major (NRCan) 2024

Alicia Halhed (Carleton) 2025

Steven Chatfield (Toronto) 2026

David Bird (Mount Royal U) 2025

Solmaz Irani (TRU) 2025


David J. Gifford Tree Biology Award Committee

Natalie Isabel (NRC) Chair 2025 (email)

Thorsen Knipfer 2025

Annie Desrochers (UQAT) 2027


Nominating Committee

Mehran Dastmalchi (McGill) 2025 Chair (email)

Liang Song (UBC) 2021-2024

Heather McFarlane (Toronto) 2021-2025


C.D. Nelson Award Committee

Isabel Desgagné Pénix (UQTR) 2024 Chair (email)

Tagnon Missihoun (UQTR) 2025

Yang Xu (Uguelph) 2025

Doug Muench (UCalgary) 2026


Gleb Krotkov Award Committee

Peta Bonham-Smith (USask) 2024 Chair (email)

Yang Qu (UNB) 2026

Guanqun (Gavin) Chen (UAlberta) 2028


Education Committee

Miranda Meents (SFU) 2025 Chair (email)

Mebarek Lamara (UQAT) 2024

Robin Young (UBC) 2024

Jin Suk Lee (Concordia) 2026


Ragai Ibrahim Award Committee

Marina Cvetkova (Ottawa) 2024 Chair (email)

Shelly Hepworth (Carleton) 2025

Keiko Yoshioko (Toronto) 2026

Abdelali Hannoufa (AAFC-London) 2027

Current CSPB Student & Postdoc Rep


Society (Gold) Medal Award Committee

George Haughn (UBC) 2025 Chair (email)

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2027

Norm Huner (Western) 2028


Mary Spencer Award Committee

Janusz Zwiazek (Alberta) 2024 Chair (email)

Teagen Quilichini (NRC) 2026

Zoé Joly-Lopez (UQAM) 2028


Carl Douglas Prize Committee

Valério Hoyos-Villegas (McGill) 2024 Chair (email)

Richard Glen Uhrig (UAlberta) 2025

Devang Mehta (Leuven) 2026

Mark Minow (UoGeorgia) Current Postdoctoral Rep


EDI Committee

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2025 Chair* (email)

Eliana Gonzales-Vigil (Toronto) 2024

Susan Murch (UBC) 2024

Ryan Eng (Max Plank) 2024

Hannah Brazeau (Guelph) 2024

Shelley Lumba (Toronto) 2025

Garrett Nunn (McMaster) 2025

*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) 2025

Sharon Regan (Queen's) 2024

Sheila Macfie (Western Ontario) Treasurer 2023

Rongmin Zhao (Toronto) Treasurer 2025


Comité des Communications

Lauren Erland (UBC) 2026 Directrice (email)

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

Ian Major (NRCan) 2024

Alicia Halhed (Carleton) 2025

Steven Chatfield (Toronto) 2026

David Bird (Mount Royal U) 2025

Solmaz Irani (TRU) 2025


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

Natalie Isabel (NRC) Directrice 2025 (email)

Thorsen Knipfer 2025

Annie Desrochers (UQAT) 2027


Comités des Nominations

Mehran Dastmalchi (McGill) 2025 Directeur (email)

Liang Song (UBC) 2021-2024

Heather McFarlane (Toronto) 2021-2025


Comité de la Prix C.D. Nelson

Isabel Desgagné Pénix (UQTR) 2024 Directrice (email)

Tagnon Missihoun (UQTR) 2025

Yang Xu (Uguelph) 2025

Doug Muench (UCalgary) 2026


Comité de la Prix Gleb Krotkov

Peta Bonham-Smith (USask) 2024 Directrice (email)

Yang Qu (UNB) 2026

Guanqun (Gavin) Chen (UAlberta) 2028

Comité d'Éducation

Miranda Meents (SFU) 2025 Directrice (email)

Mebarek Lamara (UQAT) 2024

Robin Young (UBC) 2024

Jin Suk Lee (Concordia) 2026


Comité de la Prix Ragai Ibrahim

Marina Cvetkova (Ottawa) 2024 Directrice (email)

Shelly Hepworth (Carleton) 2025

Keiko Yoshioko (Toronto) 2026

Abdelali Hannoufa (AAFC-London) 2027

Current CSPB Student & Postdoc Rep


Comité de la Médaille d'Or de la Société

George Haughn (UBC) 2025 Directeur (email)

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2027

Norm Huner (Western) 2028


Comité de la Prix Mary Spencer

Janusz Zwiazek (Alberta) 2024 Directeur (email)

Teagen Quilichini (NRC) 2026

Zoé Joly-Lopez (UQAM) 2028


Comité de la Prix Carl Douglas

Valério Hoyos-Villegas (McGill) 2024 Directeur (email)

Richard Glen Uhrig (UAlberta) 2025

Devang Mehta (Leuven) 2026

Mark Minow (UoGeorgia) Rep postdoctoral 


Comité de l'EDI

Hugo Zheng (McGill) 2025 Directeur* (email)

Eliana Gonzales-Vigil (Toronto) 2024

Susan Murch (UBC) 2024

Ryan Eng (Max Plank) 2024

Hannah Brazeau (Guelph) 2024

Shelley Lumba (Toronto) 2025

Garrett Nunn (McMaster) 2025

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

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