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Canadian Society of Zoologists Advancing the study of animals and their environment Société canadienne de zoologie IETY OF OC ZO S OL Favoriser l'étude des animaux et de leur environnement N IA O D G I A S N T A S C S O E I C G I Winter 2005 Volume 36 Number 1 E O T L E O C ZO AN E ADIENNE D Hiver 2005 Volume 36 Numéro 1 BULLETIN BULLETIN ISSN 0319-6674 CONTENTS TABLE DES MATIÈRES Vol. 36 No. 1 Winter – Hiver 2005 Editor’s Note….……………...…....1 Message du rédacteur……….…....1 Editor – Rédacteur en chef President’s Address…...…….…….2 Message de la présidente…….….17 Sally Leys U of Alberta, Biological Sciences, Secretary’s Report………..…...…..3 Rapport du secrétaire…..……....18 Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E9 Phone 780 492-6629 Treasurer’s Report…......................4 Rapport du trésorier…………….19 Fax 780 492-9237 [email protected] Report of the EEE Section……….5 Rapport de la section ÉÉÉ….…..20 Report of the CPB Section……….6 Rapport de la section PB&C……21 Translators – Traductrices Michele Brassard Proposal for a new section:CMD...7 Une nouvelle section : MDC...23 Céline Audet Letter to CSZ students……………8 Lettre aux étudiant...s………...24 BULLETIN OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS Update from the Canadian Quoi de neuf au Musée Museum of Nature……………….8 canadien de la nature?................25 The Bulletin is published three times a year (winter, spring, and autumn) by the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Members are invited to Fry Medallist 2004………….…...10 Médaillé Fry 2004……………....26 contribute short articles in either English or French and any information that might be of Science Advocacy Report………..11 interest to Canadian zoologists. Send an Hisao Arai 1926-2004…………..28 electronic file. Figures, line drawings and photographs may be included. All manuscripts Hisao Arai 1926-2004……. …….12 Plaidoyer en faveur submitted are subject to review and approval by de la science……………………..30 the Editors before publication. The views and comments expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Society. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CANADIENNE DE ZOOLOGIE Editor’s note Message du rédacteur Le Bulletin est publié trois fois par année (hiver, printemps et automne) par la Société canadienne Having recently taken on the task Ayant accepté la tâche de rédacteur de zoologie. Les membres sont invités à of Bulletin Editor, I must thank du Bulletin, je me dois de collaborer en envoyant au rédacteur en chef de courts articles en français ou en anglais, ainsi all the contributors for their arti- remercier tous ceux qui ont que toute information ou anecdote susceptibles cles, and Céline Audet and contribué au contenu de ce numéro, d’intéresser les zoologistes canadiens. Les Michele Brassard for rapid trans- ainsi que Céline Audet et Michele auteurs devront soumettre une copie sur traitement de texte. Les textes peuvent être lations. In this issue the French Brassard pour la rapidité avec accompagnés de dessins originaux ou de follows the English on page 17. laquelle elles ont fourni les photographies. Avant d’être publiés, ils seront révisés et devront être approuvés par le As I become more familiar with traductions. Au fur et à mesure que rédacteur. Les opinions et commentaires qui the software I am sure each issue je me familiariserai avec le apparaissent dans le Bulletin ne reflètent pas nécessairement les politiques de la SCZ. will slip out more readily. I wel- logiciel, je suis certaine que la come all letters, articles, or im- préparation des numéros se fera de ages of interest to readers of the plus en plus aisément. Je vous Deadline for the next issue: Bulletin. Comments and queries invite à soumettre lettres, articles, Date limite pour le prochain numéro: can be addressed to me at ou images d’intérêt pour les August 15 2005 / 15 août 2005 [email protected] lecteurs du Bulletin. Sally Leys Sally Leys Cover: The nemertean, Tubulanus sexlineatus, Bamfield, B.C. photo D. Le nemertean Tubulanus sexlineatus, Bamfield, British Columbia ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CSZ BULLETIN Vol. 36, No. 1 1 Louise Page, Roger Croll and President’ s Address Glenys Gibson. Council gave en- thusiastic support to this idea at its What’s new at the Canadian Society December meeting. What remains of Zoologists? Perhaps the biggest is for 30 members of the CSZ to development is that a NEW SEC- affiliate with this section during TION has been proposed and is cur- their membership renewal, a proc- rently in gestation. The idea for this ess occurring as I write. If suffi- section arose during a planning ses- cient numbers of new or existing sion for a symposium on larval biol- members join the new section, the ogy in May at Acadia University. first annual meeting at which the section would have a symposium The group planning this symposium would be the 2006 meeting at Ed- rapidly came to the conclusion that monton. This addition to the soci- the existing section structure of the ety would be a welcome change CSZ inadequately represents the in- whereby we should be able to Helga Guderley, CSZ President terests of many Canadian Zoologists. speak more to our colleagues in Their conclusion was that “the Soci- this burgeoning field. Symposia in ety’s annual meeting attracts a far this field should be of considerable Another development is that we too restricted subset of Canadian interest to members in the existing have excellent people taking over zoologists. Many Canadian zoolo- sections and should thereby make the editing and organisation of our gists simply do not fit comfortably our annual meetings even more Bulletin, the major means by which into any of the existing sections of stimulating. we communicate with the members the CSZ.” that cannot attend the annual meet- The other new developments are ings. Sally Leys has graciously Thus this group has put together a less dramatic but still important. offered to take over this exacting proposal for a new section called They include monies for a STU- task from Andy Didyk who put Comparative Morphology and De- DENT PRIZE donated by Elsevier together an excellent Fall bulletin. velopment. In their proposal to coun- Publishing. We are working out Both can count upon the able assis- cil, they stated “Canada possesses the exact details of how this prize tance of Céline Audet who was the many distinguished biologists inter- will be given. Most likely, it will bulletin editor for so long that we ested in functional and comparative be incorporated into an existing all forgot how much work it is to morphology, biomechanics, mor- prize, most probably the Hoar put together the bulletin. Finally, phometrics, larval biology, develop- award. Another pleasing develop- the CSZ is providing moral support ment, and the evolution of develop- ment is that we have our annual for the Société Zoologique de ment. Nonetheless Canada lacks a meeting schedule worked out much France in their planning of the national society that: 1) embraces further in advance than often in “Premières Journées Franco- this expertise, 2) promotes an ex- recent memory. québecoises de Zoologie” that will change of ideas within this group to take place at Univ. de Québec à nucleate new research and collabora- Hence we can look forward to Montréal Sept 21-23 2005. tions, and 3) disseminates accurate meetings at Queens in May 2005, information to the larger Canadian Edmonton in 2006, McDonald Col- There are some wonderful things academic and lay communities.” lege of McGill in 2007, most likely that are not new, but continue, as This situation has led to Canadian University of New Brunswick, St. usual, at the CSZ. Central among scientists in the field of evolutionary John’s in 2008 and finally Univ of these is the dedicated work done by developmental biology being more Toronto at Scarborough in 2009! the many volunteers who ARE the likely to encounter each other at Many thanks to all the willing society. Al Shostak continues to meetings of the American Society for meeting organisers! Perhaps even serve us much more than as an Integrative and Comparative Biology more thanks need to go to all the excellent treasurer. He is in many than at Canadian meetings. organisers of past meetings (Rick ways the “constitutional memory” Playle and Lucie Lee of WLU, of the society. His precise grasp The proposed section , “Comparative Glenys Gibson and Tom Herman of our rules and regulations as well Morphology and Development”, is of Acadia) for making it look so as those of the taxation and finan- directed towards correcting this easy! cial system within which we work situation. The idea was put forward (here I am referring to the work by Richard Palmer, Sally Leys, done by the Zoological Education ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CSZ BULLETIN Vol. 36, No. 1 2 Trust, our registered charity) is an Secretary’s Report absolute godsend! Major items raised in the Winter 2005 ‘December’ Council meeting in- John Martell has taken over the cluded the following: position of Secretary and has made As of 22 January 2005 our mem- The renewal of OUR Society’s the transition from the excellent bership remained at 523. The association with the Canadian Fed- work carried out by Judith Price as breakdown of the total can be see eration of Biological Societies (our seamless as possible. Nonetheless, in my report in our previous bulle- advocacy group) (we have renewed we do miss all those jokes, Judith! tin.This year, our December Coun- our association for another three Our bulletin editors, together with cil and Executive meetings (Nov. th years) and a extensive discussion Céline Audet, are ever ready to do 28 ) were busy events.