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Bulletin Volume 36 Number 4 Entomological Society of Canada ISSN: 0071-0741 Bulletin Volume 36 Number 4 Entomological Society of Canada Société d'entomologie December / décembre 2004 du Canada Entomological Society of Canada Table of contents on back cover Société d'entomologie du Canada Table des matières sur la couverture-arrière Publications Mail Agreement No. 40033986 Return Undeliverable Canadian Address to: 393 Winston Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K2A 1Y8 E-mail: [email protected] http://esc-sec.org/ Entomological Society of Canada, 2004-2005 Société d'entomologie du Canada, 2004-2005 Executive Council / Conseil exécutif Trustees / Fiduciaires President / Président Treasurer / Trésorier Robert Lamb Patrice Bouchard Cereal Research Centre Entomological Society of Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 393 Winston Ave., Ottawa, ON K2A 1Y8 195 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9 Tel: (613) 759-7510, Fax: (613) 759-1924 Tel: (204) 983-1458, Fax: (204) 983-4604 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Secretary / Secrétaire First Vice-President / Premier vice-président Rick West Dan Quiring 31 Drover’s Heights University of New Brunswick Portugal Cove-St. Philips, NL A1M 3G6 Fredericton, NB E3B 6C2 Tel: (709) 895-2734, Fax: (709) 895-2734 Tel: (506) 453-4922, Fax: (506) 453-3538 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Bulletin Editor / Rédacteur du Bulletin Second Vice-President / Second vice-président Paul Fields Peggy Dixon Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Atlantic Cool Climate Crop Research Centre 195 Dafoe Rd., Winnipeg, MB R3T 2M9 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Tel: (204) 983-1468, Fax: (204) 983-4604 308 Brookfield Rd. E-mail: [email protected] St. John’s, NL A1E 5Y7 Tel: (709) 772-4763, Fax: (709) 772-6064 Ass. Bulletin Editor / Rédactrice adj. du Bulletin E-mail: [email protected] Lucie Royer Natural Resources Canada Past President / Président sortant P.O. Box 960 Charles Vincent Corner Brook, NL Horticultural Research & Development Centre Tel: (709) 637-4919, Fax: (709) 637-4910 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada E-mail: [email protected] 430 Gouin Blvd. Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J3B 3E6 Webmaster / Webmestre Tel: (450) 346-4494, Fax: (450) 346-7740 Barry Lyons E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (705) 541-5617, Fax: (705) 541-5700 E-mail: [email protected], http://esc-sec.org Directors-at-Large / Conseillers David Gillespie (2005), Rosemarie De The Canadian Entomologist Clerck-Floate (2006), Robert Roughley Editor-in-Chief / Rédacteur en chef (2007) Richard Ring Department of Biology, University of Victoria Regional Directors / Directeurs régionaux Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2Y2 Allan Carroll (ESBC), Hector Carcamo Tel: (250) 721-7102, Fax: (250) 721-7120 (ESA), Lorraine Braun (ESS), Patricia E-mail: [email protected] MacKay (ESM), David Hunt (ESO), Stéphane Le Tirant (SEQ), Kenna Divisonal Editors / Rédacteurs de division MacKenzie (AES). Michel Cusson, E-mail: [email protected] Don Lafontaine, E-mail: [email protected] Student Representative / Jens Roland, E-mail: [email protected] Représentante des étudiants Tonya Mousseau Head Office / Siège social Department of Biology Entomological Society of Canada University of Calgary 393 Winston Ave., Ottawa, ON K2A 1Y8 E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (613) 725-2619, Fax: (613) 725-9349 E-mail: [email protected], http://esc-sec.org/ Up front / Avant-propos Charles Vincent, Past President of ESC / Président sortant de la SEC De Charlottetown à une planification stratégique ans mon texte publié dans le numéro de Septembre du Bulletin, j'ai oublié de Dmentionner qu'au Congrès International d'entomologie tenu à Brisbane en Australie, Ken Benoit Rancourt G. Davey (York University) a reçu le " Wiggles- worth Award and Lecture-2004 " pour services éminents rendus à l'entomologie. Auteur de From Charlottetown to a quelques 230 articles scientifiques, Davey a reçu strategic review plusieurs distinctions, dont la médaille d'or de la SEC et du Conseil de biologie du Canada, et il a n my text published in the September issue of été nommé Officier de l'Ordre du Canada. De the Bulletin, I forgot to mention that at the même, lors du Congrès de la International Socie- IInternational Congress of Entomology in ty for Chemical Ecology (ISCE) tenu à Ottawa en Brisbane (Australia), Ken G. Davey (York Uni- juillet dernier, Jeremy N. McNeil (University of versity) has been awarded the Wigglesworth Western Ontario) a reçu la médaille d'argent de la Award and Lecture for outstanding services to ISCE. Félicitations à ces deux excellents cher- the Science of Entomology-2004. Author of about cheurs canadiens! 230 scientific papers, Davey has been presented L'avant dernière phrase de mon texte publié numerous awards including the Gold Medal of dans le numéro de Septembre du Bulletin concer- the ESC and of the Biological Council of Canada nait la réunion annuelle à venir de la SEC: "Les and Officer of the Order of Canada. Likewise, at mots clés devraient être: bonne science et bon the International Society for Chemical Ecology temps". Ceci s'est avéré vrai, grâce au merveil- (ISCE) held in July in Ottawa Jeremy N. McNeil leux travail de Donna Giberson et de son équipe, (University of Western Ontario) has been award- notamment Jon Sweeney, Christine Noronha et ed the Silver Medal of the ISCE. Congratulations tous les autres (incluant la Société canadienne to both of these fine Canadian scientists! d'entomologie). Concernant l'environnement de The penultimate sentence of my text published la réunion annuelle, il s'agissait de la première in the September issue of the Bulletin, concerned réunion annuelle de la SEC dans la charmante the then coming Charlottetown meeting: "The key ville de Charlottetown. En ce qui concerne le pro- words should be: good science and good time". gramme scientifique, les trois salles où se tenai- This proved to come true, thanks to the wonder- ent les présentations ont été pleines presque tout ful work of Donna Giberson and her team, nota- le temps. Signe de changement, tous les gagnants bly Jon Sweeney, Christine Noronha and all oth- des concours (présentations et bourses) étaient ers (including the Entomological Society of des étudiantes, ce qui a été publiquement reconnu Canada). As for the setting, it was the first ESC par le Président sortant lors du banquet. meeting in the charming city of Charlottetown. Tel qu'énoncé lors de mon discours présiden- As for the scientific program, all three rooms were tiel à Charlottetown, la Société d'entomologie du full most of the time. As a sign that times are Canada a accompli beaucoup en 2003-2004, par changing, all the student winners (presentation exemple une nouvelle couverture pour The Ca- and scholarships) were women, a fact publicly nadian Entomologist, un nouveau logo en cou- acknowledged by the Past-President at the ban- leur, et de nouvelles bourses pour les étudiant(e)s. quet. Ainsi, le Comité pour les prix aux étudiantes et As stated in my Presidential address in Char- Volume 36(4), décembre, 2004 Bulletin de la Société d'entomologie du Canada 151 Up front étudiants a accompli beaucoup de travail cette lottetown, the Entomological Society of Canada année, notamment pour écrire de nouvelles direc- accomplished a lot in 2003-2004, for example a tives pour ces bourses. Dans ce contexte, new design for The Canadian Entomologist, new l'intention du Comité d'administration est à l'avenir color logo and new scholarships for students. d'augmenter le montant de chaque prix (ou bourse) The latter has caused the Student Awards Com- plutôt que d'en créer de nouveaux. Le Comité des mittee to work very hard during the year to estab- publications fait face à de nouveaux défis, notam- lish new guidelines for the Scholarships. In that ment concernant la publication électronique. La context, it is the intent of the Board now to aug- SEC a eu des surplus d'opérations depuis 1998. ment the amount of money for each scholarship Quoiqu'en bonne santé financière, des préoccu- (or award) rather than creating new ones. The pations concernant les finances à moyen terme, Publications Committee is facing new challeng- principalement en raison du phénomène de publi- es, notably in the area of electronic publishing. cation électronique et du nombre de membres, The ESC has been working in the black since ont déclenché une revue stratégique qui sera ef- 1998. Although still in a sound financial state, fectuée sous le leadership du Président Bob Lamb. concerns about mid-term finances due largely to Le Comité d'administration désire essentiellement the electronic publishing phenomenon and mem- revoir les opérations de la SEC de façon à ce que bership level have prompted the initiation of a nous accomplissions notre mission essentielle strategic review that will be lead by President dans un environnement changeant. Bob Lamb. In essence, the Board wants a review Quelques jours après que je sois revenu de of ESC operations so that we stay in line with our Charlottetown, j'ai fait parvenir un e-mail à tous fundamental mission in a changing environment. les Présidents de Comité et aux autres personnes A few days after I came home from Charlotte- qui ont eu un apport significatif à la Société en town, I sent a thank-you e-mail to all Chairs and 2003-2004. Je veux réitérer mes remerciements à other persons that had a significant input in the ces personnes. Sans leur travail volontaire, il ne affairs of the Society in 2003-2004. I want to serait pas possible de vous offrir autant à ce prix. reiterate my thanks to these people. Without their Alors que je reviens vers mes projets de recher- volunteer work, it would not be possible to offer che, je tiens à remercier les membres de la SEC so much at that price.
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