Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Selected Future Conferences

Summary of the Scientific Committee Meeting

Members of the Scientific Committee 2002

Grasslands Project Active

Nature Discovery Fund: Call for Applications 2003

Project Update: Seasonal Adaptations in Insects

The Quiz Page

Web Site Notes

The University of Guelph Insect Collection

Arctic Corner

Insect biodiversity in the Thelon Wildlife Sanctuary

Canadian Research in Arctic Entomology is out in the Cold

Selected Publications

Selected Future Conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

Entomological Society of Canada 
2002 
Winnipeg, MB. (with the Entomological Society of Manitoba) 
Organizing Committee Chair, Don Dixon (204-945-3861, ddixon@gov.mb.ca); Robert Lamb, Program Subcommittee Chair, rlamb@em.agr.ca) 

2003
British Columbia. 
P. de Groot, pdegroot@nrcan.gc.ca

Entomological Society of America 
2002, 
17-20 Nov. Fort Lauderdale, FL
ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115; meet@entsoc.org

2003, 
26-30 Oct., Cincinnati, OH, ESA,  see above

5th International Congress of Dipterology
2002. 29 Sept. - 4 Oct.
Brisbane, Australia. 
http://www.uq.edu.au/entomology/dipterol/diptconf.html

VIIth European Congress of Entomology
2002, 7-13 Oct.
Thessaloniki, Greece. 
http://www.helexpo.gr/ece/ 
Symposium Secretariat: Laboratory of Applied Zoology and Parasitology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 540 06 Thessaloniki Greece; matilda@agro.auth.gr

3rd Worldwide Dragonfly Association International Symposium of Odonatology
2003, 8-13 January
Beechworth, Australia
John Hawking, Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, CSIRO Land and Water, P.O. Box 921, Albury, NSW, 2640; John.Hawking@CSIRO.au
http://powell.colgate.edu/wda/Australia/Home_page.htm

Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society
2003, July
Olds, AB
http://www.furman.edu/~snyder/snyder/lep/meet.htm

XXII International Congress of Entomology 
2004, 15-20 Aug. 
http://www.ccm.com.au/icoe/index.html
Brisbane, Australia. Jim Cullen, CSIRO Entomology, j.cullen@ento.csiro.au
Myron Zalucki, University of Queensland, Australia m.zalucki@mailbox.uq.edu.au

Provincial Societies

Entomological Society of British Columbia
2002, 24 September
Victoria, B.C.
Dr. Lorraine Maclauchlan, BC Ministry of Forests, 515 Columbia Street, Kamloops BC V2C 2T7 Lorraine.Maclauchlan@gems3.gov.bc.ca
http://esbc.harbour.com

Entomological Society of Alberta
2002, 24-26 Oct.
Lethbridge, AB
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses.hp/esa/esa.htm

Entomological Society of Manitoba
2002, 6-9 Oct.
Winnipeg, MB
(with the Entomological Society of Canada; see that entry)

Entomological Society of Ontario
2002, 18020 Oct.
Dr. Bruce Gill, gillbd@inspection.gc.ca 
http://www.utoronto.ca/forest/eso/eso2002.htm

Collections / Museums / Systematics

Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Annual Meeting
2003, 15-19 June 
Lubbock, Texas
http://mum202-2.musm.ttu.edu/spnhc2003/

Natural Science Collections Alliance Annual Meeting
(formerly the Association of Systematics Collections)
2003, 5-7 June
Berkeley, CA, http://www.nscalliance.org/annual_meeting/03/savethedate.asp 
Association of Systematics Collections, 1725 K Street NW, Suite 601;Washington, DC 20006-1401; general@nscalliance.org

Other subjects (especially those relevant to Survey projects)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting (includes symposium on Biology of the Canadian Arctic)
2003, 4-8 January
Toronto, ON
http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2003