Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 22,  No. 2, Fall 2003


 

Selected Future Conferences

 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Brief on the role of voucher specimens published

Newsletter distribution goes electronic

Second grasslands field trip

Summary of the meeting of the Scientific Committee, April 2003

Arthropod Species Specialist Subcommittee for COSEWIC

Guide to the identification of the spiders of Quebec published

Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership (FBIP) established

Members of the Scientific Committee 2003

Lessons from threatened cuts at the University of Nebraska Museums    

Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands

Opinion Page: DNA Barcoding: Deus ex Machina

Review of Scientific Priorities 2003 

Biological Survey of Canada: Taking Stock after 25 Years

The Quiz Page

Arctic Corner
Fourth arctic field trip

Alaska Insect Survey project

Arctic entomology course

Predaceous water beetles from Keewatin and Mackenzie

Index of Past Articles 

Selected Publications associated with the Biological Survey

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

 

 

Entomological Conferences

Entomological Society of Canada 
 2003, 2-5 Nov.
Kelowna, British Columbia (with the Entomological Society of British Columbia). 
http://esbc.harbour.com/jam.html; Terry Shore, tshore@pfc.forestry.ca

2004
Prince Edward Island (with the Acadian Entomological Society)

Entomological Society of America 
2003, 26-30 Oct., 
Cincinnati, OH, 
ESA, 9301 Annapolis Rd., Lanham, MD 20706-3115; meet@entsoc.org

2004, 14-18 Nov.
Salt Lake City, UT
ESA, see above

16th International Symposium of Odonatology
2004, 26 July – 4 August
Schwerin, Germany
http://www.afn.org/~iori/oinevent.html#SIO2004

The 12th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships
2004, 7–12 August
Berlin, Germany
http://www.biologie.fu-berlin.de/sip12-berlin/index.html

XXII International Congress of Entomology 
2004, 15-20 Aug. 
Brisbane, Australia.
Ashley Gordon, Congress Director; ashley@ccm.com.au
Myron Zalucki, Chair ICE Executive M.Zalucki@zen.uq.edu.au
http://www.ccm.com.au/icoe/index.html
 

Provincial Societies

Entomological Society of Alberta
2003, 2-4 October
Robert Holmberg, Centre for Science, Athabasca University, 1 University Dr., Athabasca, AB T9S 3A3; robert@athabascau.ca; http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/courses.hp/esa/esa2003.htm

Entomological Society of Manitoba
2003, 24-25 October
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mahmood Iranpour, iranpour@ms.umanitoba
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fieldspg/meet03.html

Entomological Society of British Columbia
2003, 2-5 November
Kelowna, BC
(with the Entomological Society of Canada; see that entry)

Société d’entomologie du Québec
2003
, 13-14 November
Québec, QC
http://www.seq.qc.ca/seq2003/index.htm

 

Other subjects (especially those relevant to Survey projects)

North American Benthological Society
2004, 6-10 June
Vancouver, BC
http://www.benthos.org/Meeting/index.htm
John Richardson, Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, jrichard@interchange.ubc.ca

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