Awards & Recognition Committee
Contact: Committee Chair
Committee Members: Kayla King (Chair), Kiyoko Gotanda (Vice-Chair), Ailene Macpherson, Laurence Feyten
The Awards and Recognition Committee develops criteria and processes for CSEE awards, solicits external judges, and adjudicates nominations. Click here for more information about CSEE awards.
EDI Committee
Contact: Committee Chair
Committee Members: Julie Messier (Chair), Takuji Usui, Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis.
External: Julia Kilgour.
The CSEE EDI Committee works to promote equity, diversity and inclusivity among its members, and to ensure these principles are upheld in CSEE we work alongside council and members to uphold these values, as outlined in the CSEE EDI statement. The committee organizes a range of activities, including webinars, resources, trainings, and events that support a culture of inclusion, accessibility, respect, and belonging within the CSEE community.
Ethics Review Committee
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Committee Members: Kayla King (Chair), Simon Joly (Vice-Chair)
The CSEE Ethics Review Committee (ERC) acts to uphold the values and principles set out in the society’s Code of Ethics and has primary responsibility for interpreting and applying the Code of Ethics
Newsletter and Communications Committee
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Committee members: Julie Messier (Chair), Ailene Macpherson (Vice-Chair)
Newsletter and communication committee: CSEE bulletins are published twice a year, and are under the care of the e-news editor. Other newsletters announcing awards, webinars, partnerships and council elections are shared throughout the year. Contributions are welcome! The purpose of the e-newsletter is to maintain communication with members. Please email the e-news editor with suggestions or questions.
Nominations Committee
Contact: Committee chair
Committee Members: Sally Otto (Chair)
Nominations Committee: The Nominations Committee consists of the Vice-President as Chair and four Council members, one of whom is a student/postdoc Councillor. The Nominations Committee Solicits and receives nominations for CSEE Council elections; administers elections. Refer to our Elections for further information.
Community Engagement Committee
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Committee Members: Kiyoko Gotanda (Chair)
This facet of CSEE considers requests for CSEE financial support for science outreach activities and regional conferences. Click here for more informationabout these opportunities.
Policy Committee
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Co-chairs: Sally Otto, Marie Auger-Methé. Committee Members: Sally Otto (UBC), Risa Sargent (UBC), Simon Joly, Laurece Feyten, Javad Meghrazi (SFU – Grad Student Representative).
CSEE’s Policy Committee was formed to provide scientific evidence to inform Canadian policy and proposed policies. See here for recent contributions.
Partnerships
CSEE representation on other committees
The Royal Society: Proceedings B has established an association with the CSEE, who publish annual Invited reviews in the journal, written by former presidents and biannual award winners:
The following CSEE Invited Reviews have been published in Proceedings B to date and are FREE to access:
Experimental genomics of fitness in yeast
by Graham Bell (Published in 2010; former president of the CSEE)
Of lemmings and snowshoe hares: the ecology of northern Canada
by Charles J. Krebs (Published in 2010; CSEE biannual award winner)
Adaptation and habitat selection in the eco-evolutionary process
by Douglas W. Morris (Published in 2011; former president of the CSEE)
The dilemma of controlling cultural eutrophication of lakes
by David W. Schindler (Published in 2012; CSEE biannual award winner)
The evolution of plant reproductive systems: how often are transitions irreversible?
by Spencer C.H. Barrett (Published in 2013; former president of the CSEE)
Statistical methods for temporal and space–time analysis of community composition data
by Pierre Legendre (Published in 2014; CSEE biannual award winner)
Thresholds for impaired species recovery
by Jeffrey A. Hutchings (Published in 2015; former president of the CSEE)
Experimental macroevolution
by Graham Bell (Published in 2016; CSEE biannual award winner)
Population cycles: generalities, exceptions and remaining mysteries
by Judith H. Myers (Published in 2018; former president of the CSEE)
Adaptation, speciation and extinction in the Anthropocene
by Sarah Otto (Published in 2018; CSEE biannual award winner)
Racing against change: understanding dispersal and persistence to improve species’ conservation prospects
by Jeremy Kerr (Published in 2020; former president of the CSEE)
Network ecology in dynamic landscapes
by Marie-Josée Fortin, Mark R. T. Dale and Chris Brimacombe (Published in 2021; CSEE biannual award winner)
Are weak dispersers more vulnerable than strong dispersers to land use intensification?
by Amanda E. Martin, Jessica K. Lockhart and Lenore Fahrig (Published in 2022; CSEE biannual award winner)
Naming the menagerie: creativity, culture and consequences in the formation of scientific names
by Stephen B. Heard and Julia J. Mlynarek (Published in 2023; former president of the CSEE)