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Entomological Society of Canada – Fellows

Entomological Society of Canada Fellowships are bestowed by the Society to recognize members for their major contributions to entomology via research, teaching, application, and (or) administration. This year the society recognizes two new fellows.

Michel Cusson

Michel Cusson recently retired (2022) after a long and illustrious career, largely at Natural Resources Canada’s Laurentian Forestry Centre, where he is currently emeritus scientist. He earned his PhD at Université Laval (1989) before the genomic revolution, but following a career trajectory first as an insect physiologist then as a biochemist or molecular biologist, he finished as a specialist in genomics applied to forest invasive alien species, most notably, Lymantria dispar and Agrilus planipennis. Through his career, he authored 116 peer-reviewed articles and 20 book chapters and presented 88 invited conferences. He made seminal advances in several entomological research fields, from semiochemistry to molecular diagnostics to virology.

Dr Cusson has served as president of the Entomological Society of Canada (2012) and the Société d’Entomologie du Québec (2004). He was recipient of the ESC’s Gold Medal Award (2020) and NRC’s Achievement Award for Exceptional Career (2022).


Donna Giberson

Donna Giberson is professor emerita at the University of PEI where she held a faculty position for 25 years. Her outstanding teaching and scholarship there earned her the Presidential Merit Award for Teaching, the MacLauchlan Prize for Effective Writing (leadership in the development of writing among students), and the UPEI Award for Scholarly Achievement (twice).

Dr Giberson earned her PhD at the University of Manitoba (1991) and joined the faculty at UPEI after one year as NSERC Post-doctoral Fellow and sessional lecturer at Mount Allison University. She has published 48 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, 36 reports and other articles, and 8 books and identification guides, mostly on aquatic insects. She has presented 24 invited or keynote talks.

Dr Giberson has been a tireless contributor to the entomological community in many ways, but most obviously in her editorial activities, helping to produce over 60 issues as assistant editor of the Bulletin of the ESC and as editor of the Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (and, incidentally, of the Mayfly Newsletter). She has had almost continuous leadership roles in the BSC for over 25 years, led the organization of the ESC JAM in 2004, and was awarded the ESC’s Gold Medal in 2022.

A Member of the Society (Active Member, Honorary Member, Emeritus Member) who has made a major contribution to entomology may be named a Fellow of the Society.

Arnason J T Ottawa ON 2003
Behan-Pelletier V Ottawa ON 2016
Bennett R Victoria BC 2012
Blais J R Sainte-Foy QC 1975
Boivin G St Jean S Richelieu QC 1998
Borden J H Burnaby BC 1981
Brust R A Winnipeg MB 1975
Byers R J Lethbridge AB 1994
Carde R Riverside CA 1992
Cartier J J Ottawa ON 1978
Cusson M Sainte-Foy QC 2023
Danks H V Ottawa ON 1982
Davey K G Toronto ON 1977
Davies D M Hamilton ON 1981
De Clerck-Floate R Lethbridge AB 2022
Fields P G Winnipeg MB 2018
Galloway T D Winnipeg MB 2022
Giberson D Charlottetown PEI 2023
Gibson G Ottawa ON 2012
Gries G Burnaby BC 2019
Harcourt D G Ottawa ON 1984
Holliday N Winnipeg MB 2012
Laing J E Guelph ON 2001
Lamb R J Winnipeg MB 2022
Lindquist E E Ottawa ON 1984
Mackauer M Burnaby BC 1978
Matthews J V Hubley NS 1985
McIver S B Penticton BC 1981
McMullen R D Summerland BC 1983
McNeil J N Quebec QC 1981
Philogene B J R Ottawa ON 1980
Ring R A Victoria BC 2000
Safranyik L Victoria BC 1986
Shemanchuk J Lethbridge AB 1982
Shorthouse J Sudbury ON 2002
Spence J R Edmonton AB 2018
Varty I W Fredericton NB 1984
Vincent C Saint-Lambert QC 2015
West R J Portugal Cove NL 2002
Wood D Berkeley CA 1985

Click here for a complete list of all Fellows of the society, including deceased individuals.

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