Board of Directors & Officers

The Board of Directors

The board is responsible for the management of the Society. It currently consists of 15 elected Directors (three Societal Directors, seven Directors nominated by affiliate Societies, a Student and Early Professional Director, an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Director, and three Directors at Large) plus the Past President. The three Societal Directors are the President, First Vice-President and Second Vice-President, and together with the Past President they make up the Executive Council, which manages the Society between meetings of the full Board

2025 Board of Directors Nominations

The Entomological Society of Canada is seeking enthusiastic members to take on leadership roles in the Society. A Director at Large and a Societal Director (Second Vice President) will be selected by members via an online ballot. The Director at Large will serve on the Governing Board for three years, while the Second Vice President will be in line to serve as President of the Society in their third year. Nominations for these positions must be signed by three active members of the Society and be received by the Chair of the Nominating Committee, Colin Favret (colin.favret at umontreal.ca) by 30 March 2025.

Societal Directors

President
Christine Noronha
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Charlottetown Research and Development Centre, 440 University Avenue, PO Box 1210
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7M8
Tel.: 902-370-1350
Email: escpresident (at) esc-sec-ca

First Vice-President
Rob Johns
Natural Resources Canada
Atlantic Forestry Center
Fredericton, New Brunswick
rob.johns (at) nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Second Vice-President
Roselyne Labbé
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Harrow Research and Development Centre, 2585 County Road 20
Harrow, ON N0R1G0
Tel.: 519-566-3308
Email: roselyne.labbe (at) agr.gc.ca

Past-President
Colin Favret
Université de Montréal, Département de sciences biologiques, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est
Montréal Québec H1X 2B2
Email: Colin.Favret (at) umontreal.ca

Regional Directors

ESBC
Sandra Gillespie
University of the Fraser Valley
sandra.gillespie (at) ufv.ca

ESAB
Maya Evenden
B-428 Bio Science-Botany Wing, 11355 Saskatchewan Drive
Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9
Tel.: 780- 492-1873
Email: mevenden (at) ualberta.ca

ESS
Danielle Stephens
Regina, SK
Email: danielle.stephens (at) usask.ca

ESM
John Gavloski
Carman, MB
John.Gavloski (at) gov.mb.ca

ESO
Andrew Young
University of Guelph
andrew.young (at) uoguelph.ca

SEQ
Morgan Jackson
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Québec, H9X 3V9
Tel.: 519 835-7907
Email: morgandjackson (at) gmail.com

AES
Jessica Vickruck.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 95 Innovation Drive
Fredericton NB E3B 4Z7
Tel.: 506-460-4475
Email: jess.vickruck (at) agr.gc.ca

Directors-at-Large

Leah Flaherty
Department of Biology, MacEwan University
10700 104 Ave Edmonton AB
T5J 4S2
Email: flahertyl (at) macewan.ca

Rylee Isitt
Natural Resources Canada
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5P7
rylee.isitt at nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

Jessica Gillung
Lyman Entomological Museum, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
21111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9
Tel.: 514-398-7808
Email: jessica.gillung (at) mcgill.ca

Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Catherine Scott
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University
21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, QC H9X 3V9
E-mail: catherine.elizabeth.scott (at) gmail.com

Student and Early Professional Director
Berenice Romero
Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University, 404 Life Sciences Building
Baton Rouge LA 70808
Email: bromero (at) agcenter.lsu.edu

Officers

Officers of the Society work on behalf of the Society; they are not members of the Board, but they report to the Board

Treasurer
Bryan Brunet
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6
Tel.: 613-759-6861
Email: ESCTreasurer (at) esc-sec.ca

Secretary
Sara Edwards
Natural Resources Canada
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3B 5P7
email: ESCSecretary (at) esc-sec.ca

Editors-in-Chief, The Canadian Entomologist
Email: editor (at) esc-sec.ca

Suzanne Blatt
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville Research and Development Centre, 32 Main Street, Kentville, NS B4N 1J5. Tel.: 902-365-8852.

Amanda Roe
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5. Tel.: 705-541-5517

Lisa Lumley
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, CW 405 Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada

Bulletin Editor
Bernard Roitberg
Department of Biosciences, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6
Tel.: 778-386-1953
Email: roitberg (at) sfu.ca

Assistant Bulletin Editor

Sydney Worthy
City of Saskatoon
sydneyhworthy at gmail.com

Webmaster
Cass Chowdhury
c/o School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Email: cass_chowdhury (at) sfu.ca

Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification
Heather Proctor
Department of Biological Sciences, CW 405, Biological Sciences Bldg., University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9
Tel.: 780-492-5704
Email: hproctor (at) ualberta.ca

Representatives & Office Staff

Association Coordinator
Dayna Fossay
Entomological Society of Canada, 503-386 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB R3C 3R6.
Phone: (888) 821-8387 Fax: (204) 947-9767
Email: info (at) esc-sec.ca

Executive Director
Geoff Powell
Entomological Society of Canada, 503-386 Broadway, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3R6.
Phone: (888) 821-8387 Fax: (204) 947-9767
Email: ESCExecutiveDirector (at) esc-sec.ca

Representative of Biological Survey of Canada
Armin Namayandeh
Michigan, USA. Tel.: 810-294-9426
namayandeh (at) gmail.com

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