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
2024 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, Chris MacQuarrie (cjkmacquarrie@gmail.com) by 30 March 2024.
Participants in the Meeting of the Outgoing Board of Directors 13 November 2022
In-person attendees (L–R)
Chris MacQuarrie, 1st Vice-President; Jessica Gillung, Director at large-elect; Neil Holliday, Co-Secretary; Felix Sperling, President; Bill Riel, Past President; Colin Favret, 2nd Vice President; Bernie Roitberg, Bulletin Editor; Boyd Mori, Regional Director ESAB; Bryan Brunet, Treasurer; Erin Campbell, Co-Secretary; Dezene Huber, Editor-in-Chief The Canadian Entomologist; Suzanne Blatt, Editor-in-Chief The Canadian Entomologist; Matthew Muzzatti, Student and Early Professional Director; Christine Noronha, Director at large; Étienne Normandin, Regional Director SEQ; Sebastian Ibarra Jimenez, Director for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion; Morgan Jackson, Regional Director-elect SEQ; Geoff Powell, Executive Director.
On-line attendees (L-R from top)
Danielle Stephens, Regional Director ESS: Jessica Vickruck, Regional Director AES; Rose Labbé, Regional Director ESO; Jason Gibbs, Regional Director ESM; Brian van Hezewijk, Regional Director ESBC.
Participating but not pictured
Kyle Bobiwash, Director at large; Heather Proctor, Editor Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification.
Societal Directors
President
Colin Favret
Université de Montréal, Département de sciences biologiques, 4101 rue Sherbrooke est, Montréal Québec H1X 2B2
Email: Colin.Favret (at) umontreal.ca
First Vice-President
Christine Noronha (2022)
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: christine.noronha (at) agr.gc.ca
Second Vice-President
Rob Johns
NRCan, Fredericton, NB
rob.johns (at) NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca
Past-President
Chris MacQuarrie
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, 1219 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 2E5. Tel.: 705 206 1938.
Email: ESCPresident (at) esc-sec.ca.gc.ca
Regional Directors
ESBC
Brian van Hezewijk
Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC V8Z 1M5. Tel.: 250-298-2373.
Email: brian.vanhezewijk (at) NRCan-RNCan.gc.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
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
SEQ
Morgan Jackson
Department of Natural Resource Sciences, 21,111 Lakeshore Road, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec, H9X 3V9, Tel.: 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 (2025)
Department of Biology, MacEwan University
10700 104 Ave Edmonton AB
T5J 4S2
Email: flahertyl (at) macewan.ca
Kyle Bobiwash (2024)
Department of Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2. Tel.: 204 474-6423.
Email: Kyle.Bobiwash (at) umanitoba.ca
Jessica Gillung (2025)
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
Matt Muzzatti
Dept of Biology, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa ON K1S 5B6.
Email: MATTMUZZATTI (at) cmail.carleton.ca
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
National Research Council of Canada
Email: ESCSecretary (at) esc-sec.ca
Editors-in-Chief, The Canadian Entomologist
Email: editor (at) esc-sec.ca
Dezene Huber
Faculty of Environment, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George BC V2N 4Z9. Tel.: 250-960-5119
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
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
Donna Giberson
Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4P3.
Email: giberson (at) upei.ca
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.
Representative of Biological Survey of Canada
Armin Namayandeh
Michigan, USA. Tel.: 810-294-9426
namayandeh (at) gmail.com
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