Committees
SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
Vice-President, Manitoba Association of Plant Biologists
2004-2006.
Associate Member, St. Paul’s College, University of
Manitoba, 2001-2004 (was requested to become Full Member, but declined
offer due to other commitments)
Provincial committees: Member, Western Canada
Canola/Rapeseed Recommending committee, 2000-2003
Member, Executive Board, Manitoba Plant Biologists
Association, 2000-2002
Vice-President, Manitoba Association of Plant Biologists
2003-04.
Member, organizing committee for Recapturing wealth
in the prairies workshop, 2000
a) Department, Faculty and
University Committees
Departmental committees:
Chair, Advanced Plant Science Seminar committee (completed)
Chair, Plant Pathology group - Field scouting workshop
Chair, Computer committee (completed)
Member, Social Committee
Representative, United Way workplace campaign (completed)
Faculty committees:
Member, Plant Systems committee 2000-2003
Acting-Chair, Plant Systems Committee 2003-04
Member, Teaching Enhancement committee 2000-2003
Member, Discipline Committee, 2001-2004
Member, Awards Committee, 2001-2004
Community Service:
• Volunteer for Village Clinic and AIDS Foundation
of Manitoba Speakers’ Bureau - Speaker on HIV/AIDS prevention at Universities,
High Schools, Community Centres, and other organizations.
• Social Justice Committee, St. Timothy Parish, St.
Vital 2000-2003.
• Judge, Manitoba Schools' Science Symposium
• Sectional Head/Judge Winnipeg Div.#1 Science
Fair.
• Advisor to Amber Anseeuw, Grade 9 student from Oak
Bluff working on a biocontrol project (2001) -Amber won a Gold Medal and
the award for “Best Poster in Plant Science category”. She also received
two special awards. She won the "Manitoba Institute of Agrology"
award, in which Amber was given a $100 cheque and a certificate.
Amber also won the "Manitoba Round table for Sustainable Development"
award in which she received another $100 cheque and a plaque. Amber is
now continuing this project with me for 2002 Science Fair.
• School of Agriculture winter Crop Scouting Workshop
- Lead the Plant Pathology Section 2000
• Presenter- Department of Plant Science and Manitoba
Agriculture Summer Field Diagnostic School
• Chair, Disease Case Study Committee for Field Scouting
Workshop, Feb. 14, 15, 2000, University
of Manitoba.
• Field Crop Inspectors Training Program -Presenter
on Plant Diseases Summer of 2001
• Presenter at Canola Growers’ Association of Manitoba
- on Diseases April 2001
• Presenter at Selkirk Farmer’s Breakfast on Canola
Diseases and Management 1999
• Advice to farmers’ over the phone on several occasions
during growing season 1998-2001
• Media Interviews (Manitoba Co-operator) on Sclerotinia,
Blackleg and Fusarium 1999-2001
• Media Interview (Meristem, Alberta) on Present Status
of Fusarium Head Blight Research 2001
• Judge, Inter-University 16th Annual Plant Science
Graduate Student Symposium Competition
• Volunteered for member of parliament in the national
elections in 2000
• Interview, and reading student’s news report for
accuracy and corrections on ‘Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens’ by undergraduate
students Alison Nelson, Denis Tremorin, Lisa Hogg, and Scott Knutt, as
part of their TechCom assignment #4. 2001.
• Organizer, Manitoba Plant Biologists Association
Annual Meeting in 2000, Carolyn Sifton Theatre, University of Manitoba.
• Organizer - Plant Pathology Journal Club - an interactive
lunch-time journal club for the benefit of everyone involved in plant pathology,
especially graduate students.