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Canadian Society for

Horticultural Science

Founded in 1956, the Canadian Society for
Horticultural Science – Société Canadien­
ne de Science Horticole (CSHS­SCSH) is a
professional society devoted to fostering,
promoting and encouraging research and
education in all branches of horticultural
science in Canada. With a countr ywide re­
presentation, our members are from a variety
of horizons: scientists, educators, students,
extension agents and industry personnel
involved in research, teaching, information
and technology related to all fields of horti­
culture.

Current Executive Board (2021­2022)
Horticulture production in Canada is extre­
mely diverse and one of the main priorities of
the CSHS is to make sure that this is reflected
in the activities of the Society. Again this year,
the CSHS has a pan­Canadian representa­
tion on its board of directors, with members To know more, follow their activities on the to be a conference speaker)
coming from coast to coast. CSHS on­line platforms, including the CSHS In addition, for students, benefits also
website, Facebook page and Instagram include:
While we practice a progression within the account! • Eligibility for the Awards for oral and poster
board, our members are encouraged to sub­ presentation
mit their candidacy to any position available. We invite CSHS student members to become •Eligibility for Travel Awards to annual con­
Terms are for 2 years with the possibility of involved in the Student Committee. If you ference
2 consecutive terms at the same position. are interested, contact the current Student •Community & Extension Funding, which su­
Please contact the CSHS secretary (bourlaye. Committee Chair, Claudio Ignacio Fernandez pports students activities in introducing any
fofana@canada.ca) if you are interested in (ci.fe@unb.ca). form of Horticulture science in communities
joining the CSHS executive board or if you •Network between members, sharing of
are interested in participating in specific Becoming a member of the CSHS experiences about studies and research
activities. Numerous benefits are off ered to CSHS
members including: For more information and to become a
CSHS Student Committee • A significantly reduced registration fees at member : www.CSHS.ca
Students are an integral part of the CSHS and the annual CSHS conferences and at the
their involvement in the Society is important Plant Canada Conference
and valued. A Student committee was imple­ • Reduced page charges to publish in the
mented in 2016 within the Society to support Canadian Journal of Plant Science
students’ initiatives. Although most of their • Timely direct mail alerts to jobs, grant
plans had to be postponed because of the opportunities, etc.
current situation, they are looking forward to • Eligibility to the Best CJPS Paper award for
resuming their outreach activities. horticulture (which comes with an invitation

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