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All members are encouraged  to attend our 2022 Virtual Annual Business Meeting 

• To hear from our Treasurer about the CSPB-SCBV budget
• Announcement of 2022 CSPB-SCBV Awards
• Results of elections to fill vacant executive and committee positions

2022 Virtual CSPB-SCBV Annual Business Meeting

Wednesday June 22 from 5 to 7 pm (eastern time)

Virtual, link will be sent to the membership closer to June 22nd

We hope to see you on the 22nd!

Robin Cameron,

President, CSPB-SCBV

Applications are now open for ASPB’s Plant Biology Learning Objectives, Outreach Materials & Education (BLOOME) grant! BLOOME provides up to $7,000 to fund the development of curricular materials to support teaching the newly revised Principles for Teaching Plant Biology in K-12 and undergraduate classrooms. The proposed classroom activities/labs must include the following elements:

• Clearly stated learning outcomes that explicitly align with one or more of the four categories of ASPB’s Principles for Teaching Plant Biology 
• All information needed to execute the activity/lab with students
• A clear assessment plan for the stated learning outcomes

The proposed activities should be developed in a format that can be readily distributed to educators online or at in-person conferences or outreach events and should not require highly specialized equipment or technical expertise. Funded projects will be featured on the ASPB website and will be disseminated to teachers at national meetings and outreach events. Applications may be submitted by current or future ASPB members. View the full RFP and apply by May 1, 2022.

Check out this seminar series presented by our Plant Canada partner organization the Canadian Association of Plant Biotechnology! All info can be found at the link below.

http://www.canadianplantbiotech.ca/capb-series/

^The Canadian Society of Plant Biologists
~presents ~
a virtual workshop on
Science Communication
March 23^rd 2022, 1-2:30pm (EST) 

Speakers

Dr. Elizabeth Brauer, Agriculture Canada

‘Beyond Neat: Plant-Based YouTube Content’

Dr. Adam Oliver Brown, University of Ottawa

‘The Art of Science and the Science of Art’

Dr. Karl Haro von Mogel, University of California Riverside

‘The Glass Tower: Combining Science and SciComm’

For more information check out our Early Career Page!

Register here

If you are a student or a postdoc planning to attend and present at Plant Biology 2022 in Portland this July apply for travel support now!

Check out the awards page for more details and to apply

https://cspb-scbv.ca/Travel-Bursaries

The CSPB-SCBV relies on its members to volunteer in committees that carry out the business of the society. Below is a list of committees that have one or more vacancies due to be filled, starting in the Fall of 2022. 

• Student/Postdoctoral Representative*
• Western Regional Director*
  
• CD Nelson Award
• Communications
• David J. Gifford Award in Tree Biology
• Education
• Ragai Ibrahim Award
• Society Gold Medal Award
• Carl Douglas Prize