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Greetings all,

I am honoured to be the new President of the Canadian Society of Animal Science for 2009-2010. Please find below my new Executive members for 2009-2010:

• Joanne Chiquette: Past-President
• Robert Berthiaume: President-Elect/Conference coordinator and CJAS Rep
• Julie Small: Vice-President/Website Coordinator
• Marie-France Palin: Secretary/Treasurer
• Marina Von Keyserlingk: Western Director/Awards Committee Chair
• Kendall Swanson: Eastern Director/Awards Committee Assistant
• Ira Mandell: Eastern Director/Membership Committee Chair
• Allan Iwaasa: Western Director/Membership Committee Assistant
• Paul Groenewegen: Director-at-Large/Industry Representative
• Neil Ferguson: Director-At-Large/Industry Representative
• Chantal Farmer: Journal Editor

My duty is to keep you informed with regards to our Society. One major change is that our annual meeting will now be held jointly with ASAS every second year starting in 2010. The joint meeting will be held every sixth year in a Canadian location.

The joint conference with ASAS and ADSA in Montreal was successful and I would like to thank Karen Beauchemin and Martin Lessard for their efforts and dedication to working with ASAS and ADSA in putting all things together on time.

We still have men's and women's CSAS golf shirts available if you want to show your CSAS pride! They can be viewed on the website and can be purchased for $20.00 plus shipping by contacting me or Johanne Chiquette.

The following members were honoured at the Banquet:

• Dr. Erasmus Okine: Fellowship Award (Alltech Canada)
• Dr. Karen Beauchemin: Award for Excellence in Nutrition and Meat Sciences (Shur-Gain)
• Dr. Harold Gonyou: Award for Technical Innovation in Enhancing Production of Safe and Affordable Food (Elanco-Animal Health)
• Dr. Daniel Lefebvre: Animal Industries Award for Excellence in Extension and Public Service (ruminants) (Dairy Farmers of Canada and Canadian Cattlemen's Association)
• Dr. Phil Thacker: Animal Industries Award for Excellence in Extension and Public Service (non-ruminants) (Dairy Farmers of Canada and Canadian Cattlemen's Association)
• Dr. Claude Robert: Young Scientist Award (Pfizer Animal Health)
• Grad Student oral competition (Pfizer Animal Health):
  1st: Michael Steele, University of Guelph; 2nd: Agnieszka Gigiel, University of Manitoba; 3rd: Lee-Ann Walters, University of Saskatchewan
• Grad Student poster competition (CSAS):
  1st: Valérie Bélanger, Université Laval; 2nd: Amanada van der Kerckhove, University of Saskatchewan; 3rd: Julie Kim, University of Guelph

Finally I would like to thank the great work of our outgoing Executive members: Priya Mir, Ermias Kebreab, Luigi Faucitano and Bart Lardner. It was a pleasure working with you.

Please, mark your agenda for the next CSAS Meeting that will be held in Denver, July 11 to 15, jointly with ADSA, WSASAS, PSA, and AMPA.

Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein
CSAS President, 2009-2010

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