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PLANT CANADA 2019

ANNUAL AWARDS PROVIDED BY CBA - ABC

Each year, the Canadian Botanical Association/L’Association Botanique du Canada provides
awards to botanists studying in Canada and/or to Canadian botanists studying abroad. CBA-
ABC offers a number of awards to support students investigating botanical topics.

STUDENT AWARDS:

- for papers published within the past year ($500-1000)
Porsild-Consaul Award for the best paper in systematics and phytogeography.
Stan Rowe Award for the best paper in plant ecology.
Taylor A. Steeves Award for the best paper in plant development or structure.
Luella Weresub Award for the best paper in mycology or lichenology.

- for best presentations at the Annual Meeting ($500)
Lionel Cinq-Mars Award for the best oral presentation.
Iain and Sylvia Taylor Award for the best poster presentation.

- for travel to participate at the Annual Meeting ($150-500)
John Macoun Travel Bursary for graduate students.
Keith Winterhalder Travel Award for undergraduate students.

- for research ($1300)
Laurie Consaul Northern Research Scholarship for research in Canada’s north.

MAJOR AWARDS:

George Lawson Medal for excellence in contributions to Canadian botany.

Mary Elliott Service Award for meritorious service to CBA-ABC.

Magister Award for excellence in teaching plant science within Canada.

For further information about CBA-ABC activities and awards,
please visit www.cba-abc.ca

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