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PLANT CANADA 2024

ANNUAL AWARDS PRESENTED 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 best 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 (Proposal and Results stages $500 and
$250) Lionel Cinq-Mars Award for the best oral presentation and 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 and Travel Award for undergraduate students.

• for undergraduate research, Undergraduate Awards ($100), best poster and best
presentation at undergraduate conferences/meetings taking place in all the major
regions of Canada: Atlantic region, Québec, Ontario, Prairies and Territories, and British
Columbia.

• for research in Canada's north, Laurie Consaul Northern Research Scholarship
($1,500).
In 2023-2024, the total value of student awards was ca. $15,000.

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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