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               The Canadian Weed Science Society-Société canadienne de malherbologie (CWSS-SCM) is a
               non-profit professional society for scientists, agronomists, economists, and students interested
               in weed science. The society is widely recognized in Canada and beyond for its national
               leadership in bringing together research and information on science and management related to
               plants potentially impacting the environment, economy, and society. The three major goals of
               the CWSS-SCM are to: (1) be the Canadian scientific authority representing professionals
               working in weed science, 2) expand the CWSS-SCM network of members and partners, 3)
               ensure good governance.

               Current Board of Directors of the CWSS-SCM is as follow:























               Board membership is open to all CWSS-SCM members in good standing and is by election.
               Term length varies by position but is generally three years with an option for renewal. If you are
               interested in submitting your name for nomination to a board position, please reach out to a
               member at large.

               Annual Meetings

               Following two years of on-line only meetings, the CWSS-SCM co-hosted its 76  annual meeting
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               jointly with the Canadian Society of Agronomy-Société canadienne d’agronomie (CSA-SCA) in
               Halifax Nova Scotia in November 2022. An exciting plenary session on precision agriculture
               technologies featured Drs. Arnold Schumann, Louis Longchamps, Athyna Cambouris, Aitazaz
               Farooque, Steven Fennimore, and Travis Esau. In addition, we hosted two workshops, one on
               statistical analysis of non-normal data and another from Canadian Science Publishing. This first
               conference post-COVID was a great success and co-chaired by Drs. Scott White and Andrew
               McKenzie-Gopsill (CWSS-SCM), as well as Drs. Kathleen Glover, Andrew Burt, and Mumtaz
               Cheema (CSA-SCA).

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               The 77  annual meeting of the CWSS-SCM was hosted in Winnipeg, MB in November 2023.
               This meeting co-chaired by Dr Rob Gulden and Kim Brown-Livingston hosted an exciting
               plenary session on next generation weed management from genomics to seedbank


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