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2009 CouncilDr. Gordon Price, President
Dr. Gordon Price (President), Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Department of Engineering, Truro, Nova Scotia Dr. Cynthia Grant, President-Elect Dr. Cynthia Grant (President-Elect)Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon Research Centre Brandon, Manitoba E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr. Grant has conducted research on nutrient management in crop production since beginning of her M.Sc. in 1980. In that time, she has worked on a wide range or prairie crops and a range of macro- and micro-nutrients. Cynthia has published more than 95 scientific journal articles on nutrient management including invited review papers on nutrient management in diversified cropping systems for the American Society of Agronomy, on managing for low cadmium levels in crops for the International Conference of the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, on nitrogen management in reduced tillage systems for the European Journal of Soil Science, and on phosphorus fertility management for Canadian Journal of Plant Science. She has also co-edited a book on Integrated Nutrient Management published by Haworth Press. Dr. Grant has been recognized internationally for her work on nutrient management, being awarded the International Fertilized Industry Association Award (Paris, France), the Robert E. Wagner Award (PPI-Atlanta), the Fluid Fertilizer Foundation Researcher of the Year Award (Phoenix), and the Manitoba – North Dakota No-Till Non-Farmer of the Year Award. She also is a member of the International Fertilizer Industry Association Advisory committee, and the North American advisory committee for the International Plant Nutrition Institute. Dr. Grant is the lead for the NAHARP Trace Element Indicator. Dr. Dan Pennock, Past President Dr. Dan Pennock (Past President)Soil Science Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr. Pennock’s specialization is pedology and the interaction of soils with the environment. His research and teaching interests include greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon dynamics, human-induced soil change, landscape-scale pedology, and research design. Dr. Barbara Cade-Menun, Secretary
Barbara is interested in phosphorus cycling in soils and water. She has earned her B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biology from Queen’s University, M.Sc. in Soil Science (soil biology) from the University of British Columbia, and Ph.D. in Soil Science (soil chemistry / forest soils) from the University of British Columbia. Barbara did her post-doctoral research at the University of California, Berkley, and at Stanford University in California, and then worked as a research scientist at Stanford University. Barbara recently returned to Canada as a research scientist (nutrient cycling) for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Semi-arid Prairie Agricultural Research Station at Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Barbara has been a member of CSSS since 1991, but has not yet had a chance to serve the Society. She was treasurer, vice –president, and president of the Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science as a graduate student. While in California, Barbara served on several committees for the Soil Science Society of America, including the Emil Truog Soil Science Award committee and the Emerging Issues in Soil Science (EISS) committee, chairing the EISS committee in 2006. Dr. Cade-Menun is also a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and she has co-convened topical sessions for both societies at their annual meetings. Dr. Paul Bullock, Treasurer Dr. Paul Bullock, (Treasurer)Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Paul is an Associate Professor of Agrometeorology in the Department of Soil Science, University of Manitoba where he started in 2000. He teaches classes in Agrometeorology, Micrometeorology, and Soil & Water Management. He has a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a M.Sc. in Soil Science both from the University of Saskatchewan. He obtained a Ph.D. from the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Dr. Bullock is interested in quantifying impacts of weather on crop performance and has lead a project to determine the impact of growing season weather on western Canadian wheat quality and is currently leading another project considering weather impacts on canola quality. He has had several years of experience in operational crop yield forecasting with weather data and satellite imagery at the Weather & Crop Surveillance department of the Canadian Wheat Board. He has also explored agricultural applications of remote sensing with Noetix Research Inc. Dr. Noura Ziadi, Eastern Councillor Dr. Ziadi, Noura (Eastern Councillor)Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Soils and Crops R&D Centre, Sainte-Foy, Quebec E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Noura is interested in soil nutrients availability to plants. Passionate for research, she actively works in collaboration with industry as well as the governmental and university sectors. Her increasing preoccupation for a sustainable agriculture in order to protect the environment and conserve the resources as well as her scientific curiosity are largely motivating Mrs. Ziadi to carry on her research. Dr. Maja Krzic, Western Councillor Dr. Maja Krzic (Western Councillor)Faculty of Land and Food Systems / Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Maja is an Associate Professor, jointly appointed by the Faculties of Land & Food Systems and Forestry, at the University of British Columbia. Maja focuses her research on identification of soil properties and processes affecting ecosystem responses to land-use practices. In her program, Maja pursues the following two complementary areas of research (1) land-use impacts on soil formation processes and (2) development of predictive soil quality indicators. Maja has conducted research in forest, grassland, agricultural, and urban land-use environments. Her current research interests include development of soil quality indicators for assessing management impacts on grassland soils, forest soil response to severe mechanical disturbance, and soil compaction susceptibility. To augment and extend her study on land-use impacts on soil processes, Maja has taken an initiative in integrating research, teaching, and community education through application of information technology. As part of this initiative, Maja has developed several web-based, interactive teaching tools that are broadly used in post-secondary institutions across Canada and in other parts of world. Maja strongly believes that we as members of CSSS have a responsibility to promote discipline of soil science in Canada (and beyond), and she is excited about the opportunity to pursue this role by serving on the CSSS Council. Maxime Paré M.Sc. - Ph.D. student, Graduate student representative
Maxime Paré M.Sc. – Étudiant au doctorat, département des sols de l’Université de la Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK Dr. Gary Kachanoski, CJSS Editor Dr. Gary Kachanoski (CJSS Editor) University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, Edmonton, Alberta E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Dr. Gary Kachanoski is Professor and Bentley Research Chair (Soil, Water, and Environment) at the University of Alberta. He has B.Sc. (Hons.) in biology (1976) and M.Sc. in Soil Science (1980) from the University of Saskatchewan, and a Ph.D. in Soil Science (1984) from the University of California, Davis. His research expertise includes soil physics (transport of water, chemicals, and gases), spatial variability and scaling (stochastic models), hydrology (landscape scale), and soil management (nitrogen use efficiency, tillage systems/translocation). Dr. Kachanoski has held academic and research positions at the University of Guelph (1985-1996), the University of Saskatchewan (1996-2001), and the University of Alberta (2001-present). Dr. Kachanoski has published 90 papers in refereed journals. His editorial experience includes Associate Editor positions with the Soil Science Society of America Journal, the Canadian Journal of Soil Science, the European Journal of Soil Science, and Vadose Zone Journal. He is a Fellow of both the Soil Science Society of America (1997) and the Canadian Society of Soil Science (1999). At the University of Guelph he was also the Coordinator of Extension (Land Resource Science) and received a Distinguished Faculty Extension Award (1992). Dr. Kachanoski was induced into the Soil Conservation Canada’s Hall of Fame (1997) and served as President of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (2000). |
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Dr. Barbara Cade-Menun (Secretary)
Maxime Paré M.Sc. - Ph.D. student (Graduate student representative)