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 From: sbates at UOGUELPH.CA
To: CPI-GENERAL at LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA
Sent:  6/2/2011 12:40:44 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: CANPOLIN Pollinator  Identification Course - Save the Date - February 
20 - March 1, 2012




  
   







 
 
2012 Pollinator Identification  Course


NSERC-CANPOLIN is pleased to  announce that the next POLLINATOR 
IDENTIFICATION COURSE will be held at  the 
Canadian National Collection  (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes 
in Ottawa, ON from February 20  - March 1, 2012.


The 10 day course will once  again be split into two components, with five 
days on flower flies and five  days on bees, and a one day break in between. 
Jeff Skevington (AAFC) and Chris  Thompson (USDA) will instruct the fly 
portion, and Cory Sheffield and Jason  Gibbs (York U) will instruct the bee 
portion. 


A formal call for applications  will go out in September*.  Graduate 
students working on CANPOLIN projects will  receive priority for space and travel 
support, but others may apply to  participate as space permits.





(* Students who have already  expressed their interest in the course will 
still need to apply at that  time.)


Photo Credits:  Syrphidae photos courtesy of S.A. Marshall; Bee  photos 
courtesy of _Bee Tribes of the World_ 
(http://www.yorku.ca/bugsrus/bee_tribes_of_the_world/Bee_Tribes.html) .


 
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Comments from past course  participants:









 
 
 
"There  is no better way to learn how to identify pollinators than being 
taught by  the people that have developed the  keys."






 
 
 
 
"The  opportunity for networking and collaboration was  incredible."






 
 
 
 
"There was a good mix between lectures and hands-on  practice at 
identification.   All the instructors were great and were very  approachable".






 
 
 
 
"I would recommend  this course quite emphatically to anybody interested in 
pollination or  taxonomy of insects. I wish there had been the opportunity 
to take courses  like this during my undergraduate  degree." 






"The  instructors and assistants were all very knowledgeable, approachable 
and  did an excellent job in instructing  us.  


 
 
 
 
  
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Sarah Bates,  PhD
Network Manager, NSERC-CANPOLIN
School of Environmental Sciences -  Bovey
University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd East, Guelph, ON   N1G  2W1
tel: (519)_824-4120_ (callto:+1824-4120)  X58022    fax: (519)_837-0442_ 
(callto:+1837-0442) 
_www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin_ (http://www.uoguelph.ca/canpolin) 














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