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New Look!
We are testing a new platform to bring you regular communications. While this is a work in progress, the plan is to distribute the CSFS newsletter, on a regular basis, to your inbox. We welcome submissions, as well as your feedback and suggestions on content you would like to learn about. Future issues will feature the following content:
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- Member Spotlights
- Research Highlights
- Laboratory Highlights
- Committee Updates
- Section News
- Social Announcements
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To submit content please email csfs@bellnet.ca
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Get Involved!
We are looking for engaged volunteers for the following positions:
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- Section Chair - Engineering
- Section Chair - Firearms
- Members for the 'Informatics and Education Committee'
- French Translator
- Social Media Coordinator
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Membership Fees
Please visit your CSFS account to make your on-line payment for 2021. A late fee is charged if not paid by February 15, 2021. Please note that we have updated our payment gateway to our banking partner, TD Canada Trust.
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CSFS is pleased to offer webinars in 2021. Check the website for future topics.
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Webinar – Cannabinoid Oral Fluid Testing
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February 10 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
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Just sign in with the link below.
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Save The Date
- March 25th Webinar – Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Quebec 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST
- April 26th Workshop – Law School for a Day 9:30-4:30pm EST (breaks included)
- May – 2nd Virtual Poster Competition #CSFSPoster2021
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Committee Update
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Constitution Committee, Pamela Dixon (Chair)
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The committee continues to meet every few months to review the By-Laws and Policy manual. The new By-Laws draft document will be brought to the Board of Directors in the new year, and to the general membership meeting in May.
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Digital Archive
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We are creating a digital archive of all CSFS material. If you have relevant photos and/or content that you would like to share please get in touch with us.
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Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal (vol. 53; Issue 3)
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- First observation of burnt vertebrate carrion scavenging by black-billed magpies (Pica hudsonia (Sabine)) highlights the need to evaluate all possible scavengers at a site. Trevor Stamper, Lauren Pharr, Gail S. Anderson, Carleen Gondor, Alex Dedmon & Robert Kimsey
- Le transfert différentiel des fibres de coton et de polyester lors d’agressions au couteau. Lilian Skokan, Catherine Daigle, André Tremblay & Cyril Muehlethaler
- Examining growth rates of Scopulariopsis brevicaulis on decomposing porcine remains. Allana Braga, Wade Knaap & Richard Summerbell
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Board of Directors
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Kimberly Nugent (President), Benny Wong (Past-President), Pamela Dixon (President-Elect), Louise Cloutier (Treasurer), Valerie Blackmore, Maria Fiorillo, Nelson Lafreniere (Secretary), Diana Polley, Kimberly Kenny, Tanya Peckmann, Diane Seguin, Henry Wong
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