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Forensic Science Week 2022

Last week the CSFS celebrated Forensic Science Week with a Twitter research poster competition and a special viewing of Forensic Files. Thank you to everyone who engaged with the fantastic posters on Twitter, to our judges for their time and to everything who participated in showcasing their research to our community.
Well done everyone! All posters are available on our website.

Congratulations to our #CSFSPOSTER2022 winners:
1st Place
DNA Analysis of Frontline Officer Cut Resistant Leather Slash Gloves. Keelin Dowdall*, Krista Currie Laurentian University
Dowdall and Currie
2nd Place
Analysis of Bloodstain Degradation and Time Since Deposition Using Spectroscopic Methods
Laurianne Huard*, Frank Crispino, Cyril Muehlethaler
L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Huard
3rd Place
Searching for Fingermarks to Unlock a Smartphone
Laurie Caron*, Marilyne Cloutier*, Maxime Bérubé, Benoit Daoust
L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Caron and Cloutier

Upcoming Events

October 12th, 1:00pm EDT - Dr. Greg Davis

Diagnostically Difficult Forensic Cases:

Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples

CSFS Webinar Graphic_Oct 12 cropped
November 22nd, 1:00pm EST
Nathalie Desrosiers, Bill Gorman, Dallas Mack, Robert Palser & Joanna Wells
4 Years of Legal Cannabis: Legal Challenges and New Case Law

January 26th, 1:00pm EST - Cathy MacMillan
Mental Health and the Forensic Practitioner

Research Highlights

Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal (vol. 55; Issue 3)
  • Isotope ratio method: state-of-the-art of forensic applications to CBRNE materials - Aaron Barry, Stephanie Thomson, Ike Dimayuga, Ankur Chaudhuri & Than Do
  • Sex estimation from the percutaneous lengths of the femur and the ulna in a Ghanaian population using discriminant function analysis - Moses Banyeh, Simon Bannison Bani, Rahul Pathak, Dennis Dogara Yakubu, Emmanuel Amankwaah & Lukeman Ahmed
  • Total allele count distribution (TAC curves) improves number of contributor estimation for complex DNA mixtures - Josée Noël, Sarah Noël, France Mailly, Dominic Granger, Jean-François Lefebvre, Emmanuel Milot & Diane Séguin

Become a Peer Reviewer!

Want to learn the benefits of becoming a peer reviewer? Click here for useful information and express your interest to our CSFS Journal Editor, Brian Yamashita.
When you have news to share with the CSFS community, please let us know. All submissions should be sent to csfs@bellnet.ca for publication in the following months newsletter.

Forensic Science Week 2022

La semaine dernière, le SCSJ a célébré la semaine des sciences judiciaires avec un concours d'affiches de recherche sur Twitter et un projection virtuelle de 'Forensic Files: A Special Tribute'. Merci à tous ceux qui se sont engagés avec les fantastiques affiches sur Twitter, à nos juges pour leur temps et à tous ceux qui ont participé à la présentation de leurs recherches à notre communauté. Bravo à tous! Toutes les affiches sont disponibles sur notre site web.

Félicitations à nos gagnants du #CSFSPOSTER2022:
1ère place
DNA Analysis of Frontline Officer Cut Resistant Leather Slash Gloves. Keelin Dowdall*, Krista Currie Laurentian University
Dowdall and Currie
2ème place
Analysis of Bloodstain Degradation and Time Since Deposition Using Spectroscopic Methods
Laurianne Huard*, Frank Crispino, Cyril Muehlethaler
L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Huard
3ème place
Searching for Fingermarks to Unlock a Smartphone
Laurie Caron*, Marilyne Cloutier*, Maxime Bérubé, Benoit Daoust
L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Caron and Cloutier

Événements à venir

October 12th, 1:00pm HAE - Dr. Greg Davis

Diagnostically Difficult Forensic Cases:

Logistics, Ethics, and Case Examples

CSFS Webinar Graphic_Oct 12 cropped
November 22nd, 1:00pm HNE
Nathalie Desrosiers, Bill Gorman, Dallas Mack, Robert Palser & Joanna Wells
4 Years of Legal Cannabis: Legal Challenges and New Case Law

January 26, 1:00pm HNE - Cathy MacMillan
Mental Health and the Forensic Practitioner

Points saillants de la recherche

Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal (vol. 55; Issue 3)
  • Isotope ratio method: state-of-the-art of forensic applications to CBRNE materials - Aaron Barry, Stephanie Thomson, Ike Dimayuga, Ankur Chaudhuri & Than Do
  • Sex estimation from the percutaneous lengths of the femur and the ulna in a Ghanaian population using discriminant function analysis - Moses Banyeh, Simon Bannison Bani, Rahul Pathak, Dennis Dogara Yakubu, Emmanuel Amankwaah & Lukeman Ahmed
  • Total allele count distribution (TAC curves) improves number of contributor estimation for complex DNA mixtures - Josée Noël, Sarah Noël, France Mailly, Dominic Granger, Jean-François Lefebvre, Emmanuel Milot & Diane Séguin

Devenez un pair examinateur!

Vous voulez connaître les avantages de devenir un pair examinateur ? Cliquez ici pour obtenir des informations utiles et manifester votre intérêt auprès de notre rédactrice en chef du journal de la SCSJ, le Brian Yamashita.
Si vous avez des nouvelles à partager avec la communauté SCSJ, faites-le nous savoir. Toutes les soumissions doivent être envoyées à csfs@bellnet.ca pour être publiées dans le bulletin du mois suivant.

Board of Directors

Kimberly Nugent (President), Benny Wong (Past-President), Pamela Dixon (President-Elect), Valerie Blackmore, Louise Cloutier (Treasurer), Maria Fiorillo, Amanda Kaster, Nigel Hearns, Nelson Lafrenière (Secretary), Diana Polley, Diane Séguin, Karen Woodall

Conseil d'administration

Kimberly Nugent (présidente), Benny Wong (président sortant), Pamela Dixon (présidente élue), Valerie Blackmore, Louise Cloutier (trésorière), Maria Fiorillo, Amanda Kaster, Nigel Hearns, Nelson Lafrenière (secrétaire), Diana Polley, Diane Séguin, Karen Woodall
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