Canadian Forest Service is recruiting an entomologists to work with the pest management unit at the Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Application deadline is September 27, 2024. Full details here.
The 2024 Entomological Society of British Columbia conference and annual general meeting will be held October 4-5, at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia. Check our meeting page for more details as they are announced.
The Entomological Society of BC will be on-site at the City Nature Challenge BioBlitz at Beaver Lake in Stanley Park on Saturday April 27th along with the Stanley Park Ecology Society, 11am-3pm. Find us at the ESBC table where we will have some neat insects to look at and entomologists available to help ID your six-legged finds. More details available here: https://bit.ly/3w2Qoxp
Agriculture Canada is recruiting TWO entomologists, one to support horticultural production in Summerland BC and one in Kentville NS. Application deadline is April 22, 2024. Full details here.
Brent Murray (UNBC) and Jeanne Robert (BC Ministry of Forests) are looking for a graduate student to begin work on a project involving the use of RNAi for bark beetle monitoring starting in 2024.
Read More »MSc opportunity at UNBCThe University of Northern British Columbia is seeking applications for a tenure-track position in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at the rank of Assistant Professor. Application deadline March 31, 2024. Full details here.
A position is available to study the transmission of GRBV in grapes by potential insect vectors (Hemiptera) and the ecology of identified vectors in vineyards in the Niagara region of Ontario. The position will be located at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada research facilities in Vineland, in conjunction with Brock University and the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute in St. Catharines.
For more information, please contact Justin Renkema justin.renkema@agr.gc.ca
Bryan Brunet (Ottawa Research Development Centre) and Michelle Franklin (AAFC – Science and Technology Branch, Agassiz) are looking for a PhD student that would be co-supervised with Jim Mattsson from SFU. The project is focused on aphids and the transmission of blueberry viruses. Full details here.
