As the president of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists/ Société Canadienne de
Physiologie Végétale I am pleased to welcome you to visit our website. The CSPP/ SCPV
was founded on Oct 27th, 1958, during the 9th Conference of Plant Physiology held at
the NRC Prairie Regional Laboratory in Saskatoon. At its founding, the goal of the
society was to encourage research and education in the field of Plant Physiology and
its application. While the name of the society reflects this goal, the research of CSPP
members has expanded to include the use of the latest molecular and genomic tools to
investigate the function of plant communities, whole plants, tissues and cells.
Our annual and regional meetings are excellent places for students, postdoctoral fellows
and professional scientists to report their research results and make important career
connections and establish collaborations. The quality of the research reported in poster
and oral presentations has been consistently outstanding.
The CSPP/SCPV has strong ties with related national and international organizations.
Through Plant Canada we network with several other societies that share a common interest
in the plant sciences. We also meet regularly with the American Society of Plant Biologists
and will be joining them at the 2010 joint meeting in Montreal.
The work of the society is done by a large group of volunteers. I am grateful for the
willingness of the members of the executive and the various committees that continue to make
this a vital and vibrant society.
As we launch into the next 50 years I wish everyone success with their science and
scientific collaborations.
