The Acadian Entomological Society is a registered scientific society whose objectives are to bring about a close association of entomologists and those interested in entomology in the four Atlantic Provinces and the neighbouring New England States, and to cooperate with and to support the Entomological Society of Canada.  Founded in 1915, the Society caters to professional entomologists, amateurs, and educators.  Membership is open to anyone with an interest in entomology.  The Society meets annually, typically in July, and publishes proceedings from these meetings. You can now join the AES online here.


History

On August 3, 1915 in the Assembly Hall of The Normal College, Truro, Nova Scotia a meeting, spearheaded by Mr. W.H. Brittain, was held to organize a society to be known as the Nova Scotia Entomological Society to constitute a branch of the Ontario Entomological Society. The Society took form at a time when concern about an introduced insect, the brown-tail moth, was at its peak.

In 1921, the name was changed to the Acadian Entomological Society, and the first meeting outside Nova Scotia held in Saint John, New Brunswick. It was hoped that this change would attract members from wider areas. After the Second World War the ranks of professional entomologists in Canada as a whole began to swell. Many felt the need for a truly national society to speak for so widely separated a group. This became a reality in 1950 when the Ontario Entomological Society relinquished its unique editorship of The Canadian Entomologist, the official organ of entomology in Canada, and The Entomological Society of Canada came into being. It was decided that regional societies would become affiliates. The Acadian Entomological Society expanded its membership to all interested entomologists in the four Atlantic Provinces and Maine.

Highlighted from an article by Jean Adams -
A History of the Acadian Entomological Society on its 50th Anniversary.
The Atlantic Advocate, August 1965.

Executive 2022

PRESIDENT
Joseph J Bowden
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Forest Service
Atlantic Forestry Centre
26 University Drive
Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, A2H 6J3
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PAST PRESIDENT
Md Habibullah Bahar
Insecticides, Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Health Canada
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REGIONAL DIRECTOR TO THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
Jess Vickruck
Fredericton Research and Development Centre
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
850 Lincoln Rd.
Fredericton, NB E3B 4Z7
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VICE-PRESIDENT

Sara Edwards
Natural Resources Canada
Canadian Forest Service
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent St.
Fredericton, New Brunswick, E3C 2G6
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SECRETARY - TREASURER
TBD

JOURNAL EDITORS

Rob Johns and Sara Edwards
Rob Johns email
Sara Edwards email


NL REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Sean McCann
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
St John’s Research and Development Centre
St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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NS REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Suzanne Blatt
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
32 Main Street, Floor 3, Room C310
Kentville, NS, B4N 1J5
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WEBMASTER
Rylee Isitt
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Bylaws of the Acadian
Entomological Society

(updated, April 2016)

Annual Meetings and
Principle Officers

 

Honorary Members

F.M. Cannon - Charlottetown, PEI
D. Eidt - Fredericton, N.B.
M.E. MacGillivray - Fredericton, N.B.
C.R. MacLellan - Kentville, N.S.

R.F. Morris - St. John's, Nfld
D.C. Read - Charlottetown, PEI
W. Shands - Salem, SC, USA
G.W. Simpson - Orono, ME, USA

V.R. Vickery - Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que.
P.L. Dixon - St. John's, Nfld
D.T.W. Quiring - Fredericton, N.B.