and Victoria Ave-.) and panelists Mr. Brian Graham of Barr &Murphy (Canada) Ltd., (Drying); Mr. Lunn of Simco Ltd.(Freezing); and Mr. Norden of DeLaval (Fluid Dynamics) willdiscuss "Food Engineering and Equipment".
Jan. 18. This meeting will be held in the Maclean-Hunter Bldg., 481University Ave., Toronto at 7.30 p.m. The Panel Discussion willcover "Food Chemistry & Proximate Analysis as it relates toQuality Control". The panelists will be drawn from the cereal,meat and dairy process industries.
Alberta Section: Local Secretary, Lawrence M. McKnight, Dept. of FoodScience, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Phone: 432-3622.Oct. 6. The Luncheon meeting will be at the Sheraton, Caravan
Penthouse. The speaker will be Past Chairman, Dr. P. Jelen ofthe Dept. of Food Science, U. of Alta. Cost of Luncheon $4.50.Bar extra.
Nov. 16. President's Night at the Lister Hall Banquet Room (U. ofAlta.). Cocktails 6.30 p.m. & Dinner at 7.15 p.m. Cost of Dinner$5.00. Members and Guests wishing to attend only to hear andmeet our President, Mr. Art Greene, may do so after the dinner.Coffee will be available. Spouses and friends will be welcomed.For members in the Calgary area, a luncheon with the Presidentwill be arranged in that City, if sufficient numbers of membersrequest the same. Please let the Secretary know of your desires.
Jan. 20. A noon Luncheon meeting at the Executive Motor Inn willsee a panel of Agriculture Canada Officers discuss Grades,Standards, & Metric packaging for Dairy, Poultry, and LivestockProducts.
Feb. 7. A Dinner meeting in the Palliser Hotel at 6.00 p.m. Cost$7.00. Spouses and friends welcome. Mr. J. Neilson, Vice-President Burns Meats Ltd. will be the speaker. A tour of the Lucerne Central Meat Cutting Facility is a tentative possibility.
Mar. 2. This is Students' Night. Traditionally in the hands of the students of the Univ. of Alberta and Northern Alta. Inst. of Tech.Details to be announced later.
Apr. 6. Following the pattern established a few years ago, this willbe an Ethnic Luncheon. Details have not yet been finalized.
Apr. 13. The Annual Spring Workshop on Quality Control in theFood Industry. It will be held in the Dept. of Food Science, U.of Alta. Lectures in the morning, Laboratory exercises in theafternoon, and Discussions and Lectures in the evening.
Saskatchewan Section: Secretary, Dr. W. Mike Ingledew, Dept. of Dairyand Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. Phone:343-3911.Sept. 24. Social evening at Labatt's Courtesy Room with a talk on
the History of Saskatoon and area.Oct. 21. Although details have not yet been completed, it is planned
to have a talk on World Food Problems and Programmes.Nov. 17. This is the night that our President, Mr. Art Greene will be
paying his official visit.Jan. 20. A talk on the Metric System Conversion is being arranged.Feb. 24. Although the date is confirmed, the details have not yet
been worked out. It is an evening devoted to the Students.Mar. 17. Although this date has been set aside for the March meet
ing, no details are yet available.Apr. 22. The Annual Meeting and Wine and Cheese Social.
Atlantic Section: Secretary, Mr. Murray G. Fierheller, Fisheries & Marine Research, Environment Canada, Halifax. Phone: 426-6288.Sept. 18. The Season will start off with the traditional Seaside Fam-
ily Picnic.Oct. 6. A Dinner Meeting with President Art Greene.Nov. 17. A tour of Moosehead Breweries.Jan. 19. The Annual Wine and Cheese Party.Feb. 16. A Dinner Meeting with a speaker.Mar. 16. A Tour of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.Apr. 20. Probably a plant tour.May 18. The Annual Meeting.
Manitoba Section: Secretary, Mr. Ronald F. Landry, Canada PackersLtd., Winnipeg, Phone: 247-2526.Sept. 22. Annual Golf Tournament and Picnic.Oct. ? Probably a dinner meeting with a talk by Dr. L. E. Lloyd of
the Faculty of Home Economics, University of Manitoba.Nov. 18. An evening with our President, Art Greene.Dec. ? Mike Henderson of the Dept. of Food Science, Univ. of
Manitoba will speak on Food Science in Africa.Jan. ? A tentative arrangement has been made for a talk from one of
our Past Presidents, Dr. Norman Tape.
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Feb. ? The Annual Social.Mar. ? The present plan is to have John Cross, Exec. Dir. of POS Pi
lot Plant Corp. of Saskatoon talk on the work of his organization.
Apr. ? Annual Meeting.To rekindle the interest of its members, the Toronto Section distrib
uted a splendid issue of their News Letter, Sci-Tech. early in August.Among other things it drew the attention of its members to the rising interest in "dietary fibre", to the fact that our Institute is now directly associated with SCITEC. (Toronto members should note the difference inspelling it is not Sci-Tech.), to the new Officers and Directors of the Section and to the programme for the 76-77 Season. Their course is set for anexcellent season. It was noted that their Treasurer, Charles Macer, and hiswife went for a holiday in England. Knowing Charles very well, I do notthink that there will be any necessity to check their financial assets.
W. J. E.
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIACALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
1977 AIC-CIFST ConferenceUniversity of Guelph
August 14-18, 1977The theme of the joint conference is Strategy 2000. What policies
and programs are required to better meet Canada's domestic and worldfood needs in the year 2000?
CIFST technical sessions will be held. Special efforts are being takento permit the contribution of the Subject Interest Groups in Dairy Technology, Meat, Nutrition, Sensory Evaluation and Consumer Acceptanceand Microbiology. Each of these groups will be organizing their respective sections in collaboration with the Technical Program Committee.Technical sessions will cover all aspects of Food Science and Technology.
You are cordially invited to submit abstracts for consideration by the1977 Technical Program Committee.
ABSTRACTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 15, 1977Instructions for Preparing Abstracts and Presentation of Papers.
TITLE: Use a short and concise title that indicates the content of the abstract. Capitalize the first letter of each word, except prepositionsand articles. Underline scientific names.
AUTHORS AND INSTITUTIONS: Author's name should be typed incapital letters. Place an asterisk after the name of the author presenting the paper. Each author should be listed by Institution, Department, City and Province.
CONTENT OF ABSTRACT: An abstract, limited to 100 words, shouldcontain a concise statement of: (I) the problem under investigation;(2) the experimental method used; (3) the essential results obtainedin summary form; (4) conclusions. Type the abstract single-spacedon the official abstract form. If a paper is to be considered for theGraduate Student Award please indicate this on abstract form.
PRESENTATION OF PAPER: The maximum time allowed for presentation of a paper is 15 minutes, including presentation of slides anddiscussion time.
SLIDES: Facilities for projecting 2" x 2" slides will be provided. Otherfacilities required must be requested. Material in slides should bekept to a minimum and must be "readable" at a distance of 70 ft.
MAIL ABSTRACT TO: Mrs. Elizabeth LarmondFood Research InstituteResearch BranchAgriculture CanadaOTTAWA, Ontario. KIA OC6
The Programme Committee reserves the right to accept or reject anypaper.
NOTICE OF AWARDS ANDSCHOLARSHIPS
Grain Research ScholarshipsUp to $200,000 in annual scholarships and grants will be provided as
a result of a new grain researCh-support program announced recently bythe Canadian Wheat Board. The money will go to graduate and undergraduate students at Prairie universities. The program is designed to encourage more research in grain-related areas and attract more top Canadian students to agriculture research careers.
The graduate program will provide for six research awards per year;they will normally be provided to students on a three-year basis and willrange from $6,000 in the first year to $10,000 in the second. The grantswill be on the basis of·proposals submitted to the board by a committeeappointed by the dean of agriculture at each Prairie university.
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