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Pollination Courses

1. International Pollination Course

2011's International Pollination Course was held at the Caxiuanã Station in Brazil. Next year's course will be posted here once more details become avilable. Please note that this course is organized by members of the Brazilian Pollination Initiative (not CANPOLIN).

2. Pollinator Identifcation Course

The deadline to apply has passed (October 15, 2011). Unfortunately we have already had more applicants that we can accommodate and are not accepting any further students for this course.

NSERC-CANPOLIN is pleased to announce that the next POLLINATOR IDENTIFICATION COURSE will be held at the Canadian National Collection (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes in Ottawa, ON from February 20 - March 1, 2012.

The 10 day course will once again be split into two components, with five days on flower flies and five days on bees, and a one day break in between. Jeff Skevington (AAFC) and Chris Thompson (Smithsonian) will instruct the fly portion, and Cory Sheffield (York) and Jason Gibbs (Cornell) will instruct the bee portion.

Graduate students working on CANPOLIN projects will receive priority for space and travel support, but others may apply to participate as space permits.

Photo Credits: Syrphidae photos courtesy of S.A. Marshall and Andrew Young (bottom row, middle); Bee photos courtesy of Bee Tribes of the World.

3. 2012 Pollination Biology Field Course, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri

(Poster - PDF)

Are you interested in pollination biology?
The Canadian Pollination Initiative (NSERC-CANPOLIN) is pleased to once again offer a 12-day intensive pollination biology field course at the historic and internationally-renowned Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG) in St. Louis.  The course includes daily lectures and discussions, field excursions, lab activities, and completion of an individual research project. Topics to be covered include zoological diversity of pollinators, botanical basis and diversity of floral classification, floral advertisement, floral rewards, pollinator foraging, abiotic pollination, evolutionary ecology, breeding systems, and agricultural applications.

Dates: April 16 - 27, 2012

Cost: CDN $500 (includes shared accommodation with cooking facilities, field trips, and use of equipment). Participants will be responsible for transportation to and from the course (a van will be travelling from the Guelph area and participants from the area can carpool), food, and other incidentals.  Cost for local participants not requiring accommodation is $100.  

Instructors: Dr. Peter Kevan (U of Guelph) and Dr. David Bogler (MBG), with guest lecturers (TBA).

Who is eligible: This course is available to grad students, post docs, faculty and anyone else interested in pollination biology. A pollination background is not required.  Priority will be given to CANPOLIN and MBG students and other biologists for whom the course will have significant impact on their research and/or teaching.

For more information or to enroll, please contact Sarah Bates (sbates@uoguelph.ca)

Space is limited, sign up today!

Deadline to enroll is February 15, 2012.