Education and Undergraduate Affairs Committee

1. Mandate

The mandate of the Education and Undergraduate Affairs Committee is to increase the engagement of undergraduate students with the CSMB through offering events and information relevant to their educational and career development. In addition, the committee will seek to develop, promote, and advance molecular biosciences education across Canada.

2. Composition

One board members and at least four CSMB members at large.

3. Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the Education and Undergraduate Affairs Committee will be as follows:

Host virtual events aimed at undergraduate students in molecular bioscience programs to facilitate information sharing and career development.

In conjunction with the President of the CSMB, handle all requests by undergraduate groups for funding from the CSMB

Work with the CSMB Conference Committee to have satellite meetings or sessions within the annual CSMB meetings devoted to matters of teaching molecular biosciences at the undergraduate level

Committee members

Board member

Scott Covey

University of British Columbia

At-large member

Lisa D’Ambrosio

University of Ottawa

Dr. Andrepoulos

At-large member

Stavroula Andrepoulos

University of Toronto

William Willmore

At-large member

William Wilmore

Carleton University

At-large member

Michael Charette

Brandon University

Hannah Rose Shariati

Trainee, At-large member

Hannah Rose Shariati

University of British Columbia