Student Symposium

Participants at the 2009 symposium
(Photo by Don Davis)

Every year in March, we hold our annual Student Symposium at the Ramsay Wright Zoological Building at the University of Toronto. The next symposium will be held in March 2014. A total of 54 people attended the March 2013 Symposium.
 
Graduate students, senior undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows are eligible to present either a talk or a poster. Everyone is welcome to attend. The audience is a good mix of professional and amateur entomologists who provide a large forum for the students.

Students interested in participating should contact Doug Currie, academic co-ordinator of the symposium at dc.currie@utoronto.ca with a provisional title. He will discuss whether a talk or poster is feasible. We aim for 6 talks and 10 posters and would like to cover a broad range of topics. Slots for the talks often fill up quickly.

Talks will be limited to 10 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions. Posters must be of reasonable size - 3 to 4 feet - and be capable of being attached to the walls without damaging them. Abstracts of the talks and posters (250 words) will be published in the TEA newsletter Ontario Insects.

Deadline for applying to participate in the symposium is early March of every year.

Travel Grants

TEA travel subsidy to the symposium - limited budget is available
- Eligibility: To be awarded to graduate or undergraduate student(s) studying insects at an Ontario university and presenting a talk or poster at the TEA Symposium that are travelling to the symposium from outside the GTA.
- Application (Word or pdf): must include a detailed list of expected travel costs.
- Deadline for application: early March

Past Travel Grant Recipients

2012 - Chris Austin and Angela Marinas (University of Western Ontario), Tyler Flockhart (University of Guelph)

Range of Talks at the Symposium

Click here for the program lineup for the 2013 symposium.

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