Participants at the symposium
(Photo by Antonia Guidotti)

In March 2027, we will again be holding our annual Student Symposium. It will either be via Zoom or in person at Room 432, Ramsay Wright Laboratories, University of Toronto, 25 Harbord Street East..
 
Graduate students, senior undergraduates and postdoctoral fellows are eligible to present a talk. If it is held in person, there will be posters as well. 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 David Beresford, the academic co-ordinator of the symposium, at davidberesford@trentu.ca with a provisional title. We usually aim for 6 talks, over a broad range of topics.

Talks will be limited to 12 minutes plus 3 minutes for questions. Abstracts of the talks (250 words) will be published in the TEA newsletter Ontario Insects.

The deadline for applying to participate, including submission of the abstract, is March XX, 2026.

Research Grant

The TEA also offers a $800 research award for students.

A Typical Symposium

Here are the talks presented at a recent Symposium (click on links for videos):

- Kelly Murray-Stoker (caddisfly diversity in urban environments);

- Britney Picinic (mosquito excretion after blood meals);

- Thomas Hall (weevil and the control of garlic mustard);

- Zach Balzer (response of termites to carbon dioxide);

- Sisley Irwin (wilding of urban meadows and diversity);

- Jinghan Tan (internal biology of mosquitoes);

- Jocelyn Armistead (bumble bee collection methods); and

- Jesse Huisken (cooperation in carpenter bees).

For more details, see the agenda and abstracts.

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