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REMINDER: CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS FOR 2016 CSSS-PRSSS CONFERENCE

REMINDER: CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS FOR 2016 CSSS-PRSSS CONFERENCE

 This is a reminder that there is less than one month left to submit a session proposal for the CSSS-PRSSS Annual Meeting in Kamloops on May 15-18, 2016.      Session proposals should include a title, the names and email addresses of one or more organizers/conveners (with the principal contact name underlined) and a meaningful description (< 250 […]

Photos from the Soil Carbon Symposium and Field Trip are Now Online!
“A Journey through the Soil Time Machine”: Article in Hakai on the soils of Calvert Island, BC
Watch Edward Gregorich’s Keynote Address LIVE!

Watch Edward Gregorich’s Keynote Address LIVE!

Edward Gregorich, research scientist with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, will be giving the keynote address “Soil: Carbon Repository or Mediator?” at the 2015 Soil Carbon Symposium. To watch his keynote address LIVE on Friday, September 25th at 9 am PDT, follow the instructions below! — Meeting Title: Soil Carbon Symposium – Keynote Address Meeting Time: […]

Registration now open for the Fall Field Tour, co-hosted with UBC Soil, Water & Sustainability, September 25-26!
July: Soils are Living (IYS video from SSSA)
PRSSS Soil of the Month: Marble Hill Soil in Abbotsford

PRSSS Soil of the Month: Marble Hill Soil in Abbotsford

PRSSS Soil of the Month (June 2015): The Marble Hill Soil in Abbotsford by Zineb Bazza, President-Elect Information contained in this post contributed by Elizabeth Kenney and Geoff Hughes-Games. Location and Extent The Marble Hill soil occurs mainly in the Abbotsford and Mission municipalities and in the Columbia Valley south of Cultus Lake. It first […]

Do You Want a World Soils Day Google Doodle? Let Google Know!

The Soil Science Society of America is leading a campaign asking soil scientists to write to Google requesting a Google Doodle recognizing World Soils Day on December 5, 2015. Emails to Google can be sent to proposals@google.com. In your email, personalize why YOU think soils are important and deserve a special Google Doodle recognizing that. Let your […]

June 25th at UBC: Research Cafe to Celebrate the International Year of Soils!

June 25th at UBC: Research Cafe to Celebrate the International Year of Soils!

Come celebrate International Year of Soils as Professor Maja Krzic of UBC Faculty of Land and Food System’s Soil Science Group presents on Flexible Learning + Soil Science: How We Use Technology to Engage Students. Thursday, June 25 | 12 – 1 PM MacMillan 160, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Tickets are $10 ($5 for registered students) […]

Photos from the 2015 AGM are now online!