official conference hotels. For accom­modation information please call LindaMalcolmson at (204) 474-9903. Stu­dent accommodation will also be avail­able at the Holiday Inn.

Winnipeg has much to offer toManitoba visitors. In addition to manymodern shopping centres and finerestaurants, you can visit the Museumof Man and Nature, the Planetariumand Lower Fort Garry or cruise the Redor Assiniboine Rivers on Riverboats.Plan to attend the 1988 CIFST Confer­ence. We are looking forward to meet­ing you in Winnipeg!

1988 CIFST/ICSTAConference Publicity

Committee

Erratum

In my President's message whichappeared in the October issue of ourJournal, there is a point I wish to cor­rect. I wrote that our Publishing Com­mittee had been studying the possibil­ity of splitting our Journal into twoseparate scientific and technologicaljournals over the past two years. Itshould be made clear that, althoughthis topic has been discussed infor­mally by various Institute membersover the past few years, it was not onthe Agenda of the Publishing Commit­tee until November 1987. My apolo­gies to committee members for anyconcerns this error has caused.

J'aimerais corriger un point qui aparu dans le message du president dunumero d'octobre de notre Journal. J'yecrivais que notre Comite des Publica­tions etudie la possibilite de diviser leJournal en deux publications, scient i­fiques et techniques, au cours des deuxprochaines annees. Qu'il soit bien clairque, bien qu'on ait officieusement dis­cute de cette question dans certainsmilieux de I'Institut, au cours des der­nieres annees, ce n'est qu'en novem­bre 1987 que le Comite des Publica­tions I'inscrivit a son ordre du jour. Jem'excuse aupres des membres duComite pour tout probleme que cetteerreur aurait pu leur causer .

Thomas J. McEwenPresident/President

Can. Inst. Food Sci. Technol. J. Vo!. 21. No. J. 1988

SECTION NEWS

Section de Montreal

Le 20· colloque annuel de I'ICSTA,section de Montreal, a eu lieu les 18 et19 novembre, au Holiday Inn - La Sei­gneurie.

Le theme etait "Les nouvelles tech­niques de I'emballage alimentaire etleurs effets sur la qualite". Onze con­ferenciers et plus de cent profession­nels y ont participe. Differents aspectsde I'emballage alimentaire nous ont etepresentes par Heather Olivier de Food& Drug Packaging News, Claude Cre­tin de Reiser, Camille Leroux et AnneL'Hereux de Catelli, Jacques Nocquetde Lutetia, Lucille Brisebois de I'Asso­ciation des Consommateurs Cana­diens, Francois Fontaine de Mecaplas­tique, Ca~iIIe Boileau de Sante etBien-Etre Canada, Robert Browningd' Air Liquide, Dr. J. Smith du CollegeMacdonald et Gilles Doyon duC.R.A.S.H.

Cette activite a ete une reussite.L'animateur Pierre Baril a su captiverI'attention de tous par son dynamisme.Les conferenciers etaient des plus inte­ressants et ils ont su bien repondre auxdemandes de I'auditoire.

Un panier de provisions alimentairesa ete offert achacun des conferenciersen remerciement de leur participation.Nous tenons specialement a remercierles compagnies qui ont donne des pro­duits pour ces paniers; Les AlimentsUFL, FoodPro National, Kraft Ltee, BestFoods Canada, Delico Corporation,Seagrams et Catelli.

Le comite organisateur du colloque,Mary Kourkoulis. Micheline Beauche­min, Louise Jacques et Indu Tomar ontaccompli un merveilleux travail et toutle credit doit leur etre impute pour lesucces de ce colloque.

Sasckatchewan Section

Upcoming meetings scheduled in1988 are:Food Irradiation: The Debate. Mon­day, March 8, 7:30 p;m., PhysicsBuilding, University of SaskatchewanCampus, Saskatoon. Speakers are:Don Somers, SMDC; Robert Woods, U.of S., Chemistry Department; Kris Rao,radiologist, and Ann Coxworth. Themoderator is Eiler Humbert, U. of S.,Department of Applied Microbiologyand Food Science.

Spring Wine and Cheese Social. Fri­day, April 29, 7:30 p.m. Galleria andMain Floor Boardroom, SEDCO Centre,Innovation Place, North UniversityCampus, Saskatoon. Annual BusinessMeeting and Poster Presentations ofResearch.

NEWS FROMOTHER ASSOCIATIONS

New 1FT Executive Director

Howard W. Mattson became Execu­tive Director of the Institute of FoodTechnologists (1FT) on December 1.Mr. Mattson succeeded Calvert L.Willey, who retired after 27 years with1FT. As was Mr. Willey, Mattson willalso become publisher of Food Tech­nology, 1FT's monthly technical journal.

Mattson has been with 1FT since1973, joining 1FT then as the first direc­tor of its newly formed Public Informa­tion Program. The program he built,based on an Expert Panel on FoodSafety and Nutrition and a nationwidesystem of Regional Communicators,has been much emulated by otherscientific societies. Mattson wasnamed Associate Executive Director inApril 1985 in anticipation of Willey'sretirement.

UNIVERSITY NEWS

CCUFSA Report

The Council of Canadian UniversityFood Science Administrators (CCUFSA)is a body of Department Chairmen ofFood Science Departments acrossCanada. This organization was formedsix years ago with the six main Depart­ments contributing and meeting twicea year. The purpose of this body is tobring together the heads of all the foodscience departments, and in an infor­mal fashion, try to keep informed onthe progress and developments withinall the departments across Canada. Inaddition to this major goal, the CCUFSAdiscusses strategies in terms of givingthe discipline of food science credibil­ity and clout, both academically andindustrially. A typical example of someof the concerns that the CCUFSAmight address would be the droppingof the NSERC strategic food and

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