CSTA Celebrates
CSTA is proud to celebrate the achievements of its members and supporters. We use this section of our website to offer our congratulations to very deserving recipients of CSTA and other honours and awards.
Watch the videos of the 2011 award winners receiving their awards. Special thanks to Issues Ink for videoing this special occasion.
July 18, 2011 – Dr. Gordon Rowland Wins the 2011 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
July 18, 2011 – Brenda Trask is the 2011 Winner of the CSTA Seed Achievement Award
July 18, 2011 – Congratulations to Lloyd Dyck on Winning the CSTA Honourary Life Membership Award
July 8, 2010 – Dr. Norman Bradner is the 2010 Winner of the Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
July 8, 2010 – CSTA Celebrates the Achievements of Dr. Tom Francis with the 2010 Honourary Life Membership Award
July 14, 2009 – Don McClure Receives 2009 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
July 14, 2009 – John Cowan Receives 2009 CSTA Seed Achievement Award
July 14, 2009 – CSTA Celebrates the Contributions of Claude Roger with the 2009 Honorary Life Membership (La version française)
May 19, 2009 – Congratulations to Paul King on his appointment to the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame. CSTA President in 1983-84, Paul King was appointed to the Canadian Agriculture Hall of Fame at the Toronto Royal Winter Fair. The news release announcing the appointments says: “Paul King is a true Canadian agriculture success story, building his family’s small Ontario-based seed business into a dominant player in both Canadian and international industries.” Find the release here.
July 15, 2008 – Dr. Bruce Coulman Received 2008 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
July 15, 2008 – Robynne Anderson Receives 2008 Seed Achievement Award
July 15, 2008 – CSTA Celebrates the Contribution of Peter Bonis with the 2008 Honorary Life Membership Award
July 25, 2007 – Jim McCullagh Wins 2007 CSTA Seed Achievement Award
July 25, 2007 – Alejandro Hernandez Wins 2007 Canadian Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
January 9, 2007 – CSTA Congratulates Dorothy Murrell on SSGA Honorary Life Membership
November 15, 2006 – Dr. Jay Patel Wins 2006 Plant Breeding and Genetics Award
November 5, 2006 – CSTA Congratulates Hall of Fame Inductee, Peter Hannam
July 2006 – Pick Brothers named Honourary Life Members of CSTA
July 2006 – Larry White Honoured with CSTA Seed Achievement Award