Institute Affairs - Affaires de I'lnstitut

Acceptance Speech from CIFST President - A. H. M. GreeneDear CIFST Members:

Your confidence in nominating and electing me President of the In­stitute for 1976177 is deeply appreciated. You can be assured that I willdo everything possible to strengthen and improve our organization. Butas each of you know, in order to prosper, a large, diversified, dispersedgroup such as ours, needs many dedicated, hard-working members tomeet the challenges that confront the Institute in this rapidly changingworld of today. From my experience with you, I know I can count on youand feel confident that we, as a team, can do the job. I would like tothank particularly David Clark for his leadership and his team for bring­ing the Institute to where it is today. We have a sound organization and amembership capable of accepting challenges.

As a special program objective for CIFST for 1976177, I challengesection chairmen to develop, and individual members to support, a pro­gram to inform the general public of our Institute and its capabilities andto attempt to answer food problems that are amenable to solution by theapplication of food science and technology. Our program might be called"CIFST Service To The Community". One hears and reads regularlythese days about communication or the lack of it. Let us strive to do ourbest to communicate the CIFST objectives and concerns regularly to thepUblic.

CIFST has considerable resources available to undertake such a pro­gram. There are qualified persons on particular subjects in the varioussections across Canada; there are CIFST Information Communicatorsstrategically placed regionally; there is the CIFST Speaker's Bureau

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which maintains volunteer speakers on a wide range of topics and the In­stitute has produced and made available in French and in English an in­formation brochure on "Everything you always wanted to know aboutfood but didn't know who to ask".

"what method might be adopted to put such a program into practice?One that recommends itself is for each CIFST Section to organize andconduct a half day or one day public meeting in the principle communityor communities within the geographical boundaries of the section. Thesubject matter and topic would be at the discretion of each local section.Facilities of a university, college, high school or other auditorium couldprobably be made available at little or no cost on a suitable week-end. Asmall admission charge of a dollar or two might be levied to defray inci­dental costs and provide coffee and donuts or other food or drink items toattendees.

For some years CIFST has been mainly inward-looking striving todefine its role, its organization, recruit greater numbers and get membersto know one another better professionally. The time has come to lookoutwardly and this the Institute is commencing to do by joining with theAgricultural Institute of Canada in a joint conference and by initiatingthe establishment of the Canadian Science Committee on Food and Nu­trition with seven other societies. The Institute decided four years ago tohold a joint annual conference next year with Ale. Arrangements arewell in hand by.a qualified and enthusiastic committee from both insti­tutes to organize the conference at the University of Guelph from August14 to August 18, 1977. This joint conference of agrologists with food sci-

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entists and technologists is unique. To the best of my Information, such agathering on a national scale has not taken place before, at least in thewestern world. It is a logical association, however, asour endeavours aremutually dependent in the total food system. The theme of the joint con­ference is to be "A professional partnership in food".The technical pro­gram will be oriented toward identifying issues, objectives and strategy tobe able to feed Canadians and others in the year 2000 and what the needis for a food policy to accomplish this.

In the interest of follow-up and as support and focus for our "Profes­sional partnership in food" theme with AIC, it would be helpful if copiesof "CIFST Service to the Community" meeting agenda, talks and high­lights of discussions were preserved. Each section might consider submit­ting a summary of the sessions to our journal for publication.

I urge section chairmen and others to examine the requirements ofcommunicating food science and technology to Canadians and therebyincreasing awareness of CIFST and the capabilities it has concerning theeveryday lives of all Canadians as well as making CIFST members andothers more knowledgeable of the factors and circumstances of feedingpeople to year 2000. Collectively, we have the tools and the ideas; let's getout and do the job.

Chers membres de l'ICSTA,Sachez que j'apprecie grandement la confiance que vous m'avez te­

moignee en me nommant president de l'institut pour l'annee 1976-77.Vous pourrez etre assures que je ferai tout en mon pouvoir pour amelio­rer et renforcer notre organisation. Toutefois dans un groupe aussi nom­breux, diversilie et disperse que Ie notre, notre institut a besoin de mem­bres a l'esprit laborieux et volontaire pour faire face aux delis apportespar les changements rapides du monde d'aujourd'hui. D'apres mon expe­

.rience anterieure avec vous je sais que je peux compter sur vous et qu'en­seinbles, nous formerons une bonne equipe. Je voudrais remercier parti­culierement David Clark et son equipe pour avoir amene l'institut la ouelle en est aujourd'hui. Nous formons une bonne organisation et nousavons des membres capables d'affronter les delis.

Comme objectif special de l'ICSTA pour 1976-1977, je demande auxdirecteurs des sections de developper, et aux autres membres de suppor­ter un programme pour informer fe public en general de la nature de no­tre institut et de ses possibilites et aussi d'essayer de resoudre les proble­mes susceptibles de l'etre en ce domaine par l'application des science ettechnologie alimentaires. Notre programme pourrait s'intituler "Servicesde l'ICSTA ala Communaute." Nous entendons et lisons regulierementde nos jours a propos de communication ou de son manque. Faisonsdonc de notre mieux pour communiquer les objectifs de l'institut et sesinterets au public.

L'ICSTA possede de nombreuses ressources pour mener a bien ceprogramme. Nous avons des personnes qualifiees sur des sujets particu­liers dans toutes les sections du Canada; nous avons des agents d'infor­mation pour l'ICSTA places dans des regions strategiques; nous avons unbureau de conferenciers qui dispose de personnes volontaires aux interetstres divers et I'institut a aussi produit et rendu disponible une brochureinformative sur "Tout ce que vous voulez savoir sur les aliments mais quevous ne savez a qui Ie demander."

Un moyen de mettre en pratique ce probleme serait d'organiser unerencontre publique d'une journee ou d'une demi-journee dans la (es)ville(s) principale(s) al'interieur de chaque section de l'ICSTA. Le sujetet la conduite de cette rencontre serait ala discretion de chaque section.La location du lieu (universite, college, ecole ou autre) pourrait se faire aun prix raisonable ou gratuitement suivant Ie temps choisi. De legers fraisd'admission (un ou deux dollars) pourraient defrayer certains coftts addi­tionnels ou encore pouvoir a l'achat de cafe et antres friandises pour lespersonnes presentes.

Pendant bien longtemps notre institut s'est penche sur lui-memecherchant a definir son role, sa methode d'organisation, voulant recruterde nouveaux membres et ameliorer les communications entre ceux-ci. Parla suite, nous avons enleve nos reilleres et nous nous sommes joints al'institut agricole du Canada dans une conference conjointe; nous avonsaussi initie la fondation d'un comite canadien sur les aliments et la nutri­tion, comite qui contient sept autres societes. Notre institut a decide voilaquatre ..ms de tenir une conference conjointe avec I'IAC l'annee pro­chaine. Un comite qualifie et enthousiaste de membres de chacun des ins­tituts prepare cette conference qui aura lieu al'Universite de Guelph du14 au 18 aoftt 1977. Cette conference conjointe des agronomes, des scien­tistes et technologistes alimentaires est unique. A rna connaissance, unetelle rencontre a l'echelle nationale n'a jamais eu lieu, du moins pas enOccident. C'est toutefois une association logique puisque nous dependons'mutuellement les uns des autres. Le theme de la conference sera "Coope-

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ration professionnelle agro-alimentaire." Le programme technique ten.dra a identilier les problemes, les objectifs et la strategie a prendre pournourrir les canadiens et les autres nations en l'an 2000 et la politique aprendre pour atteindre ce but.

Dans l'interet et comme support a notre conference "Cooperationprofessionnelle agro-alimentaire" avec l'IAC, il serait utile que des copies(agenda, presentations et resumes des discussions) des rencontres "Servi.ces de l'ICSTA ala Communaute" soient conservees. Chaque section de.vrait soumettre un resume des sessions a notre journal, a fins de publica.tion.

Je demande aux directeurs des sections et aux autres de faire en S0rte

que notre institut soit connu des Canadiens, de meme que de rendre nosmembres et Ie reste de la population plus sensibles aux facteurs qui affec­teront I'alimentation en l'an 2000. Nous avons les outils et les idees, d'uncommun accord, agissons.

CIFSTI ICSTAANNUAL MEETING,

OTTAWA,MAY 30-JUNE 2, 1976.

CONFERENCE. The 1976 Conference was a very successful event. A total of641 reg­istered (full registrants 375; students 51; one-day registrants 160; and.spouses program 55). This in spite of the strike threat by air traffic con­trollers. Registration was handled by Gordon Timbers and his committeewith the assistance of Don Fletcher (Treasurer).

Transfer of CIFST/ICSTA Gavel to Art Greene from Dave Clark.

The weather cooperated too; it turned out to be the best 4 days ofSpring this year in Ottawa.

The tight scheduling of John Holme for the Technical Program wasvery evident. A total of 110 papers was presented (3 cancellations). As asmall departure from previous meetings plenary sessions were held eachmorning with special symposia and 4 concurrent sessions each afternoon.Most sessions were well attended, but the toll of departures was evidentWednesday afternoon. Subject interest groups (Dairy, Meat, Sensory andMicrobiology) took an active part in the technical program planning. Be­cause of time limitations coffee breaks were eliminated but coffee wasavailable in the corridors. Again it was felt that authors should give moreattention to the prep.aration of slides and transparencies. Some were notsatisfactory as visual aids. Two innovations were made in the programbooklet (i) a calender of events and (ii) an index of authors. Both provedhelpful to the delegates and participants.

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