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Canadian Society for Biomechanics
Sociètè Canadienne de Biomècanique Founded 1973, Incorporated 1983
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 1
NEWSLETTER
IN THIS EDITION:
From the President 1
Past President 2
Communications 4
Membership Report 6
Student Report 8
Thesis Corner / News 9
2016 Conference 10
New Executive 11
Awards 14
2014 AGM Minutes 16
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
I am writing this message as the brand new CSB president for
2015-2017. Having spent two years now on the Executive, I am
confident to say that CSB is doing great things for biomechan-
ics across the country and there are many signs that the future is
bright too.
2014 marked the World Congress of Biomechanics meeting in
Boston, where Canadians were well represented in the general
program and in symposia and three invited talks, which are explained in more detail
by Stephen Robinovitch in his report. I could not walk between sessions at the
Hynes Convention Center without running into researchers from all over Canada.
Another key activity of CSB in 2014 was the support of regional biomechanics con-
ferences in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. Just this month, the tradition continued
with the 2015 (twelfth!) Ontario Biomechanics Conference, which had nearly 300
attendees. This emphasizes the vibrancy of biomechanics in Canada, and foreshad-
ows what will hopefully be our largest independent meeting yet, CSB 2016 at
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
A major focus of the society is to recognize and celebrate high achievement in bio-
mechanics through our early (David Winter Young Investigator) and career awards.
In 2014 there were two distinguished career award winners and a rising scientist
recognized. Awards are presented at our biannual meetings, so I encourage the
membership to nominate persons for career awards well in advance of the meeting.
The new executive features many enthusiastic new members, along with a few re-
turning ones. Please join me in supporting and encouraging this group as we work
towards elevating the visibility, quality, and cohesiveness of Canadian biomechan-
ics both at home and abroad. The surest way to guarantee the health of the society’s
future is to remain current with your membership. Our new treasurer and member
affairs person, Grant Handrigan, will enthusiastically accept your dues!
I am confident we are at the start of a rapid growth in biomechanics research in
Canada, and I am looking forward to experiencing it with all of you. We hope you
PAST PRESIDENT—STEPHEN ROBINOVITCH, PHD
Dear CSB / SCB members,
Greetings and Happy New Year! While it’s somewhat bittersweet to be writ-
ing this note as Past-President of CSB/ SCB, it gives me an opportunity to
express how much I enjoyed my role of President of the Society between
2012-2014, and to thank the members of the CSB/ SCB Executive Commit-
tee during 2012-2014, which included Salvatore Federico (Secretary), An-
drea Clark (Treasurer/Member affairs), Clark Dickerson (Conference Chair),
Dave Andrews (Past President), Sylvain Grenier (Communications), Max
Donelan (Past Conference Chair), Andrew Laing (Member at Large), Cyril
Duclos (Member at Large), Ed Cambridge (Student Representative), and
Scott Brandon (Student Representative). The efforts and dedication of each
member of the Executive were essential in maintaining and growing the ac-
tivities of the Society, and I sincerely enjoyed working with them.
One of our accomplishments was to successfully secure (in December 2014) a Certificate of Continuance for
CSB as a Corporation under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act. This was required under the new
Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, which established a new set of rules for federally incorporated not-
for-profit corporations in Canada. Andrea Clark and Salvatore Federico took lead roles in working with law
firm Fric, Lowenstein & Co. LLP to secure the Certificate. As a Corporation, the purpose of the CSB is to
foster research and the interchange of information in the biomechanics of human physical activity. The ob-
jectives of the Corporation are: (a) to promote biomechanics through intra-group and inter-group communi-
cations, meetings, symposia, research and publications at the regional and national levels; (b) to facilitate
improvement of the quality and application of biomechanics research by bring together people from diverse
backgrounds such as therapists, engineers, sport researchers and other biomechanists to discuss common
data acquisition and interpretation problems.
A major milestone for every CSB Executive Committee is the biannual meeting, which was integrated in
the World Congress of Biomechanics (WBC 2014) meeting in Boston in July 6-11, 2014. In addition to
CSB, participating organizations included the International Society of Biomechanics, American Society of
Biomechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Australian and New Zealand Society of Biome-
chanics, European Society of Biomechanics, German Society of Biomechanics, Global Enterprise for Micro-
Mechanics and Molecular Medicine, and US National Committee on Biomechanics.
The efforts of the CSB Executive, and especially CSB Conference Chair Clark Dickerson, were crucial to
the success of the WCB 2014 meeting. CSB-specific sessions at WCB 2014 included awards sessions at the
Master’s and Doctoral levels, and technical sessions in the areas of tissue biomechanics and occupational
biomechanics. We also enjoyed an excellent plenary talk from Dr. Kevin Englehart (UNB) on powered pa-
per limb prostheses, and excellent keynote talks from CSB Career Award recipients Dr. Geoff Fernie (U To-
ronto) and Dr. Jack Callaghan (U Waterloo).
Continued
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 2
PAST PRESIDENT—STEPHEN ROBINOVITCH, PHD
Awarded biannually, the Career Award is CSB’s highest recognition of accomplishment. The award honours
individuals who have been leaders in promoting the field of biomechanics in Canada and beyond through
excellence in research, education and mentorship. While the CSB usually provides only one Career Award
every two years, the committee in 2014 regarded two nominees as both deserving, given the pioneering work
of Dr. Geoff Fernie in rehabilitation/ aging biomechanics, and Dr. Jack Callaghan in ergonomics and spine
biomechanics.
Another highlight of the WCB 2014 meeting was awarding the inaugural David Winter Young Investigator
Award to Dr. Stephen Brown (U Guelph) for his work on the biomechanics of intervertebral disc degenera-
tion. The CSB’s Young Investigator Award has a long tradition of recognizing excellence among early-stage
investigators in biomechanics in Canada. 2014 was the first year that David Winter's name was formally at-
tached to the award, with the strong endorsement of his family. David Winter, who passed away in 2011, was
a international giant in the field of biomechanics, and a key figure in establishing world-class facilities for
the study of biomechanics at the University of Waterloo. There are very few of us working in the field of
biomechanics who have not been influenced by his efforts. We are grateful to industry partner NDI for their
ongoing support of this award, and for their support of student awards at the Master’s and Doctoral levels at
WCB 2014.
A major goal of the CSB is to support student research activities and facilitate networking between trainees.
In line with these goals, Ed Cambridge and Scott Brandon, as Student Representatives of the CSB Executive
Committee, established in 2013 a LinkedIn group for student members of CSB. The CSB also provided fi-
nancial support over 2012-2014 to regional biomechanics meetings in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. We also
supported student conference travel awards to attend the WCB 2104 meeting, and awarded student research
travel awards to Meagan Warnica (MSc, U Waterloo) and Taylor Dick (PhD, Simon Fraser U) to visit other
laboratories.
Our final goal as an Executive was to hand off our responsibilities and welcome the new Executive for 2015-
2017 (Clark Dickerson (President), Salvatore Federico (Secretary), Grant Handrigan (Treasurer/ Member
affairs), Mike Holmes (Communications), Peter Keir (Conference Chair), Andrew Laing (Member-at-
Large), Stephen Brown (Member-at-Large), Alison McDonald (Member-at-Large), Tara Diesbourg (Student
Represetative), and Janessa Drake (Student Representative)). And yes, I’m still on the list as Past-President.
Clearly we are in good hands. Special thanks to Andrea Clark for her efforts to transfer her considerable cor-
porate knowledge to incoming Treasurer/ Members affair lead, Grant Handrigan, and to Peter Keir and his
team for organizing what promises to be a great meeting at McMaster in 2016.
Best regards,
Steve Robinovitch, Ph.D.
Past-President, CSB/ SCB
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 3
COMMUNICATIONS—MIKE HOLMES, PHD
Hello CSB Members,
I am excited to be taking over as Communications Officer. First, I would like to thank
Sylvain Grenier for his service as the past communications officer and for his pa-
tience during this transition. He has been a tremendous help as I continue to learn
about the duties of my new role. This transition has taken some time and it is partly
the reason for a slight delay in this edition of our newsletter.
Some of you may not know this, but I was responsible for the current CSB website.
While a PhD student, I developed the current site, however that was almost 10 years ago and web design has
come a LONG way since that and I think we can all agree that the site needs some updating! Part of my plan as
communications officer is to deliver an updated and refreshed look to the website. I also hope to update the
“behind the scenes” part of the site so that it can be easily updated by future communications officers that may
not have a strong web design background, essentially making the site more user friendly. Please bear with me
as I start this process. It will likely take some time, but I hope you all agree that it will be worth the effort.
On to the Newsletter—As you can see, we are working on some design updates to the newsletters in an attempt
to provide you with more information that is also visually appealing! Please stay tuned for ongoing changes
and updates to future newsletters.
In addition to the website, I would like to increase the social media presence of CSB. Social media is an excel-
lent way for us to promote the amazing work that we do in Canada. As a first step, we have created an official
CSB Twitter account (details below). Please make sure to follow us so we can communicate great news
stories via this account! We look forward to shar ing Canadian Biomechanics with the world!
These changes will be a big undertaking and I welcome thoughts/suggestions/ideas/criticisms, etc. Should you
have any other suggestions and/or ideas for better communications or website functionality, please feel free to
send them my way ([email protected]).
Our goal is to provide the best service to the membership and once again, thanks to the University of Ottawa
for hosting our current website.
Regards,
Mike
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 4
Continued
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 5
USEFUL INFORMATION
The Society webpage address is:
www.csb-scb.com
Please continue to check the site for news and announcements related to CSB!
Our new twitter handle is @CSBiomech
Students—please join the CSB student LinkedIn
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 6
MEMBERSHIP REPORT—GRANT HANDRIGAN, PHD
Dear CSB Members,
Please find above the financial summary for the full calendar year of 2014 and our mem-
bership numbers as of December 2014. As you may notice our membership numbers are
very low (approximately 1/3 of what they were 2 years ago) and so I would encourage
you to go online and pay your membership fees at your earliest convenience.
I am pleased to report that our efforts to transition CSB to the Canada Not-for-Profit Cor-
poration Act were successful (Please note the legal fees listed in the budget for this). Thus
we will maintain our corporation and not for profit status in 2015. Thanks to all who took the time to vote online
about this earlier this year.
This is my final financial report to CSB as I will be handing the finances/member affairs portfolio to Grant Handri-
gan for 2015. I am privileged to have been given the opportunity to serve the CSB community and am very proud of
the way CSB spends the revenue it generates through memberships – supporting regional biomechanics conferences
across Canada, celebrating those who have given their careers to furthering biomechanics research in Canada, and
encouraging students of biomechanics through conference travel awards, NDI conference presentation awards and
research travel awards that enable students to travel to a different lab to conduct a portion of their thesis research. I
am also delighted that, due to transferring much of the financial aspects of CSB to an online format and an electronic
archiving drive over the last few years, I only have three file folders of paper to send to Grant (and not the 6 boxes
that I received 6 years ago).
Thank you for your support of CSB and for giving me this opportunity to serve,
Andrea (past)
CSB active members Dec 2014
Career Members 11
Fellows 3
Regular Members 51
Student Members 86
Total 143
BILAN FINANCIER 2014 FINANCIAL REPORT
(January 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014)
(1 janvier 2014 au 31 decembre 2014)
OPENING BALANCE $36,274.58
INCOME REVENUES
Membership fees $4,629.80
Interest on Bank Account $1.05
NDI Award support for WCB 2014 $2,000.00
Total $6,630.85
EXPENSES DÉPENSES
Open wire (online payment/membership system) $847.16
Student conference travel award (x10) $3,000.00
NDI Awards $2,000.00
Plenary Speaker $1,941.76
Career Awards (x2) $3,656.60
Student research travel awards $6,118.02
Regional Conference Support (x3) $1,500.00
Lawyer fees for government not-for-profit corporation transition $1,338.75
Operational expenses (exec conference call, website domain, stamps,
CCRA fee)
$6.22
Total $20,478.51
CLOSING BALANCE $22,426.92 SOLDE
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 7
STUDENT REPORT
Hello CSB Student Members!
We are very excited to be your new CSB student representatives and are looking forward to continuing to promote
student involvement in the society.
Some of the great work being done by our student members was highlighted in the CSB Masters and Doctoral Stu-
dent Awards sessions at the World Congress of Biomechanics conference in Boston, MA this past summer. After
captivating presentations delivered by all of the finalists, Kaleena Johnston and Krysta Powers from the University
of Calgary were selected for the Masters and Doctoral awards. Congratulations to you both!
Check us out on the official CSB-Student Members LinkedIn page! The page provides CSB student members with
the means to stay connected and build our professional networks as we move forward in our degrees. It will also
allow us to foster collaborative opportunities between institutions; and will serve as a forum for communication be-
tween the CSB student members. Please note that all official communication from the Society will still arrive via
email, and that only current student members will be accepted into the group.
We would like to remind all student members that the CSB offers two travel awards annually, valued at up to $3,000.
The awards are intended to support graduate student travel to other laboratories to expand their research experience.
Please see the guidelines on the CSB website for more information (http://www.health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/
Students/travelaward.pdf).
If you have any ideas or suggestions of things we can implement or improve upon in order to enhance your member-
ship experience with the CSB please send us an email (Tara: [email protected] or Alison:
[email protected]). We’re looking forward to hearing from you and working with you to continue to better
the CSB student membership experience over the next two years!
Tara and Alison
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 8
THESIS CORNER / RESEARCH NEWS
The ‘Thesis Corner’ and the ‘Research News’ sections are two areas that we will be contin-
uing in our biannual newsletters. Please submit the titles of recently completed master’s and
doctoral thesis. The thesis corner will contain the title, name, year and institution along with
a web link to the abstract on the CSB/SCB website (if desired).
I encourage everyone to submit their own or their students’ recently completed thesis
abstracts and any Research News associated with any Canadian Biomechanics Lab to
[email protected]. We will update the website with research and study pic-
tures, as well as tweet the material.
THESIS CORNER (http://www.health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/students.htm)
RESEARCH NEWS (http://www.health.uottawa.ca/biomech/csb/
students.htm)
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 9
With your help, this section of the website and newsletter can be a great place
to showcase our research!
Let’s collectively work together to get this section growing. Please send me
any relevant news!
MCMASTER 2016—CSB CONFERENCE
CSB 2016, Hamilton, Ontario
The 19th Biennial Meeting of the CSB will be held in Hamilton, Ontario from
July 19-22, 2016. The conference venue will be the Sheraton Hotel in down-
town Hamilton, close to a number of gastropubs, excellent restaurants, muse-
ums, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and concert venues. The meeting will be
co-hosted by colleagues from Rehabilitation Science (Monica Maly), Engi-
neering (Cheryl Quenneville, Greg Wohl) and Kinesiology (Peter Keir). We
are excited to host a conference that supports and highlights the proud tradi-
tion of the CSB while promoting new collaborations in scientific and social
contexts. Please stay tuned for more information.
Peter Keir
CSB 2016 Organizing Committee
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 10
NEW EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT
Clark R. Dickerson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Phone: 519-888-4567 x37844
Fax: 519-746-6776
PAST PRESIDENT
Stephen Robinovitch, Ph.D.
Professor, Canada Research Chair
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology and School of Engineering Science
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6, Canada
Tel: 778-782-3566
email: [email protected]
SECRETARY
Salvatore Federico, Ph.D. Dept. of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
The University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 1N4
Tel: +1 403 220 5790
Fax: +1 403 282 8406
Email: [email protected]
TREASURER - MEMBER AFFAIRS
Grant Handrigan, Ph.D. School of Kinesiology and Leisure
Faculty of Health Sciences and Community Services
Université de Moncton
Pavillon Léopold-Taillon
18, avenue Antonine-Maillet
Moncton, NB, Canada
Tel: +1 (506) 858-3764
Fax: +1 (506) 858-4308
Email: [email protected]
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 11
NEW EXECUTIVE
CONFERENCE CHAIR (2016 CSB)
Peter Keir, Ph.D., CCPE Professor
Department of Kinesiology
McMaster University
IWC 212
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
Phone: (905) 525-9140 x23543
Fax: (905) 523-6011
E-mail: [email protected]
PAST CONFERENCE CHAIR (2014 WCB)
Clark R. Dickerson, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Faculty of Applied Health Sciences
University of Waterloo
200 University Ave W
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
CANADA
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
Mike Holmes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Kinesiology | Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
2000 Simcoe St. North, Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4
Office: UAB 347
Phone: 905-721-8668 x6584 Fax: 905-721-3179
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.holmeslab.ca
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Andrew Laing, Ph.D. Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1
Tel: +1 519 888 4567 x38947
Fax: +1 519 746 6776
E-mail: [email protected]
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 12
NEW EXECUTIVE
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Stephen Brown, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Human Health and Nutritional Sciences
University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
E-mail: [email protected]
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE
Janessa Drake, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
2030 Sherman Health Science Research Centre
School of Kinesiology and Health Science
Faculty of Health, York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Voice: 416-736-2100 x33568
E-mail: [email protected]
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Alison Mcdonald Department of Kinesiology
McMaster University
IWC 212
1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
E-mail: [email protected]
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Tara Diesbourg School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Queen's University
28 Division St.
Kingston, ON, Canada, K7L 3N6
E-mail: [email protected]
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 13
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 14
Career Awards
The CSB Career Award is intended to honour those individuals who have been active in promoting the field of
biomechanics in Canada. This year, the CSB celebrated two career awards! Congratulations to Dr. Jack Callaghan
(left) and Dr. Geoff Fernie (right) on such an amazing achievement.
David Winter Promising Young Investigator Award
This year’s David Winter Promising Young Investigator Award
was Dr. Stephen Brown.
The David Winter Promising Young Investigator Award is intend-
ed to target post-doctoral researchers who are 6 years or less from
their PhD graduation year. This includes individuals in PDF posi-
tions and new faculty members who will typically be at the pre-
tenure stage of their career. The award winner was selected based
on the submitted awards package. At WCB 2014, Stephen gave a
30 minute podium session to present his research.
NDI New Investigator Awards
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 15
Doctoral Student Award
Masters Student Award
This year’s Doctoral Student Award winner was Krysta Powers from the University of Calgary!
Congrats Krysta!
The CSB had tremendous Doctoral Awards competition this past year. Congrats to all the nominees.
From left to right the nominees included: Thomas Karakolis (University of Waterloo), Jaclyn Chopp-Hurley
(University of Waterloo), Krysta Powers (University of Calgary), Rafael Fortuna (University of Calgary),
Aaron Kociolek (McMaster University).
This year’s Masters Student Award winner was Kaleena Johnston from the University of Calgary!
Congrats Kaleena!
Like the Doctoral awards, the CSB had a very difficult time deciding a winner. Congrats to all of the great nominees.
From left to right the nominees included: Alexander MacIntosh (McMaster University), Kaleena Johnston
(University of Calgary), Mamiko Noguchi (University of Waterloo).
2014 AGM MINUTES
1. Call to Order
Meeting starts at 12:57
2. Approval of the Agenda
Motion: Dickerson; seconded: Andrews; approved unanimously
3. Approval of Minutes of 2012 General Meeting (SFU) circulated in May 2013 newsletter
Seconded: Andrews; approved unanimously
4. President’s Report (Robinovitch)
Thanks to Conference Chair (Dickerson), who did a fantastic job in representing the CSB at the WCB, making sure that
we have a strong presence
Thanks to the Executive for the work in the past two years
Thanks to the Membership
Society doing well financially, as it will be mentioned in the Treasurer Report
Annual membership system (OpenWire PayPal), works very well, but it does have the problem of the non-conference
year
Online voting and polling (OpenWire) enabled those who are not able to attend the WCB to express their preferences
LinkedIn student group
Inaugural David Winter Young Investigator Award, supported by NDI, who has agreed to remove their name in favour
of naming the awards after the late David Winter; we emphasise that this has the support of David Winter’s family
NACOB 2008 abstracts added to archives, available on the ASB website
5. Election results: CSB/SCB Executive 2015-2017
President: Clark Dickerson (U. Waterloo)
Past President: Steve Robinovich (Simon Fraser U.)
Past Conference Chair: unfilled
Treasurer: Grant Handrigan (U Moncton)
Secretary: Salvatore Federico (U Calgary)
Communications Officer: Mike Holmes (U Ontario Institute of Technology)
CSB/SCB 2014 General Meeting
2014-07-08 (Tue), 12:45-14:30
World Congress of Biomechanics
Hynes Centre Room 306, Boston, MA, USA
Continued
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 16
2014 AGM MINUTES
Members-at-Large: Andrew Liang (U Waterloo)
Stephen Brown (U Guelph)
Janessa Drake (York U)
Student Representatives: Alison McDonald (McMaster U)
Tara Diesbourg (Queen’s U)
6. CSB/SCB Awards
CSB Career Awardees: Geoff Fernie, Jack Callaghan (who are also becoming fellows)
NDI MSc and PhD Awards will be given at the end of the Career Award session
David Winter Young Investigator Award: Stephen Brown
Student Conference Travel Grants (300 CAD each)
2014 Student Travel Grants: Taylor Dick (PhD), Meagan Warnika (MSc)
7. Treasurer’s Report (Clark)
Completed electronic archiving of past meeting proceedings, bank statement, meeting minutes, newsletters and
membership lists
Currently transitioning CSB to the Canada Not-for-Profit Coropation Act; this was due to change in law; just below
1000 CAD in legal fees
Regional Biomechanics Conferences supported with 500 CAD each:
Ontario Biomechanics Conference (2013, 2014)
Quebec Biomechanics Conference (2014)
Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference (2013, 2014)
Finances – June 2013 and June 2014, as per presentation slides
Membership in 2013 and 2014, as per presentation slides
The membership has gone down as to about half
As far as the WCB is concerned, there was no way for us to control the registration system and make sure that
CSB members had paid their dues
Question - Dumas: is the WCB subsidising the CSB? The answer is no, although it would have been beneficial
for all Societies, including the CSB.
Continued
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 17
2014 AGM MINUTES
8. 2014 Conference Chair Report (Dickerson)
It is a huge conference, with 20 parallel sessions in 4.5 days
There is indeed no revenue for the CSB from this conference
What we were able to accomplish was to have our sessions and, after some struggle, to have our plenary speaker
There were many candidates for the MSc and PhD awards, whose names will be disclosed tomorrow
Comment – Herzog: the WCB made about 400,000 USD and, since the WCB is not an organisation, it cannot deposit
the money anywhere. Walter proposed that 20,000 USD should go to the Societies who brought their members to the
WCB
Comment – Robinovich: This would indeed be beneficial to the Society, which has incurred high expenses for the
awards, the invitation of the keynote speakers, etc.
Question – A member asked: is Herzog the CSB representative in the World Council of Biomechanics; the answer is
no, but this should happen: the CSB should nominate a candidate for the World Council of Biomechanics.
9. Student Representatives Report (Brandon, Cambridge)
One of the major activities of the Student Representatives was the creation of the CSB LinkedIn Group; it has current-
ly 46 members and is used for notifications and connections
The Student Representatives liaise with the student members and have advocated retaining both the Conference
Grants (usually 10, at 300 CAD each) and the Research Travel Grants (1 MSc and 1 PhD at 3,000 CAD each); alt-
hough a better job is needed to promote these awards, there was a large number of applications this year.
Proposal to increase web-based connectivity; options include:
Webinar series with a few presentations each year by Principal Investigators across the CSB (Cost: free to about
1,000 CAD per year)
Curated list of biomechanics laboratories and example research talks
MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) consisting of video lectures, quizzes, peer assessments, and certificate for
completion
Continued
CSB Newsletter | June 2015 Page 18
2014 AGM MINUTES
10. 2016 (19th) CSB/SCB Biennial Meeting (Peter Keir, McMaster University)
Team:
Monica Maly (Rehabilitation Science)
Greg Wohl, Cherly Queenville (Engineering)
Peter Kier (Kinesiology)
Possible dates: 15-30 June 2016
Location: On Campus vs Downtown
Accommodations: Residence vs Hotel
Ensure traditional CSB symbosia
Great social activities
Winery tour
Altitude Ropers course (the only such structure in Canada)
Trail runs/walks
Important about Hamilton: site of the first ever Tim Horton’s Store
City of the waterfalls (more than 20)
Please forward any idea to Peter Keir ([email protected])
11. Other Business
Announcement – Dumas: The ISB, to which the the CSB is affiliated, is meeting in Glasgow (UK), 12-16 July 2015,
and in Brisbane (Australia) in 2017
A French-speaking member commented that the link to the French website of the CSB is felt as insulting by the
French speaking CSB-SCB community, since it has been under construction for 15 years without any advance ever
been made.
Comment – Bernard Drouin (U Laval): Is there any relation between the Biomechanics and the Biomaterials socie-
ties? Robinovich: we have, to date, no contacts with the Biomaterials society; it would be interesting to investigate
what the benefit for both societies would be.
12. Adjournment
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