THE WINNER OF this year’s CSAAC annual $500 grant for post-secondary education in agriculture is Anya Illingworth of North Battleford, Sask. Anya is a Grade 12 student at John Paul II Collegiate and has been accepted into the College of Agriculture and Bioresources — Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. After obtaining her degree she hopes to work in some form of agricultural extension such as educating elementary students about agriculture through school programs or by becoming an agrologist in the farm sector. Illingworth grew up on a pedigreed seed farm and was very involved in harvest operations. Her references emphasized how very passionate she is about agricul- ture. She has a GPA of 4.0 and has been on the honour roll with distinction throughout high school. She is very involved in her high school through the student council, senior basketball and the JP II Mission Team. The Saskatchewan Potash Corporation awarded her a full scholarship for her mission trip to Kenya to work on agricultural sustainability. She is involved in the commu- nity helping at a homeless shelter, food bank and volun- teering to help at fundraising suppers for many things, including emergency services. Illingworth is a very deserving recipient of the 2018 CSAAC annual $500 grant. We wish Anya all the best as she reaches for her goals. The grant application is available on the CSAAC web- site www.seedanalysts.ca and must be submitted no later than April 15 of the year submitted. ANYAILLINGWORTHREPRESENTSANEW GENERATIONOFYOUTHMAKINGADIFFERENCE CSAAC / SEEDANALYSTS.CA / WE’RE HELPING MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF SEEDSPEOPLE Krista Erickson, CSAAC Executive Director We’re kicking off 2019 by remind- ing everyone about our 75th annual meeting coming up soon. CSAAC will be celebrating our diamond anniver- sary in Toronto, Ont., the last week of May 2019. Mark your calendar! The 74th CSAAC annual general meeting and workshop were a huge success. It was well attended by seed analysts and seed industry repre- sentatives from Canada along with representation from the United States. Presentations were given by Glyn Chancey of the Canadian Seed Growers Association; Claudio Feulner of the Canadian Seed Trade Association; Roy Van Wyk and Jennifer Scott of the Canadian Seed Institute; Lorne Hadley of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency; Wendy Jahn of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Janine Maruschak of the Seed Science and Technology Section. Gord Berg gave an update on the 2018 Methods and Procedures for testing seed changes and the pro- posed changes for the 2019 M & P. Ruojing Wang introduced the International Seed Morphology Association, and Jeremy Latta facili- tated a productive discussion on the Seed Synergy initiative. Everyone involved did an excel- lent job of arranging this meeting. The Seed Science and Technology Section hosted a workshop on purity, germination, new technology and seed testing updates. This was an incredibly well-run workshop with lots of valuable infor- mation given by very knowledgeable people. Thank-you to all who organized and facilitated this. 24 GERMINATION.CA JANUARY 2019