Friday December 3rd
6:30 pm Registration: Images Theatre
7:30 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS

A NEW APPROACH TO PEST
CONTROL IN CANADA

Pesticide testing, registration, and use
will be examined along with alternative
methods of pest control. The discussion
will also include the necessary econo-
mic and political decisions that could
permit Canada to minimize the use of
chemicals in favour of control tech-
niques designed in Canada for Can-
adian conditions.

Or. Ross H. Hall

Professor of Biochemistry

McMaster Unversity Health Sciences
Centre

Dr. Hait currently serves on the Canadian
Environmenial Advisory Council to the
Minister of Environment and is author of
the CEAG Report, A New Approach to
Past Contrat in Canada.

10:30 am

10:45 am

Insects in Structures: cockroaches, ants,
termites

Paul Mumby, President

‘ntegrated Pest Management Systems
Ltd.

Medically Important insects: mosqui-
toes, wasps, bees, lice

Dr. Bob Custello, Entomologist

B.C. Ministzy of Agriculture

Coffee

Garden Pests: weeds, insects, fungi

Dr. Peter Balton, Assoc. Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University

Weeds on School Grounds and Parks
Sheila Daar, Staff Horticulturist
Centre for the Integration of Applied
Sciences

Berkeley, California

Weeds on Rights-of-Way
Janet King, Weed Control Ofticer
Fraser-Fori George Regional District

Lunch
PESTICIDE DEVELOPMENT AND

Coffee

PESTICIDE REGULATION: THE PER-
MIT AND APPEAL SYSTEM IN B.C.

Dr. Ron Kobyinyk, Director
Pesticide Control Branch
B.C. Ministry of Environment

Dr. John Warnock, Pesticide Researcher
SPEC, Society Promoting Environment-
al Conservation

HEALTH AND SAFETY:
THE ECOLOGICAL POINT OF WiEW

Dr. Trevor Hancock, Assoc. Medica}
Ofticer

Department of Public Health
City of Toronto

5:00 pm Closing Remarks

Saturday December 4th TESTING: THE INDUSTRIAL POINT
8:00 am Registration: Images Theatre OF VIEW

9:00 am PESTICIDES: WHAT ARE THEY? Harold Major, President

A layman's treatment of various pesti-
cides; how they work and what thair
- benefits are.

Dr. John Borden, Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University

URBAN PESTS AND THEIR CONTROL

A tightly arranged series of short talks
on pests, the damage they do, and how
they can be controlied with and without
pesticides,

Vertebrates: rodents, birds, deer, coyotes
Bert Engelmann, Vector Control Officer
City of North Vancouver

Canadian Agricultural Chemicals Assoc.

PESTICIDE REGULATION AND THE
IBT CONTROVERSY

Dr. S.W.. Gunner, Director
Bureau of Chemical Safety
Health and Welfare Canada

Wayne Ormrod, Assoc. Director
Pesticides Section

Agricultura Canada

Dr. Ross H. Hall, Professor
Department of Biochemistry
McMaster University

Marilyn Kansky, Staff Counsel
West Coast Environmental Law Assoc.