# Society of Canadian Ornithologists

The Society of Canadian Ornithologists, or Société des Ornithologistes du Canada, is an ornithological non-profit organization serving Canada’s ornithological community. It was founded in 1983, and is a member of the Ornithological Council.
The goals of the Society are to encourage and support research towards the understanding and conservation of Canadian birds, serve as a professional society for both amateur and professional Canadian ornithologists, represent Canadian ornithologists within professional ornithological societies, publish information about Canadian birds, and recognise excellence in research, conservation and mentorship in the Canadian ornithological community.

## Publications and awards

The Society produces the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology (French: Écologie et Conservation des Oiseaux), which is published jointly with Birds Canada, as well as a newsletter, Picoides. It makes two annual awards, the Doris Huestis Speirs Award, which is given for outstanding lifetime contributions to Canadian ornithology, and the Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award.

## Annual meeting

| Year | Meeting Location | Notes |
| 2022 | Virtual | |
| 2021 | Virtual | with the American Ornithological Society |
| 2020 | San Juan, Puerto Rico (virtual) | 7th North American Ornithological Congress |
| 2019 | Quebec City, Quebec | |
| 2018 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 27th International Ornithological Congress |
| 2017 | East Lansing, Michigan | with the American Ornithological Society |
| 2016 | Washington, D.C. | 6th North American Ornithological Congress |
| 2015 | Wolfville, Nova Scotia | with the Wilson Ornithological Society and Association of Field Ornithologists |
| 2014 | Estes Park, Colorado | with the American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society |
| 2013 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | |
| 2012 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 5th North American Ornithological Congress |
| 2011 | Moncton, New Brunswick | |
| 2010 | San Diego, California | with the American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society |
| 2009 | Edmonton, Alberta | |
| 2008 | Portland, Oregon | with the American Ornithologists' Union and Cooper Ornithological Society |
| 2007 | Lake Opinicon, Ontario | |
| 2006 | Veracruz, Mexico | 4th North American Ornithological Congress |
| 2005 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | |
| 2004 | Quebec City, Quebec | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 2003 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | |
| 2002 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 3rd North American Ornithological Congress |
| 2001 | Seattle, Washington | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 2000 | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | with the American Ornithologists' Union and British Ornithologists' Union |
| 1999 | Montreal, Quebec | |
| 1998 | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
| 1997 | Peterborough, Ontario | |
| 1996 | Fredericton, New Brunswick | First stand-alone meeting |
| 1995 | Cincinnati, Ohio | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1994 | Missoula, Montana | 1st North American Ornithological Congress |
| 1993 | Guelph, Ontario | with the Wilson Ornithological Society |
| 1992 | Ames, Iowa | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1991 | Montreal, Quebec | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1990 | Los Angeles, California | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1989 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1988 | Fayetteville, Arkansas | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1987 | San Francisco, California | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1986 | Ottawa, Ontario | with the 19th International Ornithological Congress |
| 1985 | Tempe, Arizona | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1984 | Lawrence, Kansas | with the American Ornithologists' Union |
| 1983 | Chicago, Illinois | with the American Ornithologists' Union |