Dear Colleagues,

Seasons Greetings to all! As the year draws to a close and we transition into the winter months, it’s a great time to reflect on the year's accomplishments and share some of the highlights for the upcoming year ahead.

As part of a two-year pilot project, I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Qiang Zhang as the new Editor-in-Chief of our Canadian Biosystems Engineering Journal, effective October 11, 2024, for a two-year term. As discussed during the journal’s ad-hoc meeting at the AGM in Winnipeg earlier this year, Dr. Zhang will be focusing on increasing the number of issues and manuscripts published each year while ensuring a prompt review process and speedy publication.

We recently partnered with other Engineering Societies in Canada through the Engineering Institute of Canada for the continuation of a project titled “Oral History Interviews to Preserve Canadian Engineering Achievements”. Video recordings of several interviews are now available through the Ontario Tech University website: https://digitalcollections.library.ontariotechu.ca/node/7