Former McGill Professors awarded Society of Canadian Ornithologists' Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award

The Society of Canadian Ornithologists has selected Professor Emeritus David Bird and retired Associate Professor Rodger Titman, who both taught for many years in McGill University's Department of Natural Resource Sciences, to receive the Jamie Smith Memorial Mentoring Award. This award recognizes exceptional contributions to the training and fostering of Canadian ornithologists. 

During their many years at McGill and beyond, Bird and Titman served in a diversity of mentoring roles and inspired and supported countless students. 

In their nomination letter, students highlighted that "both professors strongly believed in helping their students well beyond their graduation from the university."

The award will be presented at the Society of Canadian Ornithologists conference in Saskatoon in August.

Photo, left to right: Rodger Titman, David Bird