Canadian Identification Society

The Canadian Identification Society (CIS) is a bilingual (English–French) professional non-for-profit fellowship of police officers and civilian members who share interests and employment in crime scene investigation. Also known in French as (SCI).

Although the Society is mainly a Canadian organization including more than eight hundred (800) members through Canada, it also gathers members of the United States of America, Australia, United Kingdom as well as others international communities.

Creation The CIS was officially created under Part II of the Canada Corporations Act on November 13, 1977, following the signature of the Letters Patent. The founding members of the CIS were:Triplett M, Fingerprint Dictionary, Two Rings Publishing, Bellevue, Washington, 22. Lloyd Dunham Christopher D. Tiller Howard Hall Clayton Bigras Roger Remillard Richard Jordon Allen Wrenshall Donald Braithwaite Harold G. Tuthill Donald Guttman Ronald Duck

Mission and goals

The Canadian Identification Society (CIS) is a professional association for those engaged in forensic identification, investigation, and scientific examination of physical evidence.

The CIS supports continuing research in all areas of forensic science and aims to keep members informed and current by providing excellent training opportunities and links to educational resources. It has served its members by encouraging forensic identification specialists to share their knowledge and experience.

President list

Christopher D. Tiller (1977–1978) Scott J.J. Raybould (1978–1979) C.F. Cecil Brown (1979–1980) Donald Nelson (1980–1981) William R. Pryde (1981–1982) Archie G.A. Purgavie (1982–1983) John E. Duncan (1983–1984) S.H. (Sim) Wentzell (1984–1985) Robert L. Bridgewater (1985–1986) Kenneth J. Collier (1986–1987) William Donald Dixon (1987 - +) Spencer M. Hilton (1987–1988) Ross E. Reed (1988–1989) Donald F. Taylor (1989–1990) H. Gregg McKinnon (1990–1991) James R. McConnell (1991–1992) Anthony J. Bouwmeester (1992–1993) Janet N. Holt (1993–1994) Ronald E. Yeomans (1994–1995) Herbert J.M. Durand (1995–1996) Bryan Amos (1996–1997) J.D. Bert Hudon (1997–1998) Robert B. Kennedy (1998–1999) Brent Walker (1999–2000) Scott Brown (2000–2001) Henry Kinsella (2001–2002) John P. (Pat) Downey (2002–2003) Glen Saunders (2003–2004) Mary Beeton (2004–2005) Grant Boulay (2005–2006) Paul Gagnon (2006–2007) Shelly Massey (2007–2008) Alexandre Beaudoin (2008–2009) Matthew Lewandowski (2009–2010) Stuart Wyatt (2010–2011) Wade Knaap (2011–2012) Shawna Laird (2012–2013) John Aitkenhead (2013–2014) Dwayne Raymond (2014–2016) Jessica Piekny (2016–2018) Tamryn Loy Son (2018–2022) Tiffany deLeon (2022–2024)

+ = Deceased while president

Awards The Tiller Award

Christopher D. Tiller, one of the founding members of the CIS, created the Tiller Award for CIS members who have demonstrated excellence in law enforcement photography. This award is offered on an annual basis. Only members in good standing with the CIS are eligible to apply.

Recipients: Archie G.A. Purgavie Brian Ward Angus Noseworthy Kenneth Lugg David Zauner Carey Smith David Banks Wayne Harnum David E. Black Gary Leydier Al Misner David J. Hamer Alexander D. McMurrich Douglas Handy Ronald M. Gilbert Leonard B. Shaw Robert B. Kennedy Joseph Slemko W. Derrick Swiderski William B. Benjamin Suki Thind Michael Reid Sharon Smith John D. Stewart Alexandre Beaudoin Bruce Hamblin Grant Boulay Denis P. Turcotte

The Edward Foster Award

This award is named after Edward Foster, the founder of the fingerprint system in Canada, and is intended to encourage CIS members to conduct research that shall benefit the Forensic Identification profession. This award point out the great contribution of the recipient to Forensic Identification field in his career.

Recipients: Brian E. Dalrymple Harold G. Tuthill Robert A. McPherson Jack Milligan Maurice E. Wolff Paul Morin David Ashbaugh Robert B. Kennedy Pat Laturnus Maurice Nadeau Alexandre Beaudoin Della Wilkinson Rick Devine

The William Donald Dixon memorial research and essay Awards

William Donald Dixon, one of the founding members of the Canadian Identification Society, created two research awards, each in the amount of Can$500.00, for individuals engaged in forensic research.

Recipients: John Badowski (1989) Byron Ferguson (1990) David Ashbaugh (1991) Ron Yeomans (1994) Tara Nicholls (2000) Zain Bhaloo (2009) Requell Weisbrod (2011)

The Michael J. Cassidy Award

Michael J. Cassidy made significant contributions to footwear comparison and identification. This award is intended to encourage professionalism and innovation in footwear evidence recovery and identification, by recognizing excellence in footwear comparison. Only members in good standing with the CIS are eligible to apply.

Recipients: Wayne Harnum Don Hulsman Rob Gervais Shelly Massey Bruce Hamblin

The Jack Milligan achievement Award

Jack Milligan is one of the early founding members of the Canadian Identification Society. Three awards, in the amount of $500.00, $300.00 and $200.00 (Canadian), are available for CIS members that have been recognized by their peers for their outstanding achievements in the field of fingerprints. The award can be cash, a voucher, or can be put toward a sponsorship to attend a future Annual Educational CIS Conference.

Recipients: RCMP – Ottawa Latent Fingerprint Bureau Bradley J. Butler CIS Friction Ridge Certification Committee (John Aitkenhead, Shawna Laird, Jean Séguin, Ralph Gutoskie)

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Journal

The organisation's quarterly publication, Identification Canada, is a peer-reviewed 40-page colour Journal. This journal is, for the most part, bilingual. It is a means of distributing findings on hi-tech methods and ideas from both technological and scientific fields of the forensic sciences, as well as, a venue for communicating training opportunities and the business of the Society.

Editors Lloyd Dunham (1977–1978) Ivan Brown (1978–1979) L.M. Schulhauser (1979–1981) Jack Milligan (1981–1989) Neala Taylor (1989–2002) Della Wilkinson (2002–2012) Wade Knaap (2012–2023) Jessica Piekny (2023 - )

Annual Educational Conference

Each year, the Canadian Identification Society provides a venue which brings together persons in the forensic professions. This Annual Educational CIS Conference is held by police forces of a different city in Canada.

1978 – Ottawa – Royal Canadian Mounted Police/Canadian Police College 1979 – Regina – Regina Police Service 1980 – Peterborough - Peterborough Police Department 1981 – Vancouver – Vancouver Police Department 1982 – Montreal – Service de police de la Ville de Montréal 1983 – Calgary – Calgary Police Service 1984 – St-John's – Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 1985 – Winnipeg – Winnipeg Police Service 1986 – Burlington – Halton Regional Police Service 1988 – Toronto Metro – Toronto Police Service 1989 – Edmonton – Edmonton Police Service 1990 – Capital Region - 9 Dept's 1991 – Saint John - Saint John Police Department 1992 – Hamilton - Hamilton-Wentworth Regional Police Service 1993 – Vancouver – Vancouver Police Department 1994 – Windsor - Windsor Police Department / Michigan-Ontario Identification Association 1995 – Halifax – Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1996 – Orillia – Ontario Provincial Police 1997 – Edmonton – Edmonton Police Service 1998 – Kitchener – Conestoga College 1999 – Fredericton – Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2000 – Vancouver - Delta Police Department 2001 – Ottawa – Ottawa Police Service 2002 – Mississauga – University of Toronto Mississauga 2003 – Ottawa - Canadian Identification Society / International Association for Identification 2004 – St-John's – Royal Newfoundland Constabulary 2005 – Calgary – Calgary Police Service 2006 – Windsor – University of Windsor / Canadian Society of Forensic Science / Canadian Identification Society 2007 – Montreal – Sûreté du Québec 2008 – Halifax – Atlantic Canada Death Investigators / Canadian Society of Forensic Science / Canadian Identification Society 2009 – Vancouver - British Columbia Institute of Technology / New Westminster Police Service 2010 – Orillia – Ontario Provincial Police 2011 – Ottawa – Royal Canadian Mounted Police 2012 – Calgary - Calgary Police Service 2013 – Richmond, B.C. - Canadian Identification Society 2014 – Toronto - Canadian Identification Society

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