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: 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 $500.00 (Canadian), 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)