Identification Canada Journal

The organization'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.

Sample of Identification Canada
Guidelines for authors
Editor award
Past Editors of Identification Canada Journal

Sample of Identification Canada

For you to really appreciate our Journal here is a sample to look at:
NOTE: Bear in mind that the contact information you will see is not current. For the current list of board members and executive officers, click on “About CIS” on the home page of our web site.

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Guidelines for authors

Ideally, authors should provide the following:

1. Two paper copies forwarded to the Editor together with one set of original illustrations or photographs and one set of clear photocopies.
2. The work should also be provided on a 3,5-inch floppy disk or CD-ROM saved preferably in Microsoft Word™, illustrations and photographs should be saved separately as TIFF files.
3. A covering letter indicating that all those whom have contributed to the work have approved the paper and agreed to its publication.

Layout Requirements:

1. Text should be spaced on white paper (letter) with pages numbered sequentially.
2. The first page should be a title page with the authors full contact details.
3. A short abstract is desirable describing the purpose, basic procedures, main findings and principal conclusions.
4. Illustrations should be of high contrast and clearly marked with sufficient information to relate to the text. Photographs should be no bigger than 10" x 8" and will be published in black and white.
5. References should be numbered consecutively in the order that they appear in the text.

These guidelines are not intended to put authors off of submitting papers to the Journal but to assist in formatting material for quick publication. No paper will be rejected for not meeting these guidelines but may be delayed in being published. Please share your cases, studies and experience with others by publishing in Identification Canada.

Please mail or email submissions, questions, comments or concerns to the Editor Identification Canada Journal

Editor award

The Editor’s Award is intended to encourage C.I.S. members to publish articles for the benefit of the forensic identification profession on any subject that forms part of the forensic identification discipline. The Editor’s Award will be the cost of registration for the Annual C.I.S. Educational Conference or the cash equivalent.

1. Articles may include, but not be limited to, casework, research projects and review papers.
2. Submissions should comply with the guidelines for authors included in each issue of Identification Canada and posted on the C.I.S. website.

The award will be offered at the discretion of the editor of Identification Canada. Submission must be done sending a copy of the article with an explanation letter following the Award procedure

Past Editors of Identification Canada Journal

* = Deceased
+ = No longer Members. Where are they?

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