The Canadian Society for Chemical Technology (CSCT) has signed an agreement with Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC), a recently established national accrediting body for the engineering technology and applied science profession to conduct...
Read More >>This past April, the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) local section members joined forces with the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) to stage a joint meeting. About 30 members of both organizations gathered...
Read More >>Starting in the 1890s, the use of motor vehicles in Canada slowly increased. William Still and Frederick Featherstonehaugh designed and built Canada’s first electric car in Toronto while George Foote Foss of Sherbrooke...
Read More >>Lorenzo Paul Ferrari, a highly regarded and widely respected member of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), passed away unexpectedly on May 13, 2016 in London, Ont. Ferrari contributed enormously to the CIC, serving...
Read More >>Within the world of chemistry, global company Johnson Matthey has roots as English and nearly as royal as the British monarchy. The company was founded in the early 19th...
Read More >>Canadian Chemical News (ACCN) contributor Mark Lowey of Calgary is this year’s recipient of the annual Award of Journalism Excellence in Engineering from Engineers Canada, the national organization representing the country’s 280,000 professional engineers.
Read More >>The Edmonton CIC Local Section started off 2016 by hosting two educational events for its members, focusing on careers in chemistry and the chemistry of scotch. In late January they held their first CIC...
Read More >>The Chemical Education Fund (CEF), the registered charity of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), supports education...
Read More >>Top Canadian chemists were honoured at the annual Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) awards ceremony on Feb. 16 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. University of Toronto biochemist...
Read More >>This year marked the 25th anniversary of the Volcano Conference, held annually in February at Washington’s Pack Forest. This unique conference marries bioorganic chemistry research with nature...
Read More >>Science Odyssey, a celebration of science and technology that evolved from National Science and Technology Week, takes place across Canada May 6-15. Science Odyssey, led by the Natural Sciences and...
Read More >>The Canadian Society for Chemistry’s Inorganic Chemistry Division announces its graduate and undergraduate award winners. The 2015 Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry (AURIC) was awarded to Jackson Knott from the University of Lethbridge. Hailing from Crowsnest Pass, Alta., Knott has worked on...
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