Then and Now
HISTORY
Few modern companies have roots reaching back to the Renaissance. Merck, the oldest pharmaceutical company in the world, is one of them. The company was created in 1668 by German...
Read More >>RSC fetes outstanding Canadian chemists and chemical engineers
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This past September, The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) announced that Paul Ayers, FCIC, an associate professor of chemistry at McMaster University, is this year’s winner of the Rutherford Memorial Medal for outstanding research in physics and chemistry.
Read More >>CSChE and CGCEN 2014 award winners announced
RECOGNITION
The Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) and Canadian Green Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Network (CGCEN) have announced the award winners for 2014. Official presentations took place this past October at the 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference...
Read More >>CIC recommends additional funding for infrastructure
ADVOCACY
As part of its ongoing commitment to advocacy, the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Board of Directors submitted a Brief this past summer to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance (FINA). CIC recommendations included: targeted fellowship...
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Robin Rogers of McGill University has been appointed to the latest Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Green Chemistry and Green Chemicals. Rogers comes to Canada from The University of...
Read More >>Student symposium supports self-assembly community
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The annual Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS) Student Symposium took place this past September at the Université de Montréal. The event, which marked its 10th anniversary, brought together more than 100 faculty, students and post docs from CSACS-member...
Read More >>Chemist Mario Pinto new head of NSERC
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
B. Mario Pinto, FCIC, takes on his latest leadership role this fall as president of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Pinto, the former vice-chair of the Chemical Institute of Canada and former vice-president, research at Simon Fraser University (SFU), is the third chemist to head NSERC.
Read More >>Canadians shine at Chemistry Olympiad
EDUCATION
Canadian chemistry high school students brought home two silver and two bronze medals from the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad IChO 2014, held this past July in Hanoi, Vietnam. Silver medal winners included Grade 11 student John Zhou and Grade 12 student...
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COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Harold Jennings, FCIC, was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in June. Jennings developed a pediatric vaccine that is used internationally to prevent the most prevalent strain of meningitis.
Read More >>Chemistry delegates get summer schooled in Toronto
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
More than 450 delegates from 40 nations attended the IUPAC 23rd International Conference on Chemistry Education, held in Toronto this past July.
Read More >>CSC gets the Royal treatment
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) signed a reciprocal agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in June at the 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Vancouver.
Read More >>Western gathering of chemists at UVic
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
This past May at the University of Victoria, 80 scientists from across Western Canada spent three days sharing their knowledge at the 2014 Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference. Guest speakers included Darren Johnson...
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