David Fung – man on a mission
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This year, Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Chair David Fung has made it his mission to visit as many of the local sections as possible during his term. To date,...
Read More >>A bitter lesson about beer brewing
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The Chemical Institute of Canada Toronto Local Section hosted a Brewery Tour and Sponsor Appreciation Night last December at the Mill Street Brew Hall in the city’s historic Distillery District....
Read More >>CIC and CSC 2014 winners announced
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The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) and Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) have announced the award winners for 2014. Official presentations take place at the 97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Vancouver, June 1-5 and the 64th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Niagara Falls, Ont., Oct. 19–22. Details about the winners’ research are available at www.cheminst.ca/awards.
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This year’s winner of the 2014 Chemical Institute of Canada medal is Douglas W. Stephan, FCIC, of the University of Toronto. Stephan’s research targets innovative new technologies for the efficient production of desirable chemical products. His group develops new transition metal-based catalysts for hydrogenation, polymerization
Read More >>Alfred and Isabel Bader to receive Queen’s Alumni Achievement Award
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The highest honour that can be bestowed upon Queen’s University grads — the Alumni Achievement Award — will be presented to philanthropist couple, chemist Alfred Bader, HFCIC, and his wife....
Read More >>Visiting McGill University professor lectures on silk
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Mark Cronin-Golomb, a visiting professor at McGill University’s Fonds de recherché Nature et technologies (FQRNT) Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS)...
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Geoff Rayner-Canham, FCIC, of Memorial University and Tina Overton of the University of Hull, United Kingdom, authored the newly published Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition. The textbook includes a correlation of...
Read More >>Students sparkle at crystal awards
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Canadian high school students and teachers, including some international entries, competed last fall in the Chemical Institute of Canada’s annual National Crystal Growing Competition to create the best quality, largest...
Read More >>2013 It’s Chemistry, Eh?! contest winners announced
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The 2013 It’s Chemistry Eh?! YouTube contest was an overwhelming success with 22 entries from high school students across Canada. The videos embraced such chemistry topics as the benefits of chemistry...
Read More >>Canadian Journal of Chemistry announces new Best Paper Award
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The monthly Canadian Journal of Chemistry (CJC) is announcing a new Best Paper Award to recognize the top submission published by a scientist residing in Canada.
Read More >>Prix du Québec for chemistry professor
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James Wuest (left) of the Université de Montréal Department of Chemistry received the Prix du Québec Marie-Victorin Award from...
Read More >>Then and Now
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On going concerns about Syria’s use of chemical weapons against its own civilians and Canada’s role in detecting and destroying the vast arsenal have renewed public interest...
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