Celebrating a chemistry conference centenary

EDITORIAL

A “Celebration of Chemistry” is a most appropriate theme for the 100th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CSC 2017) taking place in Toronto May 28-June 1, 2017. This landmark event coincides with Canada’s 150th anniversary and the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC) is forecasting a national and international audience of more than 3,000 attendees and...

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Recognition of “chemist” as a profession growing

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

On June 1 at the Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition in Vancouver, the provincial chemistry associations of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia created a new national body called the Federation of Canada’s Professional Chemists (FCPC). Paul West, President of the Association of the Chemical Profession of British Columbia (ACPBC) was elected...

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Networking opens the door to new career opportunities

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

Just before turning 30, after working for two chemical manufacturing companies, I was headhunted and offered a tremendous job opportunity with a large salary increase and company car. I did not accept the position, as it would have meant leaving the chemical sector. The rest of my career, I decided, would be built around the...

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Chemical outreach through conversation — not ad campaigns

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We might never be able to get the general public to fully understand and appreciate the chemical sectors and professions — and in my personal opinion we should not waste the energy, time and resources to try. Chemical trade associations like the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada tried to change public opinion through Responsible Care...

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If academia is your path, think outside the university

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS

The cover of the January 21 issue of Maclean’s, which promised to explain “why so many smart, educated, ambitious young people have no future” was enough to make any university student consider throwing in the towel on both their education and their career plans. The story goes that for the past several decades, society has...

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