Canada’s CRISPR conundrum
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Bacteria were the original forms of life to appear on earth some four billion years ago, while our own tenure on the planet...
Read More >>Chemical technology students gather at 15th Western CSCT Student Symposium
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
On April 7, students presented projects completed as part of their chemical technology studies at the 15th Western CSCT Student Symposium. The Symposium provided students with the opportunity to discuss their scientific findings, network, and experience the atmosphere of an academic conference.
Read More >>Robert B. Magee named 2018 Montreal Medalist
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The 2018 Montreal Medal winner is chemical engineer Robert B. Magee, chair of the board of The Woodbridge Group, a Canadian-owned multinational manufacturing company with 61 facilities in 17 countries. The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) Montreal Medal is presented as a mark of distinction...
Read More >>32nd WCUCC hosted by the University of Winnipeg
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The 32nd annual WCUCC was held at The University of Winnipeg on April 30-May 3. Student participants delivered presentations that displayed the diversity and quality of research being conducted at the undergraduate level at universities throughout western Canada.
Read More >>SOUSCC46 celebrated undergraduate research at Wilfrid Laurier University
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The 46th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC46) was hosted by Wilfrid Laurier University’s Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in March.
Read More >>CIC welcomes 2018 round of Fellows
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
CIC is pleased to announce its slate of 2018 Fellows, who will be formally honoured at the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition to be held in Edmonton, May 27–31, 2018 or the 68th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference to be held in Toronto...
Read More >>2018 CIC Chemical Education Fund grant recipients
EDUCATION
The lively and often random interactions of a conference setting can be life-altering for many students, who can gain unique insights and contacts that set the course of their careers. The CIC Chemical Education Fund (CEF), a registered charity that promotes events in the chemical sciences, chemical engineering,...
Read More >>Sizing up the science of sweet
CHEMFUSION
We would like to have our cake and eat it too. In a sense, that is just what non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame, sucralose, and stevia promise. Cut out sugar, a dietary villain, and replace it with a non-caloric sweetener and reduce your chance of putting on the pounds!
Read More >>Traditional Inuit knowledge meets contemporary chemistry in the classroom
EDUCATION
What do rock, ice, and Labrador tea have in common? Chemistry, of course! These are also some of the materials used by the Inuit of Nunatsiavut, the Inuit self-governing region of...
Read More >>Bending light and opening markets
MATERIALS
It has been more than a decade since materials scientists captured headlines for their attempts to mimic Harry Potter’s celebrated invisibility cloak by creating...
Read More >>McMaster technology takes stock of valuable medical metal
MEDICINE
An innovative device developed at McMaster University could answer some of the key questions that have been fueling controversy amongst radiologists about the safety of some...
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