Painting a picture of persistence
ENVIRONMENT
It’s January 2018 in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and the temperature is -50C even before the wind chill. But cold is not the only danger....
Read More >>Something to celebrate in Southern Ontario
STUDENTS
For almost 50 years, one of the major events for chemistry students to strut their stuff is the annual Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference (SOUSCC)...
Read More >>STEM education meets social priorities
EDUCATION
Situated in the Regent Park neighbourhood of Toronto, Visions of Science (VoS) works to empower youth in low-income communities by engaging them in science, technology, engineering..
Read More >>Federal Budget 2019
RESEARCH
The 2019 Federal budget continued the Government’s commitment to investment in science and research and education, through a few initiatives including the expansion of the Student-Work-Integrated Learning Program
Read More >>Molly Shoichet honoured by IUPAC
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Molly Shoichet, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, has been named a 2019 Distinguished Woman in Chemistry...
Read More >>Science Advisor releases first annual report
GOVERNMENT
The office of Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, released its first annual report on March 11. The document outlines a variety of...
Read More >>Getting the dope on diamonds
MATERIALS
Despite their close proximity in the periodic table, silicon and diamond might seem to occupy very different niches within the hierarchy of valuable materials.
Read More >>Old oil fields offer new prospects
RESOURCES
As oil fields become depleted, what remains is a brine that, until recently, was treated as a waste product which had to be carefully managed according to ever more strict environmental regulations.
Read More >>Grape expectations yield some serious science
PHOTONIC CHEMISTRY
After demonstrations of the curious behaviour of cats and the downright baffling behaviour of boys on skateboards, some of the most common videos to be found on the World Wide Web feature people inserting all manner of objects into microwave ovens.
Read More >>Q&A with Juris Meija – Celebrating Canadians in the Periodic Table of Younger Chemists
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
In our ongoing celebrations of IYPT2019, IUPAC100, and diversity in the chemical sciences...
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