Chemistry on fentanyl’s front line
PHARMACEUTICALS
The British Columbia Coroners Service Death Review Panel’s report on drug overdose deaths, released last month, was grim and to the point. “The clearest...
Read More >>Green By Design: Advances in Chemistry and Engineering symposium held at U of T
GREEN CHEMISTRY
The Green Chemistry Initiative (GCI) at the University of Toronto hosted their 6th annual symposium, emphasizing the need to bring chemists and engineers together...
Read More >>Awards shine spotlight on talent in the chemical sciences
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) recognized the country’s best and brightest this spring in a ceremony at Ottawa’s Rideau Hall...
Read More >>CIC’s Edmonton section offers an analytical assignment that was easy to take
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
About 90 people attended the annual Café CIC public lecture held at Concordia University of Edmonton in April. This year’s topic was the Passion...
Read More >>Information wants to be free, but at a cost
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
Like everyone else, Vance Williams hates to hit a paywall when he is searching for a scientific paper. As an associate professor in Simon Fraser University’s...
Read More >>Chemists get physical and RAge against bulk solvents
MATERIALS
Cellulose could qualify as Canada’s emblematic organic compound, the building block of the many different paper products that emerge from the country’s vast...
Read More >>Minimizing carbon and maximizing opportunity
ENERGY
Canada’s chemical sector should be well poised to wean the country’s economy off carbon, according to the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC).
Read More >>Forging a successful graduate
EDUCATION
How do you take the measure of people and their training? It’s a question asked by employers as they sort through curriculum vitae seeking candidates who have the right skills...
Read More >>Rethinking bitumen as a major source of materials
MATERIALS
The Bitumen Beyond Combustion initiative looks at Canada’s oil sands as more than a source of fuel
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