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May 2018
CIC News

Issue: May 2018

Chemistry on fentanyl’s front line

PHARMACEUTICALS
BY: Roberta Staley

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...

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Green By Design: Advances in Chemistry and Engineering symposium held at U of T

GREEN CHEMISTRY
BY: Rachel Hems

The Green Chemistry Initiative (GCI) at the University of Toronto hosted their 6th annual symposium, emphasizing the need to bring chemists and engineers together...

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Awards shine spotlight on talent in the chemical sciences

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
BY: CIC

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...

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CIC’s Edmonton section offers an analytical assignment that was easy to take

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
BY: CIC

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...

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Information wants to be free, but at a cost

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
BY: CIC

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...

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Chemists get physical and RAge against bulk solvents

MATERIALS
BY: Tim Lougheed

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...

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Minimizing carbon and maximizing opportunity

ENERGY
BY: Tim Lougheed

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).

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Forging a successful graduate

EDUCATION
BY: Brett McCollum

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...

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Rethinking bitumen as a major source of materials

MATERIALS
BY: Axel Meisen

The Bitumen Beyond Combustion initiative looks at Canada’s oil sands as more than a source of fuel

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